diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 16bffbb..bda597b 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -212,18 +212,6 @@
         "type": "indirect"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs-patch-howdy": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "narHash": "sha256-qtpbPMo28li7Lx6W/4QyClCFlIQP8ssxX0dMGGBYAdo=",
-        "type": "file",
-        "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/216245.diff"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "type": "file",
-        "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/216245.diff"
-      }
-    },
     "radio": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": [
@@ -274,7 +262,6 @@
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "nixpkgs-patch-howdy": "nixpkgs-patch-howdy",
         "radio": "radio",
         "radio-web": "radio-web",
         "simple-nixos-mailserver": "simple-nixos-mailserver"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 14fb39a..58b65f8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master";
-    nixpkgs-patch-howdy.url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/216245.diff";
-    nixpkgs-patch-howdy.flake = false;
+    # nixpkgs-patch-howdy.url = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/216245.diff";
+    # nixpkgs-patch-howdy.flake = false;
 
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             name = "nixpkgs-patched";
             src = nixpkgs;
             patches = [
-              inputs.nixpkgs-patch-howdy
+              # inputs.nixpkgs-patch-howdy
             ];
           };
           patchedNixpkgs = nixpkgs.lib.fix (self: (import "${patchedNixpkgsSrc}/flake.nix").outputs { self=nixpkgs; });
diff --git a/machines/ray/configuration.nix b/machines/ray/configuration.nix
index e158b0d..e3587ef 100644
--- a/machines/ray/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/ray/configuration.nix
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
   services.tor.enable = true;
   services.tor.client.enable = true;
 
-  services.howdy.enable = true;
-  # services.linux-enable-ir-emitter.enable = true;
+  # services.howdy.enable = true;
 
   hardware.openrazer.enable = true;
   hardware.openrazer.users = [ "googlebot" ];