diff --git a/nixos/tests/homepage-dashboard.nix b/nixos/tests/homepage-dashboard.nix
index 7fb30d473e00..ed70ead01820 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/homepage-dashboard.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/homepage-dashboard.nix
@@ -4,46 +4,25 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix (
     name = "homepage-dashboard";
     meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jnsgruk ];
 
-    nodes.unmanaged_conf =
-      { pkgs, ... }:
-      {
-        services.homepage-dashboard.enable = true;
-      };
-
-    nodes.managed_conf =
-      { pkgs, ... }:
-      {
-        services.homepage-dashboard = {
-          enable = true;
-          settings.title = "test title rodUsEagid"; # something random/unique
-        };
+    nodes.machine = _: {
+      services.homepage-dashboard = {
+        enable = true;
+        settings.title = "test title rodUsEagid"; # something random/unique
       };
+    };
 
     testScript = ''
-      # Ensure the services are started on unmanaged machine
-      unmanaged_conf.wait_for_unit("homepage-dashboard.service")
-      unmanaged_conf.wait_for_open_port(8082)
-      unmanaged_conf.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8082/")
-
-      # Ensure that /etc/homepage-dashboard doesn't exist, and boilerplate
-      # configs are copied into place.
-      unmanaged_conf.fail("test -d /etc/homepage-dashboard")
-      unmanaged_conf.succeed("test -f /var/lib/private/homepage-dashboard/settings.yaml")
-
       # Ensure the services are started on managed machine
-      managed_conf.wait_for_unit("homepage-dashboard.service")
-      managed_conf.wait_for_open_port(8082)
-      managed_conf.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8082/")
+      machine.wait_for_unit("homepage-dashboard.service")
+      machine.wait_for_open_port(8082)
+      machine.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8082/")
 
-      # Ensure /etc/homepage-dashboard is created and unmanaged conf location isn't.
-      managed_conf.succeed("test -d /etc/homepage-dashboard")
-      managed_conf.fail("test -f /var/lib/private/homepage-dashboard/settings.yaml")
+      # Ensure /etc/homepage-dashboard is created.
+      machine.succeed("test -d /etc/homepage-dashboard")
 
       # Ensure that we see the custom title *only in the managed config*
-      page = managed_conf.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8082/")
+      page = machine.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8082/")
       assert "test title rodUsEagid" in page, "Custom title not found"
-      page = unmanaged_conf.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8082/")
-      assert "test title rodUsEagid" not in page, "Custom title found where it shouldn't be"
     '';
   }
 )