diff --git a/.sops.yaml b/.sops.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 621bc24..0000000
--- a/.sops.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-keys:
-  - &aviac-gpg 644781002BDEA982
-  - &michael age14qgh6kzdlrwcvsrwhy75y3qtrkv46rverqxupu7ugwj8xwrm84dsfupg7d 
-  - &pipeline age1f8p9wqgsr9vlzgfqnmt94cnecq7yyugv2cyvf88d4hzfqwyrhc8qywhsgl
-creation_rules:
-  - path_regex: secrets/[^/]+\.(yaml|json|env|ini)$
-    age: |
-      age14qgh6kzdlrwcvsrwhy75y3qtrkv46rverqxupu7ugwj8xwrm84dsfupg7d,
-      age1f8p9wqgsr9vlzgfqnmt94cnecq7yyugv2cyvf88d4hzfqwyrhc8qywhsgl
-    pgp: *aviac-gpg
diff --git a/dev_system.nix b/dev_system.nix
index c1c76b0..7cde22e 100644
--- a/dev_system.nix
+++ b/dev_system.nix
@@ -23,22 +23,6 @@ in
     ./shared/ssh.nix
   ];
 
-  networking.firewall = {
-    allowedTCPPortRanges = [
-      { from = 8000; to = 8020; }
-    ];
-  };
-
-  sops = {
-    defaultSopsFile = ./secrets/ssh-key.yaml;
-    age = {
-      sshKeyPaths = [ "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key" ];
-      keyFile = "/root/.config/sops/age/keys.txt";
-      generateKey = true;
-    };
-    secrets."pipe-ssh-key" = { };
-  };
-
   services.openssh.settings.AllowUsers = [ "pipeline" ];
 
   users.users = {
@@ -54,6 +38,12 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  networking.firewall = {
+    allowedTCPPortRanges = [
+      { from = 8000; to = 8020; }
+    ];
+  };
+
   services = {
     mysql = {
       enable = true;
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 10c132c..4328854 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    sops-nix.url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
     disko = {
       url = "github:nix-community/disko";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@
           };
           imports = [
             inputs.disko.nixosModules.disko
-            inputs.sops-nix.nixosModules.sops
 
             ./dev_system.nix
 
diff --git a/secrets/ssh-key.yaml b/secrets/ssh-key.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 714b35c..0000000
--- a/secrets/ssh-key.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-pipe-ssh-key: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:hDxyWJZnNWHoeCcduuR28M90q8hX6URn9rK50TiqOLVabQGcDTjATsizLyzbo0/eC6fPUIlM5A3KpwTPxi//eC6Ioyy7Xc0mdPWuSKySfyaYw+Lfg4RpH06LOQ8qUA==,iv:h2SAoJ7q/ov/lctQjZYlL3x/9bLy3p69piUtVcCZTI8=,tag:4Ay0Pv30+C9gLAw6BRHKoA==,type:str]
-sops:
-    age:
-        - recipient: age14qgh6kzdlrwcvsrwhy75y3qtrkv46rverqxupu7ugwj8xwrm84dsfupg7d
-          enc: |
-            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBhOXRaWFo1TzRpZnBVZW1K
-            TUlISGFrN3Q2OWxtenhTRHNNOEs0VmlJMkVzCm9VdGdmMml3ZHJMT1R2ZE5JNzBU
-            K3g5V0hUR29tQk1qUnRaTDZDS0prVmcKLS0tIGdQTEs3a0FRSUJCZEhONm12K3dW
-            MEpqQ295WExyT0VIQUI1a2F6SjQ0UjgK7A3I3in1m4y5zWzmNDKUDsBPFba/gDH/
-            265naa6JQS1Ysb7YIu1Np9ag+dp08KuFgSAnPt5olAXrIJcXh6M0Qg==
-            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-        - recipient: age1f8p9wqgsr9vlzgfqnmt94cnecq7yyugv2cyvf88d4hzfqwyrhc8qywhsgl
-          enc: |
-            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBjRHpicTdxT3dvazJidHE5
-            ZG1EUGF0QWp6Qm8xKzVqODZXbVVzekgvRUQ4CjVTSGV5TlV5SnhEOE1sRlNoVkk4
-            bGJaOVdYS0dGZnhYSmYvTGgyTVJBVzAKLS0tIFo3eEVjL3h6bldCclhRNENJTWdK
-            dWNlMUIxSTkzZ0QxVWJDOGdMMUduZTAKy0CVsA6hGXv/F81fIBcAHn2NW1E63noE
-            /6V/FouS39Fsnb5zcK3U5FMJTn9VBNEQKHJzj9qrWlbMHo8q/Lor1w==
-            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2025-06-12T15:20:45Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:xhg1QK2LkkON+qP7o+rqAZRYPISuFlZ5Vhagavqiy+gNolq1ATajvdOJp6JCgHYqOpSSj6lbxs3F/i0py5cWW5jgkTBsfeiLzsm5MY+n0B0AkuNT6N/q9p2N0Btq0yA5Kez9IETRlpXk6ZnzKyOTHPllfHgoo8RBinwBDOf4VAw=,iv:36FzdyX48B8yAzwjWI95aVMYURE0saT75Z06JL6AQG0=,tag:8BVUeyeBu2YKKrG7xA9gZQ==,type:str]
-    pgp:
-        - created_at: "2025-06-12T16:02:00Z"
-          enc: |-
-            -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
-
-            hF4DzYliWiOOjtYSAQdAgvWR7o5PxnElk0BjNQNhBvLM0PL40tS3G9ok7vosWUEw
-            RfAed4lOrDaMpY2PqZJfsxgNoLblFzj/N4F9LVxpwhuR2InRCA+5HboUjkRwiMmK
-            0l4BtFBAOfaTKHUVsst+dH0OWhP7IggrKo9sYFqtvSkswLfQDA7O1iGxa4P/FWdh
-            HXWKrs92rdJ5F2c0e0fjnVwtpdn2aOLlBTDGXGRNHTRs44mjuKOaimR4dbeIeR20
-            =30XJ
-            -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
-          fp: 644781002BDEA982
-    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
-    version: 3.10.2