diff --git a/common/nix-builder.nix b/common/nix-builder.nix
index 64ea1a3..7706d4e 100644
--- a/common/nix-builder.nix
+++ b/common/nix-builder.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ let
   builderUserName = "nix-builder";
 
   builderRole = "nix-builder";
-  builders = config.machines.withRole.${builderRole};
-  thisMachineIsABuilder = config.thisMachine.hasRole.${builderRole};
+  builders = config.machines.withRole.${builderRole} or [];
+  thisMachineIsABuilder = config.thisMachine.hasRole.${builderRole} or false;
 
   # builders don't include themselves as a remote builder
   otherBuilders = lib.filter (hostname: hostname != config.networking.hostName) builders;
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d041e35..aa8fdb9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@
             kexec = (mkEphemeral "x86_64-linux").config.system.build.images.kexec;
             iso = (mkEphemeral "x86_64-linux").config.system.build.images.iso;
           };
-          "aarch64-linux" = {
-            kexec = (mkEphemeral "aarch64-linux").config.system.build.images.kexec;
-            iso = (mkEphemeral "aarch64-linux").config.system.build.images.iso;
-          };
+          # "aarch64-linux" = {
+          #   kexec = (mkEphemeral "aarch64-linux").config.system.build.images.kexec;
+          #   iso = (mkEphemeral "aarch64-linux").config.system.build.images.iso;
+          # };
         };
 
       overlays.default = import ./overlays { inherit inputs; };
diff --git a/machines/phil/default.nix b/machines/phil/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d8d228..0000000
--- a/machines/phil/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, ... }:
-
-{
-  imports = [
-    ./hardware-configuration.nix
-  ];
-
-  networking.hostName = "phil";
-}
diff --git a/machines/phil/hardware-configuration.nix b/machines/phil/hardware-configuration.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d7c14e4..0000000
--- a/machines/phil/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# Do not modify this file!  It was generated by ‘nixos-generate-config’
-# and may be overwritten by future invocations.  Please make changes
-# to /etc/nixos/configuration.nix instead.
-{ lib, modulesPath, ... }:
-
-{
-  imports =
-    [
-      (modulesPath + "/profiles/qemu-guest.nix")
-    ];
-
-  # because grub just doesn't work for some reason
-  boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
-
-  remoteLuksUnlock.enable = true;
-  remoteLuksUnlock.enableTorUnlock = false;
-
-  boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" ];
-  boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "dm-snapshot" ];
-  boot.kernelModules = [ ];
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
-
-  boot.initrd.luks.devices."enc-pv" = {
-    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/d26c1820-4c39-4615-98c2-51442504e194";
-    allowDiscards = true;
-  };
-
-  fileSystems."/" =
-    {
-      device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/851bfde6-93cd-439e-9380-de28aa87eda9";
-      fsType = "btrfs";
-    };
-
-  fileSystems."/boot" =
-    {
-      device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/F185-C4E5";
-      fsType = "vfat";
-    };
-
-  swapDevices =
-    [{ device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/d809e3a1-3915-405a-a200-4429c5efdf87"; }];
-
-  networking.interfaces.enp0s6.useDHCP = lib.mkDefault true;
-
-  nixpkgs.hostPlatform = lib.mkDefault "aarch64-linux";
-}
diff --git a/machines/phil/properties.nix b/machines/phil/properties.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7355c3c..0000000
--- a/machines/phil/properties.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  hostNames = [
-    "phil"
-    "phil.neet.dev"
-  ];
-
-  arch = "aarch64-linux";
-
-  systemRoles = [
-    "server"
-    "nix-builder"
-  ];
-
-  hostKey = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBlgRPpuUkZqe8/lHugRPm/m2vcN9psYhh5tENHZt9I2";
-
-  remoteUnlock = {
-    hostKey = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIK0RodotOXLMy/w70aa096gaNqPBnfgiXR5ZAH4+wGzd";
-    clearnetHost = "unlock.phil.neet.dev";
-  };
-}