diff --git a/nix/configuration/configuration.nix b/nix/configuration/configuration.nix
index 08f6422..e44d3d6 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/configuration.nix
@@ -246,31 +246,8 @@ in
             glew = (final.glew.override { enableEGL = false; });
           };
         })
-        (final: prev: {
-          fwupd = prev.fwupd.overrideAttrs (
-            finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
-              version = "2.1.5";
-              src = final.fetchFromGitHub {
-                owner = "fwupd";
-                repo = "fwupd";
-                tag = finalAttrs.version;
-                hash = "sha256-DzQ+N99ZmFRqZc2rN6PSqmoIMXUyrE8Kkn+KnT/AWPc=";
-              };
-            }
-          );
-        })
         (disableTests "onetbb") # oneTBB tests hang forever on machines with a single core (like my build virtual machine) https://github.com/uxlfoundation/oneTBB/issues/1557
         (disableTests "aws-c-common") # aws-c-common tests time out on my build virtual machine but run fine on my laptop.
-
-        # Works but probably sets python2's scipy to be python3:
-        #
-        # (final: prev: {
-        #   pythonPackagesExtensions = prev.pythonPackagesExtensions ++ [
-        #     (python-final: python-prev: {
-        #       scipy = final.unoptimized.python3Packages.scipy;
-        #     })
-        #   ];
-        # })
       ];
 
     # This option defines the first version of NixOS you have installed on this particular machine,
diff --git a/nix/configuration/flake.lock b/nix/configuration/flake.lock
index 5ffafe5..d61004b 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/flake.lock
+++ b/nix/configuration/flake.lock
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1780894562,
-        "narHash": "sha256-c3430xwxwhHipl3jigUGMMBfpaMylDqytW/kdmB3ZGs=",
+        "lastModified": 1781152676,
+        "narHash": "sha256-RxWs5ND31KzTG7wvMM+PMfUjyNpmIEr999lqNARaM5o=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "disko",
-        "rev": "24fed06cac83bcc44ac8efbb57cab1a82fa0bedc",
+        "rev": "ff8702b4de27f72b4c78573dfb89ec74e36abdf1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1780749050,
-        "narHash": "sha256-3av0pIjlOWQ6rDbNOmpUSvbNnJkGORQKKjb4LtCZsIY=",
+        "lastModified": 1785318670,
+        "narHash": "sha256-dN6Ou5x/+23FZLEpYP3IffO+NyJFzUlGumt1uu3MMaY=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "a799d3e3886da994fa307f817a6bc705ae538eeb",
+        "rev": "0954f7ee2f6bb3dc7d4e3d0d8bcb8fd4bde4cfc5",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -199,22 +199,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs-google": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1779893571,
-        "narHash": "sha256-wiwMyVCtmjRjlFCe2zaumCE6LRV9GzzN0ZH25NQkbAU=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "45f6cfaa4605b706c870e75bd74bdb5e97eee11e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "45f6cfaa4605b706c870e75bd74bdb5e97eee11e",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs-stable": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1730741070,
@@ -264,8 +248,7 @@
         "impermanence": "impermanence",
         "lanzaboote": "lanzaboote",
         "nix_builder": "nix_builder",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "nixpkgs-google": "nixpkgs-google"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
     },
     "rust-overlay": {
diff --git a/nix/configuration/flake.nix b/nix/configuration/flake.nix
index 63e4c02..4d55e90 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/flake.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/flake.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    nixpkgs-google.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/45f6cfaa4605b706c870e75bd74bdb5e97eee11e";
     lanzaboote = {
       url = "github:nix-community/lanzaboote/v0.4.2";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@
     {
       self,
       nixpkgs,
-      nixpkgs-google,
       disko,
       impermanence,
       lanzaboote,
@@ -99,9 +97,6 @@
                       hostPlatform.gcc.arch = "default";
                       hostPlatform.gcc.tune = "default";
                     };
-                    google = import nixpkgs-google {
-                      system = prev.stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
-                    };
                   })
                 ];
               };
diff --git a/nix/configuration/roles/gcloud/default.nix b/nix/configuration/roles/gcloud/default.nix
index cf60ca4..b89d278 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/roles/gcloud/default.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/roles/gcloud/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   };
 
   config = lib.mkIf config.me.gcloud.enable {
-    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs.google; [
+    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
       (google-cloud-sdk.withExtraComponents [ google-cloud-sdk.components.gke-gcloud-auth-plugin ])
     ];
 
diff --git a/nix/configuration/roles/latex/default.nix b/nix/configuration/roles/latex/default.nix
index 9c6cb9e..2765991 100644
--- a/nix/configuration/roles/latex/default.nix
+++ b/nix/configuration/roles/latex/default.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     nixpkgs.overlays = [
       (final: prev: {
         tex = (
-          pkgs.texlive.combine {
-            inherit (pkgs.texlive)
+          pkgs.texliveSmall.withPackages (
+            ps: with ps; [
               scheme-basic
               dvisvgm
               dvipng # for preview and export as html in org-mode
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
               upquote # emacs org-mode pdf export
               lineno # emacs org-mode pdf export
               beamer # emacs org-mode presentation pdf export
-              ;
-          }
+            ]
+          )
         );
       })
     ];