diff --git a/home/private_bin/executable_get-updates b/home/private_bin/executable_get-updates
deleted file mode 100644
index d743265..0000000
--- a/home/private_bin/executable_get-updates
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-usage() {
-	cat <<HELP
-
-get-updates [option]
-
---notify   send a notification with available packages
--h,--help  print this page and exit
-
-HELP
-	exit 0
-}
-
-header() {
-	echo "============="
-}
-
-updates_output() {
-	notify=$1
-	if [[ -n $updates_arch ]]; then
-		header
-		echo "ARCH: $(echo "$updates_arch" | wc -l)"
-		header
-		[[ -z $notify ]] && echo "$updates_arch"
-	fi
-	if [[ -n $updates_aur ]]; then
-		header
-		echo "AUR: $(echo "$updates_aur" | wc -l)"
-		header
-		[[ -z $notify ]] && echo "$updates_aur"
-	fi
-	echo
-}
-
-update_system() {
-	echo
-	read -r -p "Would you like to update? (y/N): " confirm && [[ $confirm == [yY] || $confirm == [yY][eE][sS] ]] || exit 1
-	paru -Syu
-}
-
-for opt in "$@"; do
-	case $opt in
-	-h | --help)
-		usage
-		;;
-	--notify)
-		notify=1
-		shift
-		;;
-	-*)
-		echo "Invalid option: $opt"
-		usage
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-echo "fetching updates..."
-echo
-
-updates_arch="$(checkupdates 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}' | column)"
-updates_aur="$(paru -Qua 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}' | column)"
-updates_info="$(updates_output "$notify")"
-
-if [[ -z $updates_info ]]; then
-	echo "system up to date"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-if [[ -n $notify ]]; then
-	notify-send -w "System Updates Available!" "$updates_info" &
-else
-	echo "System Updates Available!"
-	echo "$updates_info"
-	update_system
-fi