diff --git a/init-server.py b/init-server.py
index 861f60f..2d52bb4 100755
--- a/init-server.py
+++ b/init-server.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ from ssh_lib.benchmark import benchmark, c1000k
 from ssh_lib.config import config, scripts
 from ssh_lib.kernel import set_cpu_governor, setup_kernel_settings
 from ssh_lib.nginx import certbot, nginx
-from ssh_lib.pkg_base import pkg_base, pkg_clean, pkg_upgrade
+from ssh_lib.pkg_base import pkg_base, pkg_upgrade
 from ssh_lib.planetiler import TILE_GEN_BIN, install_planetiler
-from ssh_lib.utils import add_user, apt_get_install, enable_sudo, put, reboot, setup_time, sudo_cmd
+from ssh_lib.utils import add_user, enable_sudo, put, reboot, setup_time, sudo_cmd
 
 
 def prepare_shared(c):
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def prepare_shared(c):
     enable_sudo(c, 'ofm', nopasswd=True)
 
     pkg_upgrade(c)
-    pkg_clean(c)
     pkg_base(c)
 
     setup_time(c)
diff --git a/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py b/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py
index 0f2d465..4a5a9cb 100644
--- a/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py
+++ b/ssh_lib/pkg_base.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 from ssh_lib.utils import (
-    apt_get_autoremove,
     apt_get_install,
-    apt_get_purge,
     apt_get_update,
-    sudo_cmd,
 )
 
 
@@ -34,26 +31,6 @@ def pkg_base(c):
     apt_get_install(c, ' '.join(pkg_list))
 
 
-def pkg_clean(c):
-    pkg_list = [
-        # firewalls
-        'ufw',
-        'nftables',
-        'firewalld',
-        'iptables-persistent',
-        # bloat
-        'ntfs-3g',
-        'popularity-contest',
-        'landscape*',
-        'ubuntu-advantage-tools',
-    ]
-
-    apt_get_purge(c, ' '.join(pkg_list))
-    apt_get_autoremove(c)
-    sudo_cmd(c, 'dpkg --list | grep "^rc" | cut -d " " -f 3 | xargs -r dpkg --purge')
-    c.sudo('iptables -L', warn=True)
-
-
 def pkg_upgrade(c):
     apt_get_update(c)
     c.sudo(