diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 77d2c4f..5d1fcde 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 
       mkSharedModules = pkgs: pkgs-unstable: [
         ./nixos/modules/base.nix
-        ./nixos/modules/services/wireguard-peer.nix
         inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
         ({ ... }: {
           home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
diff --git a/home/modules/programs/waybar/default.nix b/home/modules/programs/waybar/default.nix
index e2def8f..5889e60 100644
--- a/home/modules/programs/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/home/modules/programs/waybar/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-{ pkgs, repoRoot, ... }:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 let
   commands = import ../../../../lib/commands.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   inherit (commands) uwsm term;
   height = 20;
-  wireguardToggle = "${pkgs.xonsh}/bin/xonsh ${repoRoot}/util/toggle_wg.xsh";
 in
 {
   imports = [
@@ -36,12 +35,11 @@ in
         };
         "modules" = [
           "clock"
-          "idle_inhibitor"
           "sway/language"
           "network"
-          "custom/wireguard"
           "bluetooth"
           "pulseaudio"
+          "idle_inhibitor"
         ];
       };
       "sway/workspaces" = {
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ in
         spacing = 8;
       };
       idle_inhibitor = {
-        format = "| {icon} ";
+        format = "| {icon}";
         start-activated = true;
         format-icons = {
           activated = "🫨";
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@ in
         };
       };
       "sway/language" = {
-        # this one gobbles all trailing ascii whitespace for some reason. use this unicode instead
-        format = "| {short} ";
+        format = "| {short}";
         tooltip-format = "{long}";
       };
       clock = {
@@ -75,36 +72,29 @@ in
       };
       battery = {
         interval = 60;
-        format = "| {capacity}% ";
-        format-charging = "| ch:{capacity}% ";
+        format = "| {capacity}%";
+        format-charging = "| ch:{capacity}%";
       };
       network = {
         tooltip-format = "{ifname} = {ipaddr}/{cidr}";
-        format-wifi = "| w:{essid} ";
-        format-ethernet = "| e:{ipaddr} ";
-        format-linked = "| l:{ipaddr} ";
-        format-disconnected = "| w:d ";
+        format-wifi = "| w:{ipaddr}";
+        format-ethernet = "| e:{ipaddr}";
+        format-linked = "| l:{ipaddr}";
+        format-disconnected = "| d";
         interval = 15;
         on-click = "${uwsm} ${term} -e nmtui";
       };
-      "custom/wireguard" = {
-        exec = "${wireguardToggle} status";
-        on-click = "${wireguardToggle} toggle";
-        format = "| wg:{text} ";
-        interval = 15;
-        tooltip = false;
-      };
       bluetooth = {
-        format = "| bt:{num_connections} ";
+        format = "| bt:{num_connections}";
         format-disabled = "";
         format-no-controller = "";
         interval = 15;
         on-click = "${uwsm} ${term} -e bluetui";
       };
       pulseaudio = {
-        format = "| snd{volume}% ";
-        format-muted = "| snd:- ";
-        format-bluetooth = "| snd(bt):{volume}% ";
+        format = "| snd{volume}%";
+        format-muted = "| snd:-";
+        format-bluetooth = "| snd(bt):{volume}%";
         on-click = "${uwsm} pavucontrol";
       };
     };
diff --git a/nixos/hosts/alisceon-core/configuration.nix b/nixos/hosts/alisceon-core/configuration.nix
index 50b0fa4..8468905 100644
--- a/nixos/hosts/alisceon-core/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/hosts/alisceon-core/configuration.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, pkgs, modulesPath, ... }:
 let
   forgejoDomain = "git.alisceon.com";
-  syncthingDomain = "syncthing.alisceon.com";
+  forgejoRunnerTokenFile = "/var/lib/forgejo/runner_token";
 
   fetchOciAuthorizedKeys = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
     name = "fetch-oci-authorized-keys";
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let
       pkgs.util-linux
     ];
     text = ''
-      token_file=${lib.escapeShellArg "/var/lib/forgejo/runner_token"}
+      token_file=${lib.escapeShellArg forgejoRunnerTokenFile}
 
       if [ -s "$token_file" ]; then
         chmod 0600 "$token_file"
@@ -69,12 +69,8 @@ in
       22
       80
       443
-      22000
       24601
     ];
-    firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [
-      22000
-    ];
   };
 
   boot = {
@@ -127,32 +123,6 @@ in
     PermitRootLogin = lib.mkForce "prohibit-password";
   };
 
-  services.syncthing = {
-    enable = true;
-    dataDir = "/var/lib/syncthing";
-    guiAddress = "127.0.0.1:8384";
-    openDefaultPorts = false;
-    overrideDevices = false;
-    overrideFolders = false;
-    settings = {
-      gui = {
-        insecureAdminAccess = false;
-        insecureSkipHostcheck = false;
-      };
-      options = {
-        globalAnnounceEnabled = false;
-        localAnnounceEnabled = false;
-        listenAddresses = [
-          "tcp://0.0.0.0:22000"
-          "quic://0.0.0.0:22000"
-        ];
-        natEnabled = false;
-        relaysEnabled = false;
-        urAccepted = -1;
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
   services.forgejo = {
     enable = true;
     package = pkgs.forgejo-lts;
@@ -194,7 +164,7 @@ in
       enable = true;
       name = "alisceon-core-podman";
       url = "https://${forgejoDomain}";
-      tokenFile = "/var/lib/forgejo/runner_token";
+      tokenFile = forgejoRunnerTokenFile;
       labels = [
         "ubuntu-latest:docker://node:22-bookworm"
         "debian-latest:docker://node:22-bookworm"
@@ -233,24 +203,6 @@ in
           recommendedProxySettings = true;
         };
       };
-      ${syncthingDomain} = {
-        serverName = syncthingDomain;
-        forceSSL = true;
-        enableACME = true;
-        locations."/" = {
-          proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:8384";
-          recommendedProxySettings = false;
-          extraConfig = ''
-            proxy_set_header Host $proxy_host;
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
-            proxy_read_timeout 600s;
-            proxy_send_timeout 600s;
-          '';
-        };
-      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -312,28 +264,6 @@ in
 
   systemd.services.fetch-ssh-keys.enable = false;
 
-  systemd.services.syncthing = {
-    serviceConfig = {
-      LockPersonality = true;
-      PrivateIPC = true;
-      ProcSubset = "pid";
-      ProtectClock = true;
-      ProtectHome = true;
-      ProtectProc = "invisible";
-      ProtectSystem = "strict";
-      ReadWritePaths = [ "/var/lib/syncthing" ];
-      RemoveIPC = true;
-      RestrictAddressFamilies = [
-        "AF_INET"
-        "AF_INET6"
-        "AF_NETLINK"
-        "AF_UNIX"
-      ];
-      SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
-      UMask = "0077";
-    };
-  };
-
   systemd.services.forgejo-runner-token = {
     description = "Generate Forgejo runner registration token";
     wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/profiles/workstation.nix b/nixos/modules/profiles/workstation.nix
index 2fadb28..d39d714 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/profiles/workstation.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/profiles/workstation.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ in
 
   security.sudo.wheelNeedsPassword = false;
 
-  alisceon.wireguardPeer.enable = true;
-
   services = {
     printing.enable = true;
     pulseaudio.enable = false;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/wireguard-peer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/wireguard-peer.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 65d07a1..0000000
--- a/nixos/modules/services/wireguard-peer.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, repoLocalPath, ... }:
-
-let
-  cfg = config.alisceon.wireguardPeer;
-in
-{
-  options.alisceon.wireguardPeer = {
-    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "a single WireGuard peer managed by wg-quick";
-
-    interface = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.str;
-      default = "wg0";
-      description = "WireGuard interface name.";
-    };
-
-    configFile = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.str;
-      default = "/etc/wireguard/${cfg.interface}.conf";
-      defaultText = "/etc/wireguard/<interface>.conf";
-      description = ''
-        Path to an external wg-quick config file. Keep it root-owned and mode
-        0600 so private keys and peer material stay outside Git and the Nix store.
-      '';
-    };
-
-    autostart = lib.mkOption {
-      type = lib.types.bool;
-      default = true;
-      description = "Whether to bring the WireGuard interface up at boot.";
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
-    assertions = [
-      {
-        assertion = lib.hasPrefix "/" cfg.configFile;
-        message = "alisceon.wireguardPeer.configFile must be an absolute path outside the repo.";
-      }
-      {
-        assertion = !(lib.hasPrefix repoLocalPath cfg.configFile);
-        message = "alisceon.wireguardPeer.configFile must be outside ${repoLocalPath}.";
-      }
-    ];
-
-    networking.wg-quick.interfaces.${cfg.interface} = {
-      inherit (cfg) autostart configFile;
-    };
-
-    systemd.services."wg-quick-${cfg.interface}".unitConfig.ConditionPathExists = cfg.configFile;
-
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.wireguard-tools ];
-
-    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
-      "d /etc/wireguard 0700 root root -"
-    ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/util/toggle_wg.xsh b/util/toggle_wg.xsh
deleted file mode 100755
index bc88bc4..0000000
--- a/util/toggle_wg.xsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-
-isup = "does not exist." not in $(ip link show dev wg0 2>&1)
-
-try:
-    match sys.argv[1]:
-        case "toggle":
-            if isup:
-                footclient wg-quick down wg0
-            else:
-                footclient wg-quick up wg0
-        case "status":
-            if isup:
-                print("u")
-            else:
-                print("d")
-        case _:
-            raise RuntimeError
-
-except (RuntimeError, IndexError):
-    print('"toggle" or "status" must be provided')
-    exit(1)
-
-exit(0)
-