diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 004bc88..53eeeac 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -133,33 +133,6 @@
         "url": "https://git.dayl.in/daylin/hyprman.git"
       }
     },
-    "jj": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ],
-        "rust-overlay": [
-          "rust-overlay"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1738805560,
-        "narHash": "sha256-jGy+0VDxQrgNhj+eX06FRhPP31V8QZVAM4j4yBosAGE=",
-        "owner": "martinvonz",
-        "repo": "jj",
-        "rev": "613742dfbbd89324b25672a75ef8ce9e671ae0d3",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "martinvonz",
-        "ref": "v0.26.0",
-        "repo": "jj",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "lib-aggregate": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": [
@@ -451,7 +424,6 @@
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "hyprland-contrib": "hyprland-contrib",
         "hyprman": "hyprman",
-        "jj": "jj",
         "lib-aggregate": "lib-aggregate",
         "lix": "lix",
         "lix-module": "lix-module",
diff --git a/modules/storage/restic.nix b/modules/storage/restic.nix
index 50c0f7a..f1e2a91 100644
--- a/modules/storage/restic.nix
+++ b/modules/storage/restic.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
   config,
   pkgs,
   mkOizysModule,
-  flake,
   ...
 }:
 mkOizysModule config "backups" {
-  # environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ rclone ];
-  environment.systemPackages = [ (flake.pkgs "self").rclone ];
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ rclone ];
 
   services.restic.backups.gdrive = {
     # BUG: if .conda/environments.txt doesn't exist then this won't work
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index dd7509d..e8c9e1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ in
   distrobox = pkgs.callPackage ./distrobox { };
   llm-with-plugins = pkgs.callPackage ./llm/llm-with-plugins { };
 
-  # added for access to https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/8351
-  # can remove when rclone v1.70 hits nixpkgs
-  rclone = pkgs.callPackage ./rclone { };
-
   nimlangserver = pkgs.callPackage ./nim/nimlangserver { };
   procs = pkgs.callPackage ./nim/procs { };
   nimble = pkgs.callPackage ./nim/nimble { };
diff --git a/pkgs/rclone/default.nix b/pkgs/rclone/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bfd7f9..0000000
--- a/pkgs/rclone/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  buildGoModule,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  buildPackages,
-  installShellFiles,
-  makeWrapper,
-  enableCmount ? true,
-  fuse,
-  fuse3,
-  macfuse-stubs,
-  librclone,
-}:
-
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "rclone";
-  version = "1.69.0-unstable";
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "man"
-  ];
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "rclone";
-    repo = "rclone";
-    rev = "dc9c87279b989d4c9c8baec9adb259aba8b1da08";
-    hash = "sha256-mH9Bi77cpRY6+LuozJ0efx71rJjp2tR3DBHKLtfMO30=";
-  };
-
-  vendorHash = "sha256-99keix8Phs0IZb+kJcpR72hk0Uicy7h9/aoyZoG3X5w=";
-
-  subPackages = [ "." ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    installShellFiles
-    makeWrapper
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = lib.optional enableCmount (
-    if stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then macfuse-stubs else fuse
-  );
-
-  tags = lib.optionals enableCmount [ "cmount" ];
-
-  ldflags = [
-    "-s"
-    "-w"
-    "-X github.com/rclone/rclone/fs.Version=${version}"
-  ];
-
-  postConfigure = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) ''
-    substituteInPlace vendor/github.com/winfsp/cgofuse/fuse/host_cgo.go \
-        --replace-fail '"libfuse.so.2"' '"${lib.getLib fuse}/lib/libfuse.so.2"'
-  '';
-
-  postInstall =
-    let
-      rcloneBin =
-        if stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform then
-          "$out"
-        else
-          lib.getBin buildPackages.rclone;
-    in
-    ''
-      installManPage rclone.1
-      for shell in bash zsh fish; do
-        ${rcloneBin}/bin/rclone genautocomplete $shell rclone.$shell
-        installShellCompletion rclone.$shell
-      done
-
-      # filesystem helpers
-      ln -s $out/bin/rclone $out/bin/rclonefs
-      ln -s $out/bin/rclone $out/bin/mount.rclone
-    ''
-    +
-      lib.optionalString (enableCmount && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin)
-        # use --suffix here to ensure we don't shadow /run/wrappers/bin/fusermount3,
-        # as the setuid wrapper is required as non-root on NixOS.
-        ''
-          wrapProgram $out/bin/rclone \
-            --suffix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ fuse3 ]}"
-        '';
-
-  passthru.tests = {
-    inherit librclone;
-  };
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Command line program to sync files and directories to and from major cloud storage";
-    homepage = "https://rclone.org";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/v${version}/docs/content/changelog.md";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    mainProgram = "rclone";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
-      SuperSandro2000
-      tomfitzhenry
-    ];
-  };
-}