diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 21f2a3a..90cbaab 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -174,23 +174,8 @@ install_home_manager() {
     fi
 
     log_info "Installing Home Manager..."
-    if ! command -v nix-channel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        nix-channel --add "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-$NIXOS_RELEASE.tar.gz" home-manager || \
-            die "Failed to add home-manager channel"
-    else
-        sudo nix-channel --add "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-$NIXOS_RELEASE.tar.gz" home-manager || \
-            die "Failed to add home-manager channel"  
-    fi
-
-    if ! command -v nix-channel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        nix-channel --update || die "Failed to update channels"
-    else
-        sudo nix-channel --update || die "Failed to update channels"
-    fi
-    
-    if command -v nix-shell >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        sudo nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install || die "Failed to install home-manager (sudo)"
-    fi
+    nix-channel --add "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/release-$NIXOS_RELEASE.tar.gz" home-manager || die "Failed to add home-manager channel"
+    nix-channel --update || die "Failed to update channels"
     nix-shell '<home-manager>' -A install || die "Failed to install home-manager"
 }