diff --git a/Propellor/Property/Dns.hs b/Propellor/Property/Dns.hs
index 0813e61..b9738e4 100644
--- a/Propellor/Property/Dns.hs
+++ b/Propellor/Property/Dns.hs
@@ -149,18 +149,14 @@ namedConfFile = "/etc/bind/named.conf.local"
 -- You do not need to increment the SerialNumber when making changes!
 -- Propellor will automatically add the number of commits in the git
 -- repository to the SerialNumber.
---
--- Handy trick: You don't need to list IPAddrs in the [Record],
--- just make some Host set its `alias` to the root of domain.
-mkSOA :: Domain -> SerialNumber -> [Record] -> SOA
-mkSOA d sn rs = SOA
+mkSOA :: Domain -> SerialNumber -> SOA
+mkSOA d sn = SOA
 	{ sDomain = AbsDomain d
 	, sSerial = sn
 	, sRefresh = hours 4
 	, sRetry = hours 1
 	, sExpire = 2419200 -- 4 weeks
 	, sNegativeCacheTTL = hours 8
-	, sRecord = rs
 	}
   where
 	hours n = n * 60 * 60
@@ -168,7 +164,7 @@ mkSOA d sn rs = SOA
 dValue :: BindDomain -> String
 dValue (RelDomain d) = d
 dValue (AbsDomain d) = d ++ "."
-dValue (SOADomain) = "@"
+dValue (RootDomain) = "@"
 
 rField :: Record -> String
 rField (Address (IPv4 _)) = "A"
@@ -246,43 +242,37 @@ readZonePropellorFile f = catchDefaultIO Nothing $
 -- | Generating a zone file.
 genZoneFile :: Zone -> String
 genZoneFile (Zone zdomain soa rs) = unlines $
-	header : genSOA zdomain soa ++ map genr rs
+	header : genSOA soa ++ map (genRecord zdomain) rs
   where
 	header = com $ "BIND zone file for " ++ zdomain ++ ". Generated by propellor, do not edit."
 
-	genr (d, r) = genRecord zdomain (Just d, r)
-
-genRecord :: Domain -> (Maybe BindDomain, Record) -> String
-genRecord zdomain (mdomain, record) = intercalate "\t"
-	[ hn
+genRecord :: Domain -> (BindDomain, Record) -> String
+genRecord zdomain (domain, record) = intercalate "\t"
+	[ domainHost zdomain domain
 	, "IN"
 	, rField record
 	, rValue record
 	]
-  where
-	hn = maybe "" (domainHost zdomain) mdomain
 
-genSOA :: Domain -> SOA -> [String]
-genSOA zdomain soa =
-	header ++ map (genRecord zdomain) (zip (repeat Nothing) (sRecord soa))
-  where
-	header =
-		-- "@ IN SOA ns1.example.com. root ("
-		[ intercalate "\t"
-			[ dValue SOADomain 
-			, "IN"
-			, "SOA"
-			, dValue (sDomain soa)
-			, "root"
-			, "("
-			]
-		, headerline sSerial "Serial"
-		, headerline sRefresh "Refresh"
-		, headerline sRetry "Retry"
-		, headerline sExpire "Expire"
-		, headerline sNegativeCacheTTL "Negative Cache TTL"
-		, inheader ")"
+genSOA :: SOA -> [String]
+genSOA soa = 
+	-- "@ IN SOA ns1.example.com. root ("
+	[ intercalate "\t"
+		[ dValue RootDomain 
+		, "IN"
+		, "SOA"
+		, dValue (sDomain soa)
+		, "root"
+		, "("
 		]
+	, headerline sSerial "Serial"
+	, headerline sRefresh "Refresh"
+	, headerline sRetry "Retry"
+	, headerline sExpire "Expire"
+	, headerline sNegativeCacheTTL "Negative Cache TTL"
+	, inheader ")"
+	]
+  where
 	headerline r comment = inheader $ show (r soa) ++ "\t\t" ++ com comment
 	inheader l = "\t\t\t" ++ l
 
@@ -357,7 +347,7 @@ inDomain _ _ = False -- can't tell, so assume not
 -- suitable for using in a zone file.
 domainHost :: Domain -> BindDomain -> String
 domainHost _ (RelDomain d) = d
-domainHost _ SOADomain = "@"
+domainHost _ RootDomain = "@"
 domainHost base (AbsDomain d)
 	| dotbase `isSuffixOf` d = take (length d - length dotbase) d
 	| base == d = "@"
diff --git a/Propellor/Types/Dns.hs b/Propellor/Types/Dns.hs
index e367202..9b2ad1e 100644
--- a/Propellor/Types/Dns.hs
+++ b/Propellor/Types/Dns.hs
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ data SOA = SOA
 	, sRetry :: Integer
 	, sExpire :: Integer
 	, sNegativeCacheTTL :: Integer
-	, sRecord :: [Record]
-	-- ^ Records for the root of the domain. Typically NS, A, TXT
 	}
 	deriving (Read, Show, Eq)
 
@@ -76,6 +74,7 @@ type SerialNumber = Word32
 -- Let's use a type to keep absolute domains straight from relative
 -- domains.
 --
--- The SOADomain refers to the root SOA record.
-data BindDomain = RelDomain Domain | AbsDomain Domain | SOADomain
+-- The RootDomain refers to the top level of the domain, so can be used
+-- to add nameservers, MX's, etc to a domain.
+data BindDomain = RelDomain Domain | AbsDomain Domain | RootDomain
 	deriving (Read, Show, Eq, Ord)
diff --git a/config-joey.hs b/config-joey.hs
index 1bda9dd..e0973f9 100644
--- a/config-joey.hs
+++ b/config-joey.hs
@@ -124,15 +124,14 @@ hosts =               --                  (o)  `
 		
 		& myDnsSecondary
 		& Dns.primary hosts "olduse.net"
-			( Dns.mkSOA "ns1.kitenet.net" 100
-				[ NS (AbsDomain "ns1.kitenet.net")
-				, NS (AbsDomain "ns6.gandi.net")
-				, NS (AbsDomain "ns2.kitenet.net")
-				, MX 0 (AbsDomain "kitenet.net")
-				, TXT "v=spf1 a -all"
-				]
-			)
-			[ (RelDomain "article", CNAME $ AbsDomain "virgil.koldfront.dk") ]
+			(Dns.mkSOA "ns1.kitenet.net" 100)
+			[ (RootDomain, NS $ AbsDomain "ns1.kitenet.net")
+			, (RootDomain, NS $ AbsDomain "ns6.gandi.net")
+			, (RootDomain, NS $ AbsDomain "ns2.kitenet.net")
+			, (RootDomain, MX 0 $ AbsDomain "kitenet.net")
+			, (RootDomain, TXT "v=spf1 a -all")
+			, (RelDomain "article", CNAME $ AbsDomain "virgil.koldfront.dk")
+			]
 
 		& Apt.installed ["ntop"]
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index beaca78..e84c321 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+propellor (0.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Removed root domain records from SOA. Instead, use RootDomain
+    when calling Dns.primary.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:46:35 -0400
+
 propellor (0.4.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Propellor can configure primary DNS servers, including generating
diff --git a/propellor.cabal b/propellor.cabal
index 68d7fb7..bc9f773 100644
--- a/propellor.cabal
+++ b/propellor.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: propellor
-Version: 0.4.0
+Version: 0.5.0
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.6
 License: GPL
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>