diff --git a/packages/nixpkgs-manual/default.nix b/packages/nixpkgs-manual/default.nix
index ea9ce35..c659d94 100644
--- a/packages/nixpkgs-manual/default.nix
+++ b/packages/nixpkgs-manual/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ let
         ) opt.declarations;
       };
   };
-  optionsJSONFile = "${optionsDoc.optionsJSON}/share/doc/nixos/options.json";
+  optionsMD = optionsDoc.optionsCommonMark;
 in
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   name = "nixpkgs-manual-md";
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   passAsFile = [ "pythonInterpreterTable" ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
-
-    nixos-render-docs -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES options commonmark \
-      --manpage-urls ./manpage-urls.json \
-      --revision ${inputs.nixpkgs.rev} \
-      ${optionsJSONFile} ./options.md
     substituteInPlace ./languages-frameworks/python.section.md --subst-var-by python-interpreter-table "$(<"$pythonInterpreterTablePath")"
 
     mv ./functions/library.md.in ./functions/library.md
@@ -71,8 +66,8 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       --replace-fail '@MANUAL_VERSION@' '${lib.version}'
 
     mkdir out
+    cp ${optionsMD} out/options.md
     mv preface.chapter.md out/index.md
-    mv options.md out/
     mv build-helpers out/build-helpers
     mv build-helpers.md out/build-helpers/index.md
     mv development out/development
@@ -89,7 +84,6 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     mv stdenv.md out/stdenv/index.md
     mv using out/using-nixpkgs
     mv using-nixpkgs.md out/using-nixpkgs/index.md
-    cp ${optionsJSONFile} out/options.json
     pushd out
     find . -type f -exec perl -pi -e 's/\s*:::{.note}\n/!!! note\n\ \ /' {} \;
     find . -type f -exec perl -pi -e 's/\s*:::{.warning}\n/!!! warning\n\ \ /' {} \;
diff --git a/packages/nixpkgs-manual/options-doc.nix b/packages/nixpkgs-manual/options-doc.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3cbceaa..0000000
--- a/packages/nixpkgs-manual/options-doc.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
-let
-  inherit (pkgs.lib) hasPrefix removePrefix;
-in