diff --git a/users/simon/modules/programs.nix b/users/simon/modules/programs.nix
index e3d62ad..4320d59 100644
--- a/users/simon/modules/programs.nix
+++ b/users/simon/modules/programs.nix
@@ -23,31 +23,6 @@ let
       --model-dir ${waifu2x-photo-models} \
       $@
   '';
-
-  # making paperwork only depend on the tesseract language models I need (< 40
-  # MiB) than all models (1 GiB) is hard
-  paperwork =
-    let
-      paperwork-backend = (pkgs.python3Packages.paperwork-backend.override {
-        pyocr = pkgs.python3Packages.pyocr.override {
-          tesseract = pkgs.tesseract.override {
-            enableLanguages = [ "deu" "eng" ];
-          };
-        };
-      }).overrideAttrs (o: o // {
-        # !!! HACK test test_guess_orientation fails and I found no easy way to
-        # disable it
-        setuptoolsCheckPhase = "echo disabled";
-      });
-    in
-    pkgs.paperwork.override {
-      python3Packages = pkgs.python3Packages // {
-        inherit paperwork-backend;
-        paperwork-shell = pkgs.python3Packages.paperwork-shell.override {
-          inherit paperwork-backend;
-        };
-      };
-    };
 in
 {
   home.packages = with pkgs; [
@@ -208,7 +183,6 @@ in
     scrcpy # stream/control android phones over adb
     wev # wayland event monitor
     wl-clipboard # not really gui, but cli tool to manage wayland clipboard
-    wxhexeditor # hex editor
     xfce.thunar # graphical file manager
   ] ++ lib.optionals (nixosConfig.sbruder.gui.enable && nixosConfig.sbruder.full) [
     # communication
@@ -216,9 +190,7 @@ in
 
     # creative/design
     blender # 3d animation
-    darktable # photo development
     gimp-with-plugins # bitmap image editor
-    krita # drawing
 
     # audio
     audacity # audio editor
@@ -226,7 +198,6 @@ in
 
     # office
     jameica # application framework (used for hibiscus online banking)
-    paperwork # document management system
     pdfarranger # pdf multitool
     textidote # LaTeX document linter
   ] ++ lib.optionals (nixosConfig.sbruder.gui.enable && !nixosConfig.sbruder.full) [