diff --git a/scripts/setup/machine-setup/lib/packages.sh b/scripts/setup/machine-setup/lib/packages.sh
index 936de3e4..02c05a0b 100644
--- a/scripts/setup/machine-setup/lib/packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/machine-setup/lib/packages.sh
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ pkgs_core() {
       # broken rather than a package being absent.
       echo curl ca-certificates gnupg git jq unzip \
         apt-transport-https lsb-release software-properties-common \
-        wget zip brotli build-essential python3 btop htop tree tmux ripgrep fd-find net-tools eza \
+        wget zip brotli build-essential python3 btop tree tmux ripgrep fd-find net-tools eza \
         inotify-tools poppler-utils radicale fail2ban unattended-upgrades
       ;;
     pacman)
       echo curl ca-certificates gnupg git jq unzip \
-        wget zip brotli base-devel python btop htop tree tmux ripgrep fd net-tools eza \
+        wget zip brotli base-devel python btop tree tmux ripgrep fd net-tools eza \
         inotify-tools poppler radicale fail2ban
       ;;
     dnf)
       echo curl ca-certificates gnupg2 git jq unzip \
-        wget zip brotli python3 btop htop tree tmux ripgrep fd-find net-tools eza \
+        wget zip brotli python3 btop tree tmux ripgrep fd-find net-tools eza \
         inotify-tools poppler-utils radicale fail2ban
       ;;
     brew)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ pkgs_core() {
       # (services.sh CORE_PROCESSES) is skipped to match on macOS, so nothing on this
       # machine expects it to be present. The Linux lists above are untouched — a real
       # package there, unaffected.
-      echo gnupg git jq wget brotli btop htop tree ripgrep fd eza poppler
+      echo gnupg git jq wget brotli btop tree ripgrep fd eza poppler
       ;;
   esac
 }