diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 918be092..1e349569 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ building [hosts/](./hosts/) will require [sops][sops].
 
 you might specifically be interested in these files (elaborated further in #key-points-of-interest):
 - ~~[`sxmo-utils`](./pkgs/additional/sxmo-utils/default.nix)~~
-  - ~~[example SXMO deployment](./hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix)~~
   - these files will remain until my config settles down, but i no longer use or maintain SXMO.
 - [my implementation of impermanence](./modules/persist/default.nix)
 - my way of deploying dotfiles/configuring programs per-user:
diff --git a/hosts/by-name/moby/default.nix b/hosts/by-name/moby/default.nix
index d372cd4e..cd939736 100644
--- a/hosts/by-name/moby/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/by-name/moby/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # Pinephone
-# other setups to reference:
-# - <https://hamblingreen.gitlab.io/2022/03/02/my-pinephone-setup.html>
-#   - sxmo Arch user. lots of app recommendations
 #
 # wikis, resources, ...:
 # - Linux Phone Apps: <https://linuxphoneapps.org/>
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@
 
   sops.secrets.colin-passwd.neededForUsers = true;
 
-  # sane.gui.sxmo.enable = true;
   sane.programs.sway.enableFor.user.colin = true;
   sane.programs.swaylock.enableFor.user.colin = false;  #< not usable on touch
   sane.programs.schlock.enableFor.user.colin = true;
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/conky/battery_estimate b/hosts/common/programs/conky/battery_estimate
index 60d1d268..ce36d220 100755
--- a/hosts/common/programs/conky/battery_estimate
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/conky/battery_estimate
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ usage() {
   echo "  --percent-suffix <string>:  use the provided string when displaying percents"
 }
 
-# these icons come from sxmo; they only render in nerdfonts
+# these icons may only render in nerdfonts
 icon_bat_chg=("󰢟" "󱊤" "󱊥" "󰂅")
 icon_bat_dis=("󰂎" "󱊡" "󱊢" "󱊣")
 suffix_icon=" "  # thin space
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/conky/default.nix b/hosts/common/programs/conky/default.nix
index bab9086a..6b34370a 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/conky/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/conky/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
   sane.programs.conky = {
-    # TODO: non-sandboxed `conky` still ships via `sxmo-utils`, but unused
     sandbox.method = "bwrap";
     sandbox.net = "clearnet";  #< for the scripts it calls (weather)
     sandbox.extraPaths = [
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/fontconfig.nix b/hosts/common/programs/fontconfig.nix
index d34fa230..eafd89c4 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/fontconfig.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/fontconfig.nix
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ let
   # - 󰍦 (message bubble)
   # - 󰏲 (phone)
   # -  (weather/sun-behind-clouds)
-  # used particularly by sxmo utilities, but also a few of my own (e.g. conky)
+  # i use these icons mostly in conky, swaync.
   #
   # nerdfonts is very heavy. each font is 20-900 MiB (2 MiB per "variation")
   # lots of redundant data inside there, but no deduplication except whatever nix or the fs does implicitly.
   wantedNerdfonts = [
-    # used explicitly by SXMO
-    # "DejaVuSansMono"  # 25 MiB
     # good terminal/coding font. grab via nerdfonts for more emoji/unicode support
     "Hack"  # 26 MiB
     "Noto"  # 861 MiB
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/mpv/input.conf b/hosts/common/programs/mpv/input.conf
index 07f5bb16..932dce67 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/mpv/input.conf
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/mpv/input.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # - properties: <https://mpv.io/manual/master/#property-list>
 
 # let volume/power keys be interpreted by the system.
-# this is important for sxmo.
+# this is important for moby/bonsai.
 # mpv defaults is POWER = close, VOLUME_{UP,DOWN} = adjust application-level volume
 POWER ignore
 VOLUME_UP ignore
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/rofi/snippets.txt b/hosts/common/programs/rofi/snippets.txt
index bcefb9e0..cc8f632a 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/rofi/snippets.txt
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/rofi/snippets.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/builtins.html
 https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/pulls?q=
 https://nur.nix-community.org/
 https://repology.org/projects/?maintainer=colin@uninsane.org&inrepo=nix_unstable&outdated=1
-https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-devel
 https://w.uninsane.org/viewer#search?books.name=wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2022-05&pattern=
 https://jackett.uninsane.org/UI/Dashboard#search=
 https://lemmy.uninsane.org
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/sane-scripts.nix b/hosts/common/programs/sane-scripts.nix
index 709b40fc..8c83475a 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/sane-scripts.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/sane-scripts.nix
@@ -247,13 +247,7 @@ in
       # extraHomePaths = [ ".config/sane-vpn" ];
     };
 
-    "sane-scripts.which".sandbox = {
-      method = "bwrap";
-      extraHomePaths = [
-        # for SXMO
-        ".config/sxmo/hooks"
-      ];
-    };
+    "sane-scripts.which".sandbox.method = "bwrap";
 
     "sane-scripts.wipe".sandbox = {
       method = "bwrap";
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/sfeed.nix b/hosts/common/programs/sfeed.nix
index 1157e331..a0be7fc0 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/sfeed.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/sfeed.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # simple RSS and Atom parser
 # - <https://codemadness.org/sfeed-simple-feed-parser.html>
-# - used by sxmo
 # - man 5 sfeedrc
 #
 # call `sfeed_update` to query each feed and populate entries in ~/.sfeed/feeds
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/waybar/default.nix b/hosts/common/programs/waybar/default.nix
index 48e1c892..8629c61b 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/waybar/default.nix
@@ -91,18 +91,14 @@ in
     sandbox.whitelistWayland = true;
     sandbox.extraRuntimePaths = [
       "sway"
-      # "sxmo_status"  #< only necessary if relying on sxmo's statusbar periodicals service
     ];
     sandbox.extraPaths = [
-      # for wifi status on sxmo/phone
-      "/dev/rfkill"
+      # for wifi status on phone
+      # "/dev/rfkill"
       # for the battery indicator
       "/sys/class/power_supply"
       "/sys/devices"
     ];
-    sandbox.extraHomePaths = [
-      ".config/sxmo/hooks"
-    ];
 
     fs.".config/waybar/config".symlink.target =
       (pkgs.formats.json {}).generate "waybar-config.json" [
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/waybar/waybar-style.css b/hosts/common/programs/waybar/waybar-style.css
index c1b07407..40d28f03 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/waybar/waybar-style.css
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/waybar/waybar-style.css
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ window#waybar {
 #cpu,
 #custom-media,
 #custom-swaync,
-#custom-sxmo,
-#custom-sxmo-sane,
 #disk,
 #idle_inhibitor,
 #memory,
diff --git a/hosts/common/users/colin.nix b/hosts/common/users/colin.nix
index 2e8dec2e..7006c289 100644
--- a/hosts/common/users/colin.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/users/colin.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       "dialout"  # required for modem access (moby)
       "export"  # to read filesystem exports (servo)
       "feedbackd"  # moby, so `fbcli` can control vibrator and LEDs
-      "input"  # for /dev/input/<xyz>: sxmo
+      "input"  # for /dev/input/<xyz>... TODO:is this still necessary?
       "media"  # servo
       "networkmanager"
       "nixbuild"
diff --git a/modules/services/eg25-manager.nix b/modules/services/eg25-manager.nix
index 07f997dc..3e3398fc 100644
--- a/modules/services/eg25-manager.nix
+++ b/modules/services/eg25-manager.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # eg25-manager: <https://gitlab.com/mobian1/eg25-manager>
-# - used by sxmo, in <configs/default_hooks/sxmo_hook_restart_modem_daemons.sh>
 # - requires modemmanager (ModemManager.service)
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let