diff --git a/packages/checks/default.nix b/packages/checks/default.nix
index 8d77d4f..2aef255 100644
--- a/packages/checks/default.nix
+++ b/packages/checks/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, self, extendModules, ... }:
+{ config, lib, self, ... }:
 
 let
   timeMachine = {
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ in
       searxng = pkgs.callPackage ./searxng.nix {
         inherit (self'.packages) searxng;
       };
-
-      simulacrum = pkgs.callPackage ./simulacrum.nix {
-        inherit config extendModules;
-      };
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/checks/simulacrum.nix b/packages/checks/simulacrum.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 37adfaa..0000000
--- a/packages/checks/simulacrum.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-{ testers, config, extendModules, lib, system }:
-
-let
-  lift = config;
-
-  snakeoil = {
-    ssh = {
-      public = lib.fileContents ./snakeoil/ssh/snakeoil-key.pub;
-      private = ./snakeoil/ssh/snakeoil-key;
-    };
-    wireguard = {
-      public = lib.genAttrs nodes (node: lib.fileContents ./snakeoil/wireguard/public-key-${toString digits.${node}});
-      private = lib.genAttrs nodes (node: ./snakeoil/wireguard/private-key-${toString digits.${node}});
-    };
-  };
-
-  nodes = lib.attrNames config.gods.fromLight;
-  digits = lib.attrsets.listToAttrs (lib.zipListsWith lib.nameValuePair nodes (lib.range 1 255));
-  depot' = extendModules {
-    modules = [
-      ({ config, ... }: {
-        gods.fromLight = lib.mapAttrs (name: cfg: {
-          interfaces.primary = {
-            link = lib.mkForce "vprimary";
-          };
-          ssh.id.publicKey = lib.mkForce snakeoil.ssh.public;
-        }) lift.gods.fromLight;
-
-        cluster = lib.mkForce (lift.cluster.extendModules {
-          specialArgs.depot = config;
-          modules = [
-            {
-              hostLinks = lib.genAttrs nodes (node: {
-                mesh.extra = lib.mkForce (lift.cluster.config.hostLinks.${node}.mesh.extra // {
-                  pubKey = snakeoil.wireguard.public.${node};
-                });
-              });
-            }
-          ];
-        });
-      })
-    ];
-  };
-  specialArgs = depot'.config.lib.summon system lib.id;
-in
-
-testers.runNixOSTest {
-  name = "simulacrum";
-
-  node = { inherit specialArgs; };
-  nodes = lib.genAttrs nodes (node: let
-    hour = depot'.config.hours.${node};
-  in {
-    imports = [
-      specialArgs.depot.hours.${node}.nixos
-      ./modules/nixos/age-dummy-secrets
-      ./modules/nixos/external-storage.nix
-    ] ++ depot'.config.cluster.config.out.injectNixosConfigForServices [ "consul" "certificates" "nginx" "wireguard" "frangiclave" ] node;
-
-    boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = "1";
-    networking = {
-      interfaces = {
-        ${hour.interfaces.primary.link} = {
-          useDHCP = lib.mkForce false;
-          virtual = true;
-          ipv4.addresses = lib.mkForce [
-            {
-              address = hour.interfaces.primary.addr;
-              prefixLength = 32;
-            }
-          ];
-        };
-        eth1.ipv4.routes = lib.pipe nodes [
-          (lib.filter (n: n != node))
-          (map (n: let
-            hour = depot'.config.hours.${n};
-          in {
-            address = hour.interfaces.primary.addrPublic;
-            prefixLength = 32;
-            via = "192.168.1.${toString digits.${n}}";
-          }))
-        ];
-      };
-
-      firewall.extraCommands = lib.mkAfter (lib.optionalString (hour.interfaces.primary.isNat) ''
-        # self-nat
-        iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d ${hour.interfaces.primary.addrPublic} -j DNAT --to-destination ${hour.interfaces.primary.addr}
-        iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s ${hour.interfaces.primary.addr} -j SNAT --to-source ${hour.interfaces.primary.addrPublic}
-      '');
-    };
-
-    systemd.services = {
-      hyprspace.enable = false;
-      cachix-agent.enable = false;
-    };
-
-    environment.etc = {
-      "ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" = {
-        source = snakeoil.ssh.private;
-        mode = "0400";
-      };
-      "dummy-secrets/cluster-wireguard-meshPrivateKey".source = lib.mkForce snakeoil.wireguard.private.${node};
-      "dummy-secrets/grafana-agent-blackbox-secret-monitoring".text = lib.mkForce ''
-        SECRET_MONITORING_BLACKBOX_TARGET_1_NAME=example-external-service
-        SECRET_MONITORING_BLACKBOX_TARGET_1_MODULE=http2xx
-        SECRET_MONITORING_BLACKBOX_TARGET_1_ADDRESS=http://127.0.0.1:1
-      '';
-      "dummy-secrets/garageRpcSecret".text = lib.mkForce "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
-    };
-    virtualisation = {
-      cores = 2;
-      memorySize = 4096;
-    };
-  });
-
-  testScript = ''
-    grail.succeed("false")
-  '';
-}