diff --git a/nix/update-wlroots.sh b/nix/update-wlroots.sh
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index 01f5cd83..00000000
--- a/nix/update-wlroots.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S nix shell nixpkgs#gawk nixpkgs#git nixpkgs#gnused nixpkgs#ripgrep -c bash
-
-# get wlroots revision from submodule
-SUB_REV=$(git submodule status | rg wlroots | awk '{ print substr($1,2) }')
-# and from lockfile
-CRT_REV=$(rg rev flake.nix | awk '{ print substr($3, 2, 40) }')
-
-if [ "$SUB_REV" != "$CRT_REV" ]; then
-  echo "Updating wlroots..."
-  # update wlroots to submodule revision
-  sed -Ei "s/\w{40}/$SUB_REV/g" flake.nix
-  nix flake lock
-
-  echo "wlroots: $CRT_REV -> $SUB_REV"
-else
-  echo "wlroots is up to date!"
-fi