diff --git a/app-of-apps/app-definitions.libsonnet b/app-of-apps/app-definitions.libsonnet
index 56c265d..9411d05 100644
--- a/app-of-apps/app-definitions.libsonnet
+++ b/app-of-apps/app-definitions.libsonnet
@@ -35,6 +35,42 @@
                 syncOptions: ["CreateNamespace=true"]
             }
         }
+    },
+    localApplication(
+        name,
+        path="",
+        namespace="") ::
+    {
+        apiVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
+        kind: "Application",
+        metadata: {
+            name: name,
+            namespace: "argo",
+            finalizers: ["resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io"]
+        },
+        spec: {
+            project: "default",
+            source: {
+                repoURL: "https://gitea.scubbo.org/scubbo/helm-charts.git",
+                targetRevision: "HEAD",
+                path: if path == "" then std.join('/', ['charts', name]) else path,
+                // I _think_ every locally-defined chart is going to have a `values.yaml`, but we can make this
+                // parameterized if desired
+                helm: {
+                    valueFiles: ['values.yaml']
+                }
+            },
+            destination: {
+                server: 'https://kubernetes.default.svc',
+                namespace: if namespace == "" then name else namespace
+            },
+            syncPolicy: {
+                automated: {
+                    prune: true
+                },
+                syncOptions: ["CreateNamespace=true"]
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/app-of-apps/apps.yaml b/app-of-apps/apps.yaml
index 8450803..8707bc4 100644
--- a/app-of-apps/apps.yaml
+++ b/app-of-apps/apps.yaml
@@ -298,35 +298,6 @@ spec:
 ---
 apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Application
-metadata:
-  name: drone
-  namespace: argo
-  finalizers:
-  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
-spec:
-  project: default
-
-  source:
-    repoURL: https://gitea.scubbo.org/scubbo/helm-charts.git
-    targetRevision: HEAD
-    path: charts/drone
-
-    helm:
-      valueFiles:
-      - values.yaml
-
-  destination:
-    server: "https://kubernetes.default.svc"
-    namespace: drone
-
-  syncPolicy:
-    automated:
-      prune: true
-    syncOptions:
-    - CreateNamespace=true
----
-apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Application
 metadata:
   name: jackjack-app-of-apps-private
   namespace: argo
diff --git a/app-of-apps/drone.jsonnet b/app-of-apps/drone.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d57434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-of-apps/drone.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+local appDef = import './app-definitions.libsonnet';
+
+appDef.localApplication(name="drone")
\ No newline at end of file