diff --git a/content/posts/deploying-this-blog.md b/content/posts/deploying-this-blog.md
index 9e4b7ed..ba2efd8 100644
--- a/content/posts/deploying-this-blog.md
+++ b/content/posts/deploying-this-blog.md
@@ -129,10 +129,12 @@ When deploy-rs runs later, it replaces that symlink with the new build. Next `ni
 The blog itself is a flake input in `nix-config`:
 
 ```nix
-blog.url = "git+https://github.com/ankarhem/site?submodules=1";
+blog.url = "git+https://github.com/ankarhem/site";
 ```
 
-The `?submodules=1` is needed because the theme is a git submodule and nix-config needs to actually build the blog package when evaluating the module.
+{% alert(type="info", title="No ?submodules=1 needed") %}
+The blog's flake already declares `inputs.self.submodules = true`. Since Nix 2.27, this is respected when the flake is consumed as an input. No need to pass `?submodules=1` on the URL. We can't use github:ankarhem/site syntax though, as that doesn't support submodules.
+{% end %}
 
 ## The GitHub Actions workflow