diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-reqs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-reqs.yml
index 6aa256c2..aab431ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-reqs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-reqs.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         # - ubuntu:trusty
         # - ubuntu:xenial     glibc too old
         - fedora:latest
-        # - nixos/nix:latest  can’t exec
+        - nixos/nix:latest
         # - alpine:latest     tea binary doesn’t actually end up on the system (wtf)
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps: