diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index 97fec070..0de1a2f5 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -107,21 +107,21 @@ let
   consolePkgs = {
     inherit (pkgs)
       alsaUtils  # for aplay, speaker-test
-      cdrtools
+      # cdrtools
       clinfo
       dmidecode
       efivar
-      flashrom
+      # flashrom
       fwupd
       gh  # MS GitHub cli
       git  # needed as a user package, for config.
-      gnupg
-      gocryptfs
-      gopass  # TODO: shouldn't be needed here
-      gopass-jsonapi
+      # gnupg
+      # gocryptfs
+      # gopass
+      # gopass-jsonapi
       kitty  # TODO: move to GUI, but `ssh servo` from kitty sets `TERM=xterm-kitty` in the remove and breaks things
-      libsecret  # for managing user keyrings
-      lm_sensors  # for sensors-detect
+      libsecret  # for managing user keyrings. TODO: what needs this? lift into the consumer
+      lm_sensors  # for sensors-detect. TODO: what needs this? lift into the consumer
       lshw
       # memtester
       neovim