diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b37a8d..5d6b7a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 # tower-of-babel-public
 
-a public snapshot of my pyinfra script collection, not upstream
-
-this is for study, not for use. parts of the internal architecture have been
-stripped down to the point i don't know if these scripts will run
+a public snapshot of my pyinfra script collection, not upstream
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diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d59b7f..0000000
--- a/deploy.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import tasks
-
-from pyinfra import host, config
-from pyinfra.facts.server import LinuxName, Which
-from pyinfra.operations import server, apk, apt
-from tasks.secrets import secrets
-from tasks.croc import install_croc
-
-config.REQUIRE_PACKAGES = "requirements.txt"
-
-
-if LinuxName == "Alpine":
-    # make sure template operations work smoothly
-    # because they run under smtp
-    apk.packages(
-        name="add openssh sftp package for pyinfra file operations",
-        packages=[
-            "openssh-sftp-server",
-        ],
-    )
-
-install_croc()
-
-
-def main_operations():
-    if LinuxName == "Ubuntu":
-        if host.data.remove_ubuntu_snap:
-            server.shell("snap remove lxd")
-            server.shell("snap remove core20")
-            server.shell("snap remove snapd")
-            apt.purge(["snapd"])
-
-    if "pleroma_hosts" in host.groups:
-        tasks.pleroma.install()
-        tasks.aproxy.install()
-        tasks.nginx.install_with_services()
-
-    if "static_file_hosts" in host.groups:
-        tasks.nginx.install_with_services()
-
-    if "monitoring_hosts" in host.groups:
-        tasks.uptime_kuma.install()
-        tasks.nginx.install_with_services()
-
-
-# setting so that you can quickly iterate in a specific host
-maybe_specific_group = os.environ.get("DEPLOY_GROUPS")
-if maybe_specific_group:
-    if maybe_specific_group in host.groups:
-        main_operations()
-else:
-    main_operations()
diff --git a/inventory/production.py b/inventory/production.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c6e4426..0000000
--- a/inventory/production.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-from tasks.nginx import NginxServiceEntry, TLSPreset
-
-pleroma_hosts = [
-    (
-        "95.216.209.28",
-        {
-            "ssh_user": "root",
-            "vpn_enabled": False,
-            "postgresql_version": 15,
-            "pleroma_user": "pleroma_fl4pm",
-            "pleroma_name": "Pleroma/lun-4",
-            "pleroma_email": "pladmin@l4.pm",
-            "pleroma_description": "luna's instance",
-            "pleroma_db_name": "pleroma_dev",
-            "pleroma_db_user": "pleroma",
-            "pleroma_host": "f.l4.pm",
-            "nginx_image": "openresty/openresty:1.21.4.1-4-alpine",
-            "nginx_config_folder": "/usr/local/openresty/nginx/conf/nginx.conf",
-            "nginx_pcre_jit": True,
-            "nginx_user": None,
-            "nginx_mime_types_file": "mime.types",
-            "nginx_lua_package_path": "/etc/lunar/?.lua;/etc/lunar/aproxy/?.lua;;",
-            "nginx_lua_package_cpath": "/etc/lunar/?.lua;/etc/lunar/aproxy/?.lua;;",
-            "nginx_init_by_lua_block": """
-                require("aproxy.main").init()
-            """,
-            "nginx_services": {
-                "f.l4.pm": NginxServiceEntry(
-                    tls=True,
-                    tls_preset=TLSPreset.pleroma,
-                    vpn=False,
-                    internet=True,
-                    proxy_pass="localhost:4000",
-                    client_max_body_size="70m",
-                    http_redirect=True,
-                    lua_code_cache=True,
-                    access_by_lua_block="""
-                        require("aproxy.main").access()
-                    """,
-                )
-            },
-            "nginx_extra_volumes": [
-                ("/opt/aproxy/src", "/etc/lunar/aproxy"),
-                ("/etc/aproxy", "/etc/aproxy"),
-            ],
-            "aproxy_accounts": [
-                "luna@f.l4.pm",
-            ],
-        },
-    )
-]
-
-
-MONITORING_SERVICE = NginxServiceEntry(
-    tls=True,
-    tls_preset=TLSPreset.mozilla_intermediate,
-    vpn=False,
-    internet=True,
-    proxy_pass="localhost:3001",
-)
-
-
-monitoring_hosts = [
-    (
-        "51.158.191.23",
-        {
-            "ssh_user": "root",
-            "vpn_enabled": False,
-            "uptime_kuma_bind_port": 3001,
-            "nginx_allow_php": True,
-            "nginx_services": {
-                "status.l4.pm": MONITORING_SERVICE,
-            },
-        },
-    )
-]