diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2a7be87..2ad8261 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",
@@ -154,7 +139,6 @@
     "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 a995aff..d82fbd4 100644
--- a/nixos/flake-module.nix
+++ b/nixos/flake-module.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
           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/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
index 38f5dc3..05616fa 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/configuration.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ imports = [
 
 # System configuration here
 
-  networking.hostName = "nyarlathotep";
   system.stateVersion = "23.11";
 }
diff --git a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix
index f9bd476..d75ae28 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/nyarlathotep/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -2,25 +2,9 @@
   imports = [ ];
 
   fileSystems."/" = {
-    device = "nya-root";
-    fsType = "tmpfs";
-    options = [ "size=1G" "mode=755" ];
-  };
-  fileSystems."/persist" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/a72da670-f631-49b1-bcb3-6d378cc1f2d0";
-    fsType = "btrfs";
-    options = [ "subvol=persist" ];
-    neededForBoot = true;
-  };
-  fileSystems."/boot" = {
-    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/75b01f48-e159-4d72-b049-54b7af072076";
     fsType = "ext4";
   };
-  fileSystems."/nix" = {
-    device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/a72da670-f631-49b1-bcb3-6d378cc1f2d0";
-    fsType = "btrfs";
-    options = [ "subvol=nix" ];
-  };
   fileSystems."/var/vmail" = {
     device = "/dev/disk/by-uuid/23c44c93-5035-4e29-9e46-75c1c08f4cea";
     fsType = "ext4";
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 874016a..de4eb17 100644
--- a/nixos/roles/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/roles/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 imports = [
   ./admins.nix
   ./nix_keys.nix
-  ../modules/impermanence.nix
   ];
 nix = {
   extraOptions = ''
@@ -24,11 +23,8 @@ networking = {
 
 users = {
   mutableUsers = false;
-  users.root.hashedPassword = "!";
 };
 
-impermanence.enable = true;
-
 sops.age.sshKeyPaths = [ "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" ];
 
 environment = {