diff --git a/hosts/legion/default.nix b/hosts/legion/default.nix
index b6669c4..92c95be 100644
--- a/hosts/legion/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/legion/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
       networking = {
         hostName = "legion";
-        hostId = builtins.substring 0 8 (builtins.readFile ./machine-id);
+        hostId = builtins.substring 0 8 "524209a432724c7abaf04398cdd6eecd";
         networkmanager.enable = true;
       };
       systemd.services.NetworkManager-wait-online.enable = false;
diff --git a/hosts/legion/machine-id b/hosts/legion/machine-id
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a76224..0000000
--- a/hosts/legion/machine-id
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-524209a432724c7abaf04398cdd6eecd