diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 3791b49..e911a9b 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
     ansible
     authenticator # 2-factor auth, it's for Gnome but it's the only good one (can scan in from the phone etc)
     backintime
-    beets
+    # beets # broke build suddenly :-/
     # birdtray
     bitwarden-cli
     bitwarden-desktop
     bitwarden-menu
     brave
     btop
-    calibre
+    # calibre # MOAR brokenness of things that were working fine
     cobalt # Static site generator written in Rust
-    # unstable.comaps
+    # comaps # hell NixOS just have everything randomly break why don't you
     colordiff # https://www.colordiff.org/
     contrast
     converseen
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     libinput
     libreoffice-qt6-still # this is basically unusable, graphics all mis-aligned
     # light
-    losslesscut-bin # simple audio/video editor GUI via https://chaos.social/@nblr/113911420594814380
+    # losslesscut-bin # suddenly started breaking NixOS build # simple audio/video editor GUI via https://chaos.social/@nblr/113911420594814380
     lshw
     magic-wormhole
     md2pdf # breaking build due to weasyprint tests