diff --git a/applications/git/gitlab_runner.nix b/applications/git/gitlab_runner.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f5041bf..0000000
--- a/applications/git/gitlab_runner.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  pkgs,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
-with lib; let
-  name = "gitlab_runner";
-  cfg = config.services.skynet."${name}";
-in {
-  imports = [
-  ];
-
-  options.services.skynet."${name}" = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Skynet Gitlab Runner";
-
-    runner = {
-      name = mkOption {
-        type = types.str;
-      };
-
-      gitlab = mkOption {
-        default = "https://gitlab.skynet.ie";
-        type = types.str;
-      };
-
-      description = mkOption {
-        default = cfg.runner.name;
-        type = types.str;
-      };
-
-      docker = {
-        image = mkOption {
-          default = "alpine:latest";
-          type = types.str;
-        };
-
-        cleanup_dates = mkOption {
-          # https://man.archlinux.org/man/systemd.time.7#CALENDAR_EVENTS
-          # it will use a lot of storage so clear it daily, may change to hourly if required
-          default = "daily";
-          type = types.str;
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    # https://search.nixos.org/options?from=0&size=50&sort=alpha_desc&type=packages&query=services.gitlab-runner.
-    environment.systemPackages = [
-      pkgs.gitlab-runner
-    ];
-
-    age.secrets.runner_01_nix.file = ../../secrets/gitlab/runners/runner01.age;
-    age.secrets.runner_02_general.file = ../../secrets/gitlab/runners/runner02.age;
-
-    boot.kernel.sysctl."net.ipv4.ip_forward" = true; # 1
-    virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
-
-    # taken from https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/245365#issuecomment-1663854128
-    virtualisation.docker.listenOptions = ["/run/docker.sock" "127.0.0.1:2375"];
-
-    services.gitlab-runner = {
-      enable = true;
-
-      #      clear-docker-cache = {
-      #        enable = true;
-      #        dates = cfg.runner.docker.cleanup_dates;
-      #      };
-
-      services = {
-        # might make a function later to have multiple runners, might never need it though
-        runner_nix = {
-          cloneUrl = cfg.runner.gitlab;
-          description = "For Nix only";
-          registrationFlags = ["--docker-host" "tcp://127.0.0.1:2375"];
-          registrationConfigFile = config.age.secrets.runner_01_nix.path;
-          dockerImage = cfg.runner.docker.image;
-
-          # from https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Gitlab_runner
-          dockerVolumes = [
-            "/nix/store:/nix/store:ro"
-            "/nix/var/nix/db:/nix/var/nix/db:ro"
-            "/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket:/nix/var/nix/daemon-socket:ro"
-          ];
-          dockerDisableCache = true;
-          preBuildScript = pkgs.writeScript "setup-container" ''
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 /nix/var/log/nix/drvs
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 /nix/var/nix/gcroots
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 /nix/var/nix/profiles
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 /nix/var/nix/temproots
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 /nix/var/nix/userpool
-            mkdir -p -m 1777 /nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-user
-            mkdir -p -m 1777 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user
-            mkdir -p -m 0755 /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root
-            mkdir -p -m 0700 "$HOME/.nix-defexpr"
-            . ${pkgs.nix}/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh
-            ${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixpkgs
-            ${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix-channel --update nixpkgs
-            ${pkgs.nix}/bin/nix-env -i ${concatStringsSep " " (with pkgs; [lix cacert git openssh])}
-            nix --version
-          '';
-          environmentVariables = {
-            ENV = "/etc/profile";
-            USER = "root";
-            NIX_REMOTE = "daemon";
-            PATH = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin";
-            NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt";
-          };
-          tagList = ["nix"];
-        };
-
-        runner_general = {
-          cloneUrl = cfg.runner.gitlab;
-          description = "General Runner";
-          registrationFlags = ["--docker-host" "tcp://127.0.0.1:2375"];
-          registrationConfigFile = config.age.secrets.runner_02_general.path;
-          dockerImage = cfg.runner.docker.image;
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/machines/wheatly.nix b/machines/wheatly.nix
index a2cab80..cbd6d4f 100644
--- a/machines/wheatly.nix
+++ b/machines/wheatly.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Notes:
   };
 in {
   imports = [
-    # ../applications/git/gitlab_runner.nix
     ../applications/git/forgejo_runner.nix
   ];
 
@@ -40,12 +39,6 @@ in {
   services.skynet = {
     host = host;
     backup.enable = true;
-
-    #    gitlab_runner = {
-    #      enable = true;
-    #      runner.name = "runner01";
-    #    };
-
     forgejo_runner.enable = true;
   };
 }