diff --git a/modules/profiles/empty.nix b/modules/profiles/empty.nix
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-# Empty profiles, used to avoid the case where no profiles are selected for
-# nixos-hardware-scan.
-
-{
-  imports = [];
-  options = {};
-  config = {};
-}