diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/check-flake.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/check-flake.yaml
index bd68862..70d653b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/check-flake.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/check-flake.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ jobs:
   check-flake:
     runs-on: nixos
     steps:
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: nix profile install nixpkgs#nodejs-18_x
-
       - name: Checkout the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/common/server/gitea-actions-runner.nix b/common/server/gitea-actions-runner.nix
index 08d96ce..2a63cf7 100644
--- a/common/server/gitea-actions-runner.nix
+++ b/common/server/gitea-actions-runner.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+{ config, pkgs, lib, allModules, ... }:
 
 # Gitea Actions Runner. Starts 'host' runner that runs directly on the host inside of a nixos container
 # This is useful for providing a real Nix/OS builder to gitea.
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ let
   thisMachineIsARunner = builtins.elem config.networking.hostName runners;
 in
 {
-  config = lib.mkIf thisMachineIsARunner {
+  config = lib.mkIf (thisMachineIsARunner && !config.boot.isContainer) {
     containers.gitea-runner = {
       ephemeral = true;
       autoStart = true;
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ in
       ];
 
       config = {
-        # TODO: figure out why importing 'allModules' fails
-        # imports = allModules;
+        imports = allModules;
 
         # speeds up evaluation
         nixpkgs.pkgs = pkgs;
 
         environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-          nodejs
           git
+          # Gitea Actions rely heavily on node. Include it because it would be installed anyway.
+          nodejs
         ];
 
         services.gitea-actions-runner.instances.inst = {
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ in
 
         virtualisation.podman.enable = true;
         boot.binfmt.emulatedSystems = [ "aarch64-linux" ];
-
-        system.stateVersion = "23.05";
       };
     };