diff --git a/hosts/by-name/servo/fs.nix b/hosts/by-name/servo/fs.nix
index 2838699b..db64faba 100644
--- a/hosts/by-name/servo/fs.nix
+++ b/hosts/by-name/servo/fs.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     fsType = "zfs";
   };
   # services.zfs.zed = ... # TODO: zfs can send me emails when disks fail
+  sane.programs.sysadminUtils.suggestedPrograms = [ "zfs" ];
 
 
   # increase /tmp space (defaults to 50% of RAM) for building large nix things.
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index 48f20b4c..1fcc0b9b 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ in
       "wget"
       "wirelesstools"  # iwlist
       "xq"  # jq for XML
-      "zfs"
+      # "zfs"  # doesn't cross-compile (requires samba)
     ];
     sysadminExtraUtils = declPackageSet [
       "backblaze-b2"