diff --git a/modules/config/home-manager.nix b/modules/config/home-manager.nix
index a7d6fcd..70ce75a 100644
--- a/modules/config/home-manager.nix
+++ b/modules/config/home-manager.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   inputs,
   config,
+  minimal,
   ...
 }: {
   home-manager = {
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@
         home.stateVersion = config.system.stateVersion;
       }
     ];
+    extraSpecialArgs = {
+      inherit minimal;
+    };
   };
 
   # Required even when using home-manager's zsh module since the /etc/profile load order
diff --git a/modules/optional/hardware/physical.nix b/modules/optional/hardware/physical.nix
index 5eb7123..5a88e99 100644
--- a/modules/optional/hardware/physical.nix
+++ b/modules/optional/hardware/physical.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 # Configuration for actual physical machines
-{config, ...}: {
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  minimal,
+  ...
+}: {
   hardware = {
     enableRedistributableFirmware = true;
     enableAllFirmware = true;
   };
 
-  services = {
+  services = lib.mkIf (!minimal) {
     fwupd.enable = true;
     smartd.enable = true;
     thermald.enable = builtins.elem config.nixpkgs.hostPlatform.system ["x86_64-linux"];
diff --git a/users/modules/config/shell/nushell/default.nix b/users/modules/config/shell/nushell/default.nix
index d9e05fa..5f6234d 100644
--- a/users/modules/config/shell/nushell/default.nix
+++ b/users/modules/config/shell/nushell/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 {
+  lib,
+  minimal,
+  ...
+}:
+lib.optionalAttrs (!minimal) {
   programs.nushell = {
     enable = true;
     configFile.source = ./config.nu;
diff --git a/users/modules/config/utils.nix b/users/modules/config/utils.nix
index b04055a..c7103fe 100644
--- a/users/modules/config/utils.nix
+++ b/users/modules/config/utils.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-{pkgs, ...}: {
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  minimal,
+  ...
+}:
+lib.optionalAttrs (!minimal) {
   home = {
     packages = with pkgs; [
       bandwhich