diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index 80813d1..ca97fa2 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@
     nix-search-cli
     php # does PHP 8.2 currently and there's php81, php83, and php84 alternatives
     python3
-    python311Packages.pip
-    python311Packages.playsound
-    python311Packages.pycairo
-    python311Packages.pygobject3
-    python311Packages.pytz
-    python312Packages.readchar
-    python311Packages.tzlocal
     recoll
     samba
     slack