diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 9bcf3de6..764aed43 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@
 
             src = ./.;
           };
-
-          maintainers-sorted = pkgs.callPackage ./stylix/check-maintainers-sorted.nix { };
         } self.packages.${system};
 
         devShells = {
@@ -200,6 +198,7 @@
           runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
             nixfmt-rfc-style
             stylish-haskell
+            keep-sorted
           ];
 
           settings = {
@@ -216,6 +215,10 @@
                 options = [ "--width=80" ];
                 includes = [ "*.nix" ];
               };
+              keep-sorted = {
+                command = "keep-sorted";
+                includes = [ "*" ];
+              };
             };
           };
         };
diff --git a/stylix/check-maintainers-sorted.nix b/stylix/check-maintainers-sorted.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 55b8bc12..00000000
--- a/stylix/check-maintainers-sorted.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-# Slight modification from nixpkgs's script: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/4a694fc50007076566a204d6ea623fd5fc7ddbfa
-# Copyright (c) 2003-2025 Eelco Dolstra and the Nixpkgs/NixOS contributors
-
-{ lib, runCommandLocal }:
-let
-  inherit (lib)
-    add
-    attrNames
-    attrValues
-    elemAt
-    foldl'
-    genList
-    length
-    replaceStrings
-    sort
-    toLower
-    trace
-    ;
-
-  maintainers = import ./maintainers.nix;
-  simplify = replaceStrings [ "-" "_" ] [ "" "" ];
-  namesSorted = sort (a: b: a.key < b.key) (
-    map (
-      n:
-      let
-        pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos n maintainers;
-      in
-      assert pos == null -> throw "maintainers entry ${n} is malformed";
-      {
-        name = n;
-        inherit (pos) line;
-        key = toLower (simplify n);
-      }
-    ) (attrNames maintainers)
-  );
-  before =
-    {
-      key,
-      ...
-    }:
-    foldl' (
-      acc: n: if n.key < key && (acc == null || n.key > acc.key) then n else acc
-    ) null namesSorted;
-  errors = foldl' add 0 (
-    map (
-      i:
-      let
-        a = elemAt namesSorted i;
-        b = elemAt namesSorted (i + 1);
-        lim =
-          let
-            t = before a;
-          in
-          if t == null then "the initial {" else t.name;
-      in
-      if a.line >= b.line then
-        trace (
-          "maintainer ${a.name} (line ${toString a.line}) should be listed "
-          + "after ${lim}, not after ${b.name} (line ${toString b.line})"
-        ) 1
-      else
-        0
-    ) (genList (i: i) (length namesSorted - 1))
-  );
-in
-assert length (attrValues maintainers) < 1 || errors == 0;
-runCommandLocal "maintainers-sorted" { } "mkdir $out"
-
-# generate edit commands to sort the list.
-# may everything following the last current entry (closing } ff) in the wrong place
-# with lib;
-# concatStringsSep
-#   "\n"
-#   (let first = foldl' (acc: n: if n.line < acc then n.line else acc) 999999999 namesSorted;
-#        commands = map
-#          (i: let e = elemAt namesSorted i;
-#                  begin = foldl'
-#                    (acc: n: if n.line < e.line && n.line > acc then n.line else acc)
-#                    1
-#                    namesSorted;
-#                  end =
-#                    foldl' (acc: n: if n.line > e.line && n.line < acc then n.line else acc)
-#                      999999999
-#                      namesSorted;
-#              in "${toString e.line},${toString (end - 1)} p")
-#          (genList (i: i) (length namesSorted));
-#    in map
-#      (c: "sed -ne '${c}' maintainers/maintainer-list.nix")
-#      ([ "1,${toString (first - 1)} p" ] ++ commands))
diff --git a/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix b/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix
index 2ab4d69a..a8af8e3a 100644
--- a/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix
+++ b/stylix/home-manager-integration.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ let
         )
       )
       [
+        # keep-sorted start block=yes
         {
           path = [
             "stylix"
@@ -50,14 +51,7 @@ let
           path = [
             "stylix"
             "fonts"
-            "serif"
-          ];
-        }
-        {
-          path = [
-            "stylix"
-            "fonts"
-            "sansSerif"
+            "emoji"
           ];
         }
         {
@@ -71,15 +65,14 @@ let
           path = [
             "stylix"
             "fonts"
-            "emoji"
+            "sansSerif"
           ];
         }
         {
           path = [
             "stylix"
             "fonts"
-            "sizes"
-            "desktop"
+            "serif"
           ];
         }
         {
@@ -95,7 +88,7 @@ let
             "stylix"
             "fonts"
             "sizes"
-            "terminal"
+            "desktop"
           ];
         }
         {
@@ -106,6 +99,14 @@ let
             "popups"
           ];
         }
+        {
+          path = [
+            "stylix"
+            "fonts"
+            "sizes"
+            "terminal"
+          ];
+        }
         {
           path = [
             "stylix"
@@ -118,13 +119,6 @@ let
             "imageScalingMode"
           ];
         }
-        {
-          path = [
-            "stylix"
-            "opacity"
-            "desktop"
-          ];
-        }
         {
           path = [
             "stylix"
@@ -136,7 +130,7 @@ let
           path = [
             "stylix"
             "opacity"
-            "terminal"
+            "desktop"
           ];
         }
         {
@@ -146,6 +140,13 @@ let
             "popups"
           ];
         }
+        {
+          path = [
+            "stylix"
+            "opacity"
+            "terminal"
+          ];
+        }
         {
           path = [
             "stylix"
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ let
             "platform"
           ];
         }
+        # keep-sorted end
       ];
 
 in
diff --git a/stylix/maintainers.nix b/stylix/maintainers.nix
index 4d933db5..44cf01a6 100644
--- a/stylix/maintainers.nix
+++ b/stylix/maintainers.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #
 # [1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/1da63e6cc622a0cb6fd5b86d49923e4eb1e33b70/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
 {
+  # keep-sorted start case=no numeric=no block=yes
   butzist = {
     email = "adam@szalkowski.de";
     name = "Adam M. Szalkowski";
@@ -55,4 +56,5 @@
     github = "skoove";
     githubId = 53106860;
   };
+  # keep-sorted end
 }