diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index 9ec6b44..80ad65f 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 in {
   home.packages = packages.all;
   home.sessionVariables = {
-    "PATH" = "$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH";
-    "EDITOR" = "vim";
-    "WORDCHARS" = "\${WORDCHARS//[\\/.=]/}"; # ctrl-w on paths without make angery
+    EDITOR = "vim"; # is overriden to nvim in vim.nix if needed 
+    WORDCHARS = "\${WORDCHARS//[\\/.=]/}"; # ctrl-w on paths without make angery
   };
   /*
   # For some reason this doesn't play nice when using home manager config from inside
diff --git a/home/vim.nix b/home/vim.nix
index 654ade8..b1d3e09 100644
--- a/home/vim.nix
+++ b/home/vim.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }: {
-  home.sessionVariables = lib.mkForce {"EDITOR" = "nvim";};
+  home.sessionVariables.EDITOR = lib.mkForce "nvim";
   home.packages = with pkgs; [ripgrep];
   programs.neovim = {
     enable = true;