diff --git a/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.service b/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.service
deleted file mode 100644
index e6a5d36..0000000
--- a/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=trezor-gpg-agent
-Requires=trezor-gpg-agent.socket
-
-[Service]
-Type=simple
-Environment="GNUPGHOME=%h/.gnupg/trezor"
-Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:%h/.local/bin"
-ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/trezor-gpg-agent --pin-entry-binary=/usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3 --passphrase-entry-binary=/usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3
diff --git a/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.socket b/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.socket
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dce37a..0000000
--- a/outerheaven.init3.home/.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.socket
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=trezor-gpg-agent socket
-
-[Socket]
-ListenStream=%t/gnupg/S.gpg-agent
-FileDescriptorName=std
-SocketMode=0600
-DirectoryMode=0700
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/outerheaven.init3.home/.gnupg/trezor/gpg.conf b/outerheaven.init3.home/.gnupg/trezor/gpg.conf
index 2405691..5ea795e 100644
--- a/outerheaven.init3.home/.gnupg/trezor/gpg.conf
+++ b/outerheaven.init3.home/.gnupg/trezor/gpg.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Hardware-based GPG configuration
-# agent-program /home/jlay/.gnupg/trezor/run-agent.sh
-# above replaced w/ systemd service/socket
+agent-program /home/jlay/.local/bin/trezor-gpg-agent
 personal-digest-preferences SHA512
 default-key "Josh Lay (desktop) <me@jlay.io>"
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 966a377..9bb735c 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ DOTS=(
         '.config/waybar/styles/'
         '.config/waybar/style.css'  # symlink to the wanted stylesheet (in the 'styles' dir')
         '.gnupg/trezor/gpg.conf'
-        '.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.service'
-        '.config/systemd/user/trezor-gpg-agent.socket'
 )
 
 # to avoid hacky pwd/dirname stuff w/ $0 [for now?], inline the path to the repo where copies are held