diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a7483f7..2476a24 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ all: clean tangle-next
 
 tmp:
 	install -dm755 $@
-	$(MAKE) emacs
-
-#special target to handle emacs configuration
-emacs:
-	install -dm755 tmp/.emacs.d
-	install -m400 init.el tmp/emacs.d/init.el
-	install -m400 emacs.org tmp/emacs.d/emacs.org
 
 $(NEXTGEN):
 	install -dm755 $@
diff --git a/etangle b/etangle
index dd3fce6..4e61976 100755
--- a/etangle
+++ b/etangle
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ;;-*-mode: emacs-lisp; coding: utf-8;-*-
 ;; Copyright: 2016 Mitchell Tishmack
 ;; Tangle an org mode file with babel using emacs.
-(let ((default-directory "~/.emacs.d"))
-  (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
-
 (load-file (if (getenv "OPTIONS")
                (concat (concat "./" (getenv "OPTIONS")) ".el")
                "./options.el"))
diff --git a/readme.org b/readme.org
index 6c11e40..c8ad042 100644
--- a/readme.org
+++ b/readme.org
@@ -416,6 +416,22 @@ nix_env_setup()
 
 nix_env_setup
 #+END_SRC
+
+Workaround stupid ssl crap with recent nix.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle (when (and (eq nix-p t) (eq osx-p t)) "tmp/.profile")
+SSL_CERT_FILE="${HOME}/.nix-profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+GIT_SSL_CAINFO=$SSL_CERT_FILE
+export SSL_CERT_FILE
+export GIT_SSL_CAINFO
+#+END_SRC
+
+TODO Add linux ca-bundle detection
+  if test  -e /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt ;  # Fedora, NixOS
+      set -xg SSL_CERT_FILE /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt ;
+  else if test -e /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt ;  # Ubuntu, Debian
+      set -xg SSL_CERT_FILE /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
+
 *** tmux
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle (when (eq tmux-p t) "tmp/.profile")
 t()
@@ -1877,10 +1893,6 @@ General git configuration.
 [http]
   postBuffer = 209715200
 #+END_SRC
-*** nix
-#+BEGIN_SRC conf :tangle (when (eq nix-p t) "tmp/.gitconfig")
-  sslcainfo = ~/.nix-profile/etc/ca-bundle.crt
-#+END_SRC
 *** push
 #+BEGIN_SRC conf
 [push]