diff --git a/nixos/backups.nix b/nixos/backups.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8407ccf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/backups.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+
+  services = {
+    restic.backups.home-to-brix = {
+      passwordFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/restic-password-brix";
+      paths = [ "/home" ];
+      repository = "rest:http://brix.local:8000/";
+      timerConfig = { OnCalendar = "hourly"; };
+      extraBackupArgs = [ "--exclude='.cache'" "--exclude='.rustup'" ];
+      pruneOpts = [ "--keep-hourly 25" "--keep-daily 8" "--keep-weekly 5" "--keep-monthly 13" "--keep-yearly 16" ];
+    };
+
+    restic.backups.home-to-b2 = {
+      passwordFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/restic-password-b2";
+      paths = [ "/home" ];
+      repository = "b2:cyplo-restic-foureighty:/";
+      timerConfig = { OnCalendar = "hourly"; };
+      extraBackupArgs = [ "--exclude='.cache'" "--exclude='.rustup'" ];
+      pruneOpts = [ "--keep-daily 8" "--keep-weekly 5" "--keep-monthly 13" "--keep-yearly 16" ];
+      s3CredentialsFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/b2";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix b/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix
index cf2605eb..e55bd3c1 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/foureighty/configuration.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     ../../distributed-builds.nix
     ../../libvirt.nix
     ../../i3/system.nix
+    ../../backups.nix
   ];
 
 
diff --git a/nixos/common-services.nix b/nixos/common-services.nix
index 39696d89..3730007a 100644
--- a/nixos/common-services.nix
+++ b/nixos/common-services.nix
@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@
       nssmdns = true;
     };
 
-    restic.backups.home-to-brix = {
-      passwordFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/restic-password-brix";
-      paths = [ "/home" ];
-      repository = "rest:http://brix.local:8000/";
-      timerConfig = { OnCalendar = "hourly"; };
-      extraBackupArgs = [ "--exclude='.cache'" "--exclude='.rustup'" ];
-      pruneOpts = [ "--keep-hourly 25" "--keep-daily 8" "--keep-weekly 5" "--keep-monthly 13" "--keep-yearly 16" ];
-    };
-
-    restic.backups.home-to-b2 = {
-      passwordFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/restic-password-b2";
-      paths = [ "/home" ];
-      repository = "b2:cyplo-restic-foureighty:/";
-      timerConfig = { OnCalendar = "hourly"; };
-      extraBackupArgs = [ "--exclude='.cache'" "--exclude='.rustup'" ];
-      pruneOpts = [ "--keep-daily 8" "--keep-weekly 5" "--keep-monthly 13" "--keep-yearly 16" ];
-      s3CredentialsFile = "/etc/nixos/secrets/b2";
-    };
 
     geoclue2.enable = true;
     xserver = {