diff --git a/pkgs/pkgsets.nix b/pkgs/pkgsets.nix
index 5d595db..98f4607 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgsets.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgsets.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  optPkgs = package: pkgstring: if elem pkgstring config.machine.pkgs then package else [];
+  optPkgs = package: pkgstring: optionals (elem pkgstring config.machine.pkgs) package;
   gitpkgs = import /nixpkgs/default.nix {};
 
   # Programms I'm likely to want on every machine and/or may execute as root