diff --git a/modules/swaylock/hm.nix b/modules/swaylock/hm.nix
index b0aa4f59..910ef72f 100644
--- a/modules/swaylock/hm.nix
+++ b/modules/swaylock/hm.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ mkTarget {
     (
       { cfg, image }:
       {
-        programs.swaylock.settings.image = lib.mkIf cfg.useWallpaper "${image}";
+        programs.swaylock.settings.image = lib.mkIf cfg.useWallpaper image;
       }
     )
     (
diff --git a/modules/wpaperd/hm.nix b/modules/wpaperd/hm.nix
index 5847c371..ed8e286f 100644
--- a/modules/wpaperd/hm.nix
+++ b/modules/wpaperd/hm.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mkTarget {
       in
       {
         services.wpaperd.settings.any = {
-          path = "${image}";
+          path = image;
         } // modeAttrs;
       }
     );
diff --git a/stylix/palette.nix b/stylix/palette.nix
index e7ae4626..112668ac 100644
--- a/stylix/palette.nix
+++ b/stylix/palette.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ in
         default = pkgs.runCommand "palette.json" { } ''
           ${lib.getExe cfg.paletteGenerator} \
             "${cfg.polarity}" \
-            ${lib.escapeShellArg "${cfg.image}"} \
+            ${cfg.image} \
             "$out"
         '';
       };