From 4e92408750da94224fe60e3caa8d058b030e6c9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Sandro=20J=C3=A4ckel?= <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 00:26:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/home-assistant: only add ping to path when it is
 required

---
 nixos/modules/services/home-automation/home-assistant.nix | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/home-assistant.nix b/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/home-assistant.nix
index 427c1b641900..6de14687cfae 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/home-assistant.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/home-automation/home-assistant.nix
@@ -1043,9 +1043,7 @@ in
           ];
           UMask = "0077";
         };
-      path = [
-        pkgs.unixtools.ping # needed for ping
-      ];
+      path = with pkgs; lib.optionals (any useComponent componentsUsingPing) [ unixtools.ping ];
     };
 
     systemd.targets.home-assistant = rec {