diff --git a/awesome/default.nix b/awesome/default.nix
index 5b64829..758d74c 100644
--- a/awesome/default.nix
+++ b/awesome/default.nix
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
     name = "xorg-inner-env";
     paths = [
       pkgs.xorg.xorgserver
-      pkgs.xorg.xinit
-      pkgs.xorg.xauth
-      pkgs.xorg.xset
       pkgs.xorg.xf86inputlibinput
-      pkgs.xorg.xrandr
-      pkgs.xsel
 
       (pkgs.runCommand "xorg-conf-inner" {} ''
          mkdir -p "$out"/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
@@ -39,12 +34,6 @@ EOF
     done
   '';
 
-  startx = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "startx-awesome" ''
-    # TODO pass .xinitrc into here, somehow
-    export XORGCONFIG=${xorgConf}
-    exec startx
-  '';
-
   # nativeWrap is used for apps which are not installed via nix which don't play
   # nicely with it.
   nativeWrap = pkgs.writeScriptBin "native-wrap" ''
@@ -66,14 +55,15 @@ EOF
     wp_dir = "${wp}/"
   '';
 
-  awesome = pkgs.writeScriptBin "awesome" ''
+  # awesomeInner is what is started up by startx, within an X session.
+  awesomeInner = pkgs.writeScript "awesome" ''
     #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
 
     set -e -x
 
     # Turn off powersaving (fuck the environment)
-    xset -dpms
-    xset s off
+    ${pkgs.xorg.xset}/bin/xset -dpms
+    ${pkgs.xorg.xset}/bin/xset s off
 
     ${config.awesome.startupExtra}
 
@@ -109,6 +99,11 @@ EOF
       2>&1 2>>$this_log
   '';
 
+  awesome = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "awesome" ''
+    export XORGCONFIG=${xorgConf}
+    exec startx ${awesomeInner}
+  '';
+
   env = pkgs.buildEnv {
     name = "awesome-env";
     paths = [
@@ -116,6 +111,7 @@ EOF
 
       # We only include utilities in here which are directly used by awesome.
       # General purpose applications go in the root default.nix env.
+      pkgs.xorg.xinit
       pkgs.scrot
       pkgs.feh
       pkgs.brightnessctl
@@ -125,7 +121,6 @@ EOF
       xorgInnerEnv
       nativeWrap
       awesome
-      startx
     ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index fb6b8a3..ca1aa5f 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ in rec {
       pkgs.pavucontrol
       pkgs.xdg-utils
       pkgs.arandr
+      pkgs.xsel
+      pkgs.xorg.xrandr
 
       bin
       ((import ./nvim) {}).nvim