diff --git a/systems/tewi/deluge.nix b/systems/tewi/deluge.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a94a6f5..00000000
--- a/systems/tewi/deluge.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ config, utils, lib, ... }: let
-  inherit (lib) mkAfter;
-  cfg = config.services.deluge;
-  shadowDir = "/mnt/shadow";
-  mediaDir = "${shadowDir}/deluge";
-in {
-  services.deluge = {
-    config = {
-      download_location = "${mediaDir}/download";
-      move_completed_path = "${mediaDir}/complete";
-      move_completed = true;
-    };
-  };
-  systemd.services = {
-    deluged = {
-      bindsTo = [
-        "${utils.escapeSystemdPath shadowDir}.mount"
-      ];
-      unitConfig = {
-        RequiresMountsFor = [
-          shadowDir
-        ];
-      };
-    };
-  };
-  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = mkAfter [
-    # work around https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/8f40f2f90b9c9032d1b824442cfbbe0dbabd0dbd/nixos/modules/services/torrent/deluge.nix#L205-L210
-    # (this is dumb, there's no guarantee the disk is even mounted)
-    "z '${cfg.config.move_completed_path}' 0775 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group}"
-    "x '${mediaDir}/*'"
-  ];
-}
diff --git a/systems/tewi/nixos.nix b/systems/tewi/nixos.nix
index 4fb3755c..54c403a4 100644
--- a/systems/tewi/nixos.nix
+++ b/systems/tewi/nixos.nix
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ in {
       nixos.tailscale
       nixos.nginx
       nixos.systemd2mqtt
-      nixos.deluge
       ./mediatomb.nix
-      ./deluge.nix
     ];
 
   boot.supportedFilesystems = ["nfs"];