diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c6a796..853b2e5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,46 +235,3 @@ Afterwards the secret should be available in `/run/secrets/example-key`.
 If the accessing process is not root it must be member of the group `config.users.groups.keys`
 for systemd services this can be archived by setting `serviceConfig.SupplementaryGroups = [ config.users.groups.keys.name ];`
 it the service configuration.
-
-## impermanence
-
-These machines are setup with `"/"` as a tmpfs. This is there to keep the machines clean. So no clutter in home
-directories, no weird ad-hoc solutions of botching something into `/opt/` or something like this. All will be
-gone at reboot.
-
-But there are some files that we want to survive reboots, for example logs or ssh keys. The solution to this is
-to have a persistent storage mounted at `/persist` and automatically bind mount the paths of persistent things
-to the right places. To set this up we are using the impermanence module. In our configuration this is loaded with
-some default files to bind mount (ssh keys, machine-id some nixos specific things). That we have on all machines.
-
-If you keep your application data (like recommended) on a separate partition, the chances are you don't need
-to interact with this, as most configuration files will be in the nix store anyway. If the application wants these nix
-store files in certain directories, you should use `environment.etc` family of options (consult the nixos documentation
-for this). This is for mutable files that are not core application data. (Like ssh keys, for a mailserver one could
-think about the hash files (not the db files) of an alias map (if one doesn't want to manage that with
-the nix store), things like that).
-
-This should not be (but could be) used for large application databases. It would be more appropriate to mount
-its own filesystem for things like that. For small configuration files that are not in the nix-store,
-that might be the appropriate solution.
-
-By default the storage is called `persist` and the default path for it is `/persist`. These can be changed
-with the `impermanence.name` and `impermanence.storagePath` options. To add paths to this storage you do the
-following.
-
-```
-environment.persistence.${config.impermanence.name} = {
-  directories = [
-    "<your path to a directory to persist>"
-  ];
-  files = [
-    "<your path to a file to persist>"
-  ];
-};
-```
-For this to work `config` must be binded by the function arguments of you module. So the start of your module looks
-something like this:
-```
-{lib, pkgs, config, ...} :
-<module code >
-```
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 8cc319d..e3f7e40 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -33,21 +33,6 @@
         "type": "indirect"
       }
     },
-    "impermanence": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1694622745,
-        "narHash": "sha256-z397+eDhKx9c2qNafL1xv75lC0Q4nOaFlhaU1TINqb8=",
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "impermanence",
-        "rev": "e9643d08d0d193a2e074a19d4d90c67a874d932e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "impermanence",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixos-mailserver": {
       "inputs": {
         "blobs": "blobs",
@@ -138,7 +123,6 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-parts": "flake-parts",
-        "impermanence": "impermanence",
         "nixos-mailserver": "nixos-mailserver",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "sops-nix": "sops-nix"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0c61327..727dd91 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
       url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
-    impermanence = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/impermanence";
-    };
   };
 
   outputs = inputs@{ flake-parts, ... }:
diff --git a/nixos/flake-module.nix b/nixos/flake-module.nix
index 8c44964..ef87e41 100644
--- a/nixos/flake-module.nix
+++ b/nixos/flake-module.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
           imports = [
             (import (./. + "/machines/${name}/configuration.nix") inputs)
             inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
-            inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
           ];
         };
     in lib.genAttrs machines makeSystem);
diff --git a/nixos/modules/impermanence.nix b/nixos/modules/impermanence.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 267c9d1..0000000
--- a/nixos/modules/impermanence.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{lib, config, ...} :
-
-let 
-  inherit (lib)
-    mkEnableOption
-    mkIf
-    mkOption
-    types
-    ;
-  cfg = config.impermanence;
-in
-
-{
-imports = [ ];
-
-options.impermanence = {
-  enable = mkEnableOption "impermanence";
-  storagePath = mkOption {
-    type = types.path;
-    default = "/persist";
-    description = "The path where persistent data is stored";
-  };
-  name = mkOption {
-    type = types.str;
-    default = "persist";
-    description = "the name of the persistent data store";
-  };
-};
-
-config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-  environment.persistence.${cfg.name} = {
-    persistentStoragePath = cfg.storagePath;
-    directories = [
-      "/var/log"
-      "/var/lib/nixos"
-    ];
-    files = [
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub"
-    ];
-  };
-  environment.etc.machine-id.source = "${cfg.storagePath}/machine-id";
-};
-
-}
diff --git a/nixos/roles/default.nix b/nixos/roles/default.nix
index 1968de3..7296a1d 100644
--- a/nixos/roles/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/roles/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ imports = [
   ./admins.nix
   ./nix_keys.nix
   (modulesPath + "/virtualisation/xen-domU.nix")
-  ../modules/impermanence.nix
   ];
 nix = {
   extraOptions = ''
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ users = {
   users.root.hashedPassword = "!";
 };
 
-impermanence.enable = true;
-
 sops.age.sshKeyPaths = [ "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" ];
 
 environment = {