diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix
index 07ba5f3..4b97889 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/nixos-module.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ with pkgs . kernelmaft ;
 					[Service]
 
 					# 'initdb' fails harmlessly if it has been run on the database before
-					ExecStartPre=${coreutils-full}/bin/ln -sf /etc/bookwyrm/config.env /var/lib/bookwyrm/.env
 					ExecStartPre=${coreutils-full}/bin/ln -sf ${bookwyrm}/var/lib/bookwyrm/VERSION /var/lib/bookwyrm/
 					ExecStartPre=${bookwyrm}/bin/bookwyrm-env ${python311}/bin/python ${bookwyrm}/lib/python3.11/manage.py migrate
 					ExecStartPre=-${bookwyrm}/bin/bookwyrm-env ${python311}/bin/python ${bookwyrm}/lib/python3.11/manage.py initdb
diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 096a5be..35fd32f 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ mkDerivation {
 		domain = "kernelmaft.com/forgejo" ;
 		owner = "zedfrigg" ;
 		repo = "bookwyrm" ;
-		rev = "1e0d547db5f9a610e29c27c156d0a30da36a1c51" ;
-		hash = "sha256-zBq/8tLX5zGShP+RSBBSAYXvp4GD1x0JMXqeMbRgERw=" ;
+		rev = "d81dbe07dda1f447fbbb30cbed87a0ec6793faa2" ;
+		hash = "sha256-7NdDWX7lRzLs7m/e7gv9Irf4B5xdojAVcA3fjorJoJ4=" ;
 	} ;
 
 	dontPatch = true ;