diff --git a/modules/distributed-config.nix b/modules/distributed-config.nix
index b0e50a6..c484572 100644
--- a/modules/distributed-config.nix
+++ b/modules/distributed-config.nix
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = let
-    isColmenaNode = elem nodeName (attrNames colmenaNodes);
-    otherNodes = filter (n: n != nodeName) (attrNames colmenaNodes);
-    foreignConfigs = concatMap (n: colmenaNodes.${n}.config.nodes.${nodeName} or []) otherNodes;
+    allNodes = attrNames colmenaNodes;
+    isColmenaNode = elem nodeName allNodes;
+    foreignConfigs = concatMap (n: colmenaNodes.${n}.config.nodes.${nodeName} or []) allNodes;
     toplevelAttrs = ["age" "proxiedDomains" "networking" "systemd" "services"];
   in
     optionalAttrs isColmenaNode (mergeToplevelConfigs toplevelAttrs (