diff --git a/home/.chezmoiexternal.yaml b/home/.chezmoiexternal.yaml
index c1726934..df97d81c 100644
--- a/home/.chezmoiexternal.yaml
+++ b/home/.chezmoiexternal.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
   stripComponents: 1
   exact: true
 
+".local/bin/direnv":
+  type: file
+  url: "https://github.com/direnv/direnv/releases/download/v{{ template "get-github-latest-version" list "direnv/direnv" $cache }}/direnv.linux-{{ .chezmoi.arch }}"
+  executable: true
+
 {{ if not .is_devcontainer -}}
 {{   if .is_gnome -}}
 ".local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/code-nautilus.py":
diff --git a/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_after_10-install-apt-packages.sh.tmpl b/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_after_10-install-apt-packages.sh.tmpl
index 5b78d0cd..6e7874f7 100644
--- a/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_after_10-install-apt-packages.sh.tmpl
+++ b/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_after_10-install-apt-packages.sh.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 true || source ../.chezmoitemplates/scripts-library
 
 readonly wanted_packages=(
-  direnv
   apt-transport-https
   ca-certificates
   gnupg
diff --git a/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_before_20-uninstall-apt-packages.sh.tmpl b/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_before_20-uninstall-apt-packages.sh.tmpl
index 71fcb19e..2af0e196 100644
--- a/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_before_20-uninstall-apt-packages.sh.tmpl
+++ b/root/.chezmoiscripts/run_before_20-uninstall-apt-packages.sh.tmpl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ true || source ../.chezmoitemplates/scripts-library
 
 readonly unwanted_packages=(
   gcmcore
+  direnv
 )
 
 for package in "${unwanted_packages[@]}"; do