diff --git a/home/alisceon/base.nix b/home/alisceon/base.nix
index a50cf4e..d83f9ff 100644
--- a/home/alisceon/base.nix
+++ b/home/alisceon/base.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
           ls = "exa";
           ll = "exa -lah";
           grep = "rg";
-          cat = "bat -p";
 
           pypod = "podman run --rm -it --network host -v '.:/run' -w '/run' python /run/";
           devi = "nix flake init -t templates#";
diff --git a/hosts/common/base.nix b/hosts/common/base.nix
index 0009e52..8cc14b9 100644
--- a/hosts/common/base.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/base.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
       curl
       btop # system monitor
       ripgrep # grep replacement
-      bat # cat replacement
       fd # find replacement
       eza # ls replacement
       nh # nix helper
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@
         aliases["ls"] = "exa"
         aliases["ll"] = "exa -lah"
         aliases["grep"] = "rg"
-        aliases["cat"] = "bat -p"
 
       '';
     }; # end xonsh