diff --git a/services/desktop/desktop-apps.nix b/services/desktop/desktop-apps.nix
index 12b0f14..b018b0a 100644
--- a/services/desktop/desktop-apps.nix
+++ b/services/desktop/desktop-apps.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 # desktop-hyprland.nix, which owns the *session* (compositor, greeter, audio,
 # portals); this owns the things the user actually launches inside it.
 {
-  # gitkraken / jetbrains-toolbox / steam are unfree. Allow exactly those
-  # rather than flipping allowUnfree globally, so an unfree dep sneaking into
-  # a server host's closure still fails loudly.
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePredicate = pkg:
     builtins.elem (lib.getName pkg) [
       "gitkraken"
@@ -17,22 +14,21 @@
       "claude-code"
     ];
 
-  # Steam needs its own module (not just the package): it sets up the FHS
-  # wrapper, the udev rules for controllers, and the 32-bit graphics stack.
   programs.steam = {
     enable = true;
-    remotePlay.openFirewall = true;      # in-home streaming
+    remotePlay.openFirewall = true;
     dedicatedServer.openFirewall = false;
   };
-  hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;  # required by steam's 32-bit games
+  hardware.graphics.enable32Bit = true;
 
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    alacritty
     zed-editor
-    protonplus          # manages Proton-GE / Wine-GE builds for steam + lutris
+    protonplus
     gitkraken
     jetbrains-toolbox
     kdePackages.dolphin
   ];
 
-  fonts.packages = [ pkgs.nerd-fonts.departure-mono ]; # alacritty's font, see hosts/terra/home.nix
+  fonts.packages = [ pkgs.nerd-fonts.departure-mono ];
 }
diff --git a/services/desktop/desktop-hyprland.nix b/services/desktop/desktop-hyprland.nix
index a4efe07..39489f2 100644
--- a/services/desktop/desktop-hyprland.nix
+++ b/services/desktop/desktop-hyprland.nix
@@ -28,9 +28,5 @@
   hardware.graphics.enable = true;   # OpenGL/Vulkan for the compositor + apps
   services.libinput.enable = true;
 
-  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-    alacritty
-  ];
-
   networking.networkmanager.enable = true;
 }