diff --git a/homes/desktop.nix b/homes/desktop.nix
index 980d220..6bd2945 100644
--- a/homes/desktop.nix
+++ b/homes/desktop.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, custom-pkgs, ... }: {
+{ pkgs, ... }: {
 
   imports = [
     ./../programs/firefox.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
       tex-fmt
       woodpecker-cli
       (texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-basic latex-bin latexmk; })
-      custom-pkgs.ark
     ];
     shellAliases = { code = "codium"; };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/ark.nix b/pkgs/ark.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c8d456..0000000
--- a/pkgs/ark.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, ... }:
-
-let
-  version = "0.1.174";
-  sha256 = {
-    x86_64-linux = "sha256-fZnVR5V9VaCmj4tkCrYRv3ouKr0gFukyLdEqvcb1c/8=";
-    aarch64-linux = "sha256-yj7UHUqnnlTz9ZYsH0UHgnhDY7bBZzff09KbYwOINj8=";
-    darwin = "sha256-cI1Xrico/0SHbuPwYLQNS6crJbY5gaVuAR02u5O+NPc=";
-  };
-
-in with pkgs;
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ark";
-  inherit version;
-  src = {
-    x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
-      url =
-        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-linux-x64.zip";
-      sha256 = sha256.x86_64-linux;
-    };
-    aarch64-linux = fetchurl {
-      url =
-        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-linux-arm64.zip";
-      sha256 = sha256.aarch64-linux;
-    };
-    x86_64-darwin = fetchurl {
-      url =
-        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-darwin-universal.zip";
-      sha256 = sha256.darwin;
-    };
-    aarch64-darwin = fetchurl {
-      url =
-        "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/releases/download/${version}/ark-${version}-darwin-universal.zip";
-      sha256 = sha256.darwin;
-    };
-  }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw
-    "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
-
-  # Nix reports "unpacker appears to have produced no directories" without this
-  # line. Not sure why sc4pac doesn't need it when it is also a zip archive, but
-  # I found this article that pointed me to this line:
-  # https://sekun.net/blog/packaging-prebuilt-binaries-with-nix/
-  sourceRoot = ".";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    unzip $src -d $out/bin
-    chmod +x $out/bin/ark
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Ark is an R kernel for Jupyter notebooks";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/posit-dev/ark";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 2e0c11e..ce6c178 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
-  ark = pkgs.callPackage ./ark.nix { };
   sc4pac = pkgs.callPackage ./sc4pac.nix { };
 }
diff --git a/playbooks/packages.yaml b/playbooks/packages.yaml
index 4fd609d..7d31ca4 100644
--- a/playbooks/packages.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/packages.yaml
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@
         name:
           - chromium
           - firefoxpwa
-          - fontconfig-devel
-          - freetype-devel
-          - fribidi-devel
           - ghostty
           - inkscape
           - jq
@@ -63,10 +60,6 @@
           - kdenlive
           - kdiff3
           - krita
-          - libjpeg-devel
-          - libpng-devel
-          - libtiff-devel
-          - libwebp-devel
           - musescore
           - nextcloud-client
           - nextcloud-client-dolphin