diff --git a/mkosi.conf.d/00-packages-core.conf b/mkosi.conf.d/00-packages-core.conf
index a1335e7..75c102f 100644
--- a/mkosi.conf.d/00-packages-core.conf
+++ b/mkosi.conf.d/00-packages-core.conf
@@ -46,20 +46,10 @@ Packages=
     vulkan-swrast # Vulkan for old GPUs and some Virtual Machines
 
     # HW enablement: audio
-    sof-firmware # Various audio chipsets
-
-    ## HW enablement: printing
-    cups # Basic printing infrastructure
-    cups-browsed # Pre-2012 network printer auto-discovery
-    foomatic-db # data about many printers for for foomatic-db-engine PPD generator
-    gutenprint # FOSS drivers for lots of pre-2012 printers
-    hplip # Pre-2012 HP printers
-    ipp-usb # Connect to post-2012 driverless printers over USB
-    system-config-printer # Local printer auto-discovery
+    sof-firmware # Various audio chipset
 
 
     # Base system: CLI tools that need to be on the base image; and why
-    acpi_call-dkms # enable making ACPI calls; needs kernel integration to work
     acpid # acpi daemon; unclear
     base # Base Arch packages; mandatory
     btrfsmaintenance # Provides Systemd Services for BTRFS Operations like scrubbing and balancing
@@ -78,36 +68,23 @@ Packages=
         # Candidates for removal once we have Kapsule-by-default: dev tools
     base-devel
     bc # used during kernel builds
-    ccache
-    clang
     clazy
     cmake
     crun # default for podman
-    distrobox
-    docker
-    docker-buildx
-    docker-compose
     edk2-ovmf
-    flatpak-builder
     gperf # optional make dependency for kio-extras
     intltool # make dependency for purpose, plasma-desktop, and kio-gdrive
-    lldb # debugger for llvm based languages (odin, zig..)
-    llvm
     meson # often used for glib software as alternative to cmake
     ninja
     perf
     perl-uri # make dependency for kdoctools
-    podman
-    podman-compose
     python-atspi # For selenium
     python-lxml # make dependency for breeze-icons
-    qemu-desktop
     reuse # optional make dependency for a bunch of KDE projects
     sassc # make dependency for breeze-gtk and kde-gtk-config
     strace # instrument running executables
     systemd-bootchart # Boot profiling tools
     subversion # VCS needed for cloning old repos that don't use git
-    toolbox
     vulkan-headers # make dependency for kinfocenter
     xerces-c # optional make dependency for syntax-highlighting
     xz