diff --git a/nix/eval-machine-info.nix b/nix/eval-machine-info.nix
index 5caab91a0..a6a2a8de1 100644
--- a/nix/eval-machine-info.nix
+++ b/nix/eval-machine-info.nix
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ in rec {
   # for backward compatibility
   network = lib.mapAttrs (n: v: [v]) net.config;
   networks = [ net.config ];
-
-  # skip problematic resources entries
-  resources = removeAttrs net.config.resources ["deployment" "_name" "_type"];
   defaults = [ net.config.defaults ];
   nodes = #TODO: take options and other modules outputs for each node
     lib.mapAttrs (n: v: {
@@ -59,6 +56,11 @@ in rec {
       inherit (v.nixpkgs) pkgs;
     }) net.config.nodes;
 
+  # ./resource.nix is imported in resource opt but does not define resource types
+  # we have to remove those entries as they do not otherwise conform to the resource schema
+  resources = removeAttrs net.config.resources (lib.attrNames (import ./resource.nix {
+    name = ""; inherit lib; }).options);
+
   importedPluginNixExprs = map import pluginNixExprs;
   pluginOptions = lib.lists.concatMap (e: e.options) importedPluginNixExprs;
   pluginResources = map (e: e.resources) importedPluginNixExprs;
diff --git a/nix/resource.nix b/nix/resource.nix
index 8e04aa98a..ba0e0cc90 100644
--- a/nix/resource.nix
+++ b/nix/resource.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, name, ... }:
+{ lib, name, ... }:
 
 with lib;