diff --git a/hosts/gnunet/default.nix b/hosts/gnunet/default.nix
index c03779ff..89774e86 100644
--- a/hosts/gnunet/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/gnunet/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
+_:
+
 {
   system.stateVersion = "22.05";
 
   c3d2.hq.statistics.enable = true;
-  deployment = {
-    # needs to keep just its ssh key for sops-nix
-    persistedShares = [ "/etc" "/var" ];
-    mem = 1024;
-  };
+  deployment.mem = 1024;
 
   networking.hostName = "gnunet";
 
diff --git a/hosts/mucbot/default.nix b/hosts/mucbot/default.nix
index 46bf4158..e14934ca 100644
--- a/hosts/mucbot/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/mucbot/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 {
   c3d2.deployment.server = "server10";
 
-  # deployment = {
-  #   # needs to keep just its ssh key for sops-nix
-  #   persistedShares = [ "/etc" "/var" ];
-  # };
-
   networking.hostName = "mucbot";
 
   users.users.tigger = {
diff --git a/hosts/sdrweb/default.nix b/hosts/sdrweb/default.nix
index 4a2ee7ec..9d586c61 100644
--- a/hosts/sdrweb/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/sdrweb/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
   #   mem = 4096;
   #   vcpu = 16;
   #   needForSpeed = true;
-  #   # keep ssh key and acme cert
-  #   persistedShares = [ "/etc" "/var" ];
   # };
 
   system.stateVersion = "22.05";