diff --git a/home-manager/modules/emulators.nix b/home-manager/modules/emulators.nix
index 7f3f4c6..325189d 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/emulators.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/emulators.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 {pkgs, ...}: {
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
-    mgba
     desmume
     duckstation
-    pcsx2
     ryujinx
-    mupen64plus
-    dolphin-emu # might remove. causes a long time to build
     retroarch
     mednafen
-    joycond
     waydroid
     shadps4
     rpcs3_latest
diff --git a/hosts/system-packages.nix b/hosts/system-packages.nix
index 4c3b2e8..3887c6e 100644
--- a/hosts/system-packages.nix
+++ b/hosts/system-packages.nix
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@
     jdk17
     maven
     gradle
-    rustc
-    rustup
-    cargo-edit
-    cargo-watch
-    cargo-outdated
-    cargo-audit
-    rust-analyzer
     visualvm
     wget
     curl
@@ -76,7 +69,6 @@
     sqlite
     redis
     sqls
-    luajitPackages.jsregexp
     cachix
     texlive.combined.scheme-full
     imagemagick