diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c0ba04..7731311 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 Changes yet to be released are documented here.
 
 - Fix path expansion when running in systemd
-- Fix bug in netrc writing
 - Add nixos, home-manager, and darwin-nix modules
 
 ## v0.1.0
diff --git a/home-module.nix b/home-module.nix
index 572366e..90e80ab 100644
--- a/home-module.nix
+++ b/home-module.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ in
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-    nix.settings.netrc-file = "${config.xdg.configHome}/nix/netrc";
     home.packages = [ cfg.package ];
     systemd.user.services.nix-cache-login = {
       Unit.Description = "Nix cache login - refresh access token";
diff --git a/internal/netrc/netrc.go b/internal/netrc/netrc.go
index 6eaae73..f020a4d 100644
--- a/internal/netrc/netrc.go
+++ b/internal/netrc/netrc.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func Upsert(path, machine, password string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if !found {
-		entries = append(entries, entry{machine: machine, login: "dummy", password: password})
+		entries = append(entries, entry{machine: machine, password: password})
 	}
 
 	return write(path, entries)
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ func GetPassword(path, machine string) (string, error) {
 
 type entry struct {
 	machine  string
-	login    string
 	password string
 }
 
@@ -103,10 +102,6 @@ func parse(path string) ([]entry, error) {
 				entries = append(entries, *current)
 			}
 			current = &entry{machine: fields[1]}
-		case "login":
-			if current != nil {
-				current.login = fields[1]
-			}
 		case "password":
 			if current != nil {
 				current.password = fields[1]
@@ -134,7 +129,7 @@ func write(path string, entries []entry) error {
 		if i > 0 {
 			b.WriteString("\n")
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "machine %s\nlogin %s\npassword %s\n", e.machine, e.login, e.password)
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "machine %s\npassword %s\n", e.machine, e.password)
 	}
 
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(b.String()), 0600); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/netrc/netrc_test.go b/internal/netrc/netrc_test.go
index e8a0b51..611c8c4 100644
--- a/internal/netrc/netrc_test.go
+++ b/internal/netrc/netrc_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestUpsertUpdateExisting(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "netrc")
 
-	initial := "machine other.host\nlogin dummy\npassword otherpass\n\nmachine cache.example.com\nlogin dummy\npassword oldtoken\n"
+	initial := "machine other.host\npassword otherpass\n\nmachine cache.example.com\npassword oldtoken\n"
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(initial), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestUpsertAppend(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "netrc")
 
-	initial := "machine existing.host\nlogin dummy\npassword existingpass\n"
+	initial := "machine existing.host\npassword existingpass\n"
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(initial), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func TestRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "netrc")
 
-	initial := "machine keep.host\nlogin dummy\npassword keeppass\n\nmachine remove.host\nlogin dummy\npassword removepass\n"
+	initial := "machine keep.host\npassword keeppass\n\nmachine remove.host\npassword removepass\n"
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(initial), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestGetPasswordNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "netrc")
 
-	content := "machine other.host\nlogin dummy\npassword otherpass\n"
+	content := "machine other.host\npassword otherpass\n"
 	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0600); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func TestFilePermissionsCorrected(t *testing.T) {
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "netrc")
 
 	// Create file with overly permissive mode
-	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("machine old.host\nlogin dummy\npassword oldpass\n"), 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("machine old.host\npassword oldpass\n"), 0644); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}