diff --git a/modules/profiles/personal.nix b/modules/profiles/personal.nix
index d56b796..bfea3e2 100644
--- a/modules/profiles/personal.nix
+++ b/modules/profiles/personal.nix
@@ -69,24 +69,5 @@ in
           };
         };
       };
-      nix.buildMachines = [{
-        hostName = "builder";
-        systems = [ "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
-        protocol = "ssh-ng";
-        maxJobs = 1;
-        speedFactor = 1;
-        supportedFeatures = [ "nixos-test" "benchmark" "kvm" ];
-        mandatoryFeatures = [ ];
-      }];
-      nix.distributedBuilds = true;
-      # optional, useful when the builder has a faster internet connection than yours
-      nix.extraOptions = ''
-        builders-use-substitutes = true
-      '';
-      age.secrets."ssh-builder" = {
-        file = ../../secrets/ssh-builder.age;
-        owner = "0";
-        path = "/root/.ssh/config";
-      };
     };
 }
diff --git a/secrets/secrets.nix b/secrets/secrets.nix
index 7c7267c..d2a471e 100644
--- a/secrets/secrets.nix
+++ b/secrets/secrets.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ in
 {
   "github.age".publicKeys = all;
   "ssh-home.age".publicKeys = personal;
-  "ssh-builder.age".publicKeys = personal;
   "uni-vpn.age".publicKeys = personal;
   "wireguard-preshared-key.age".publicKeys = personal;
   "wireguard-private-key.age".publicKeys = personal;
diff --git a/secrets/ssh-builder.age b/secrets/ssh-builder.age
deleted file mode 100644
index ba15122..0000000
--- a/secrets/ssh-builder.age
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-age-encryption.org/v1
--> ssh-ed25519 wG6LYg 5umyOPP+KaUaQckEZYnh+nyX2RIMDp/KtJraFuATQBM
-qsS9JiY0qxR7IMwpH2x1VWF5A5/wrAkbeOzuMcf1fS0
--> ssh-ed25519 ZYd7Zg L9EJulnOPk7fEcmrWU8mVRbEN80dHCji1n4bnwGJigk
-KTnk+Ku96gJ7Tj2egXyqX6UIuytHTuMFM1ygDXoIDxg
--> XQ.ai[-grease a ) r]>2~U
-7CDc3c+1EZaEB15RE8JMzmdbr2WmQeP2ivIh4qgYTnKImHxJaJEhgScd0EzyEXVP
-NZxuP+0
---- CE/X6hjRUWT1ya1ySIjFBnLdmPkVbL4ugDwYv9XGYoo
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