diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 9995b8d..4c143ac 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -630,38 +630,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs-legacy_2105": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1659914493,
-        "narHash": "sha256-lkA5X3VNMKirvA+SUzvEhfA7XquWLci+CGi505YFAIs=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "022caabb5f2265ad4006c1fa5b1ebe69fb0c3faf",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-21.05",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs-legacy_2205": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1685573264,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Zffu01pONhs/pqH07cjlF10NnMDLok8ix5Uk4rhOnZQ=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "380be19fbd2d9079f677978361792cb25e8a3635",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-22.05",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs-legacy_2211": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1688392541,
@@ -678,22 +646,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs-legacy_2305": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1704290814,
-        "narHash": "sha256-LWvKHp7kGxk/GEtlrGYV68qIvPHkU9iToomNFGagixU=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "70bdadeb94ffc8806c0570eb5c2695ad29f0e421",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-23.05",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs-legacy_2311": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1717530100,
@@ -950,10 +902,7 @@
         "nixos-anywhere": "nixos-anywhere",
         "nixos-hardware": "nixos-hardware",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_5",
-        "nixpkgs-legacy_2105": "nixpkgs-legacy_2105",
-        "nixpkgs-legacy_2205": "nixpkgs-legacy_2205",
         "nixpkgs-legacy_2211": "nixpkgs-legacy_2211",
-        "nixpkgs-legacy_2305": "nixpkgs-legacy_2305",
         "nixpkgs-legacy_2311": "nixpkgs-legacy_2311",
         "overviewer": "overviewer",
         "permown": "permown",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c823f6f..7a30ddd 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@
     };
 
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
-    nixpkgs-legacy_2105.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-21.05";
-    nixpkgs-legacy_2205.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05";
     nixpkgs-legacy_2211.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-22.11";
-    nixpkgs-legacy_2305.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
     nixpkgs-legacy_2311.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-23.11";
     nixos-hardware.url = "github:nixos/nixos-hardware";
     nixos-anywhere.url = "github:nix-community/nixos-anywhere";
@@ -112,10 +109,7 @@
     , nixos-anywhere
     , nixos-hardware
     , nixpkgs
-    , nixpkgs-legacy_2105
-    , nixpkgs-legacy_2205
     , nixpkgs-legacy_2211
-    , nixpkgs-legacy_2305
     , nixpkgs-legacy_2311
     , overviewer
     , permown
@@ -147,15 +141,14 @@
           ];
           overlays = [
             (_self: _super: {
-              # todo : remove this, we are on unstable in the future
-              unstable = import nixpkgs {
+              legacy_2211 = import nixpkgs-legacy_2211 {
+                inherit system;
+                config.allowUnfree = true;
+              };
+              legacy_2311 = import nixpkgs-legacy_2311 {
                 inherit system;
                 config.allowUnfree = true;
               };
-              legacy_2205 = import nixpkgs-legacy_2205 { inherit system; };
-              legacy_2211 = import nixpkgs-legacy_2211 { inherit system; };
-              legacy_2305 = import nixpkgs-legacy_2305 { inherit system; };
-              legacy_2311 = import nixpkgs-legacy_2311 { inherit system; };
               polygon-art = polygon-art.packages.${system};
               landingpage = landingpage.packages.${system}.plain;
               kmonad = kmonad.packages.${system}.kmonad;
@@ -224,7 +217,7 @@
           ];
         })
         # configure nix
-        ({ pkgs, ... }:
+        ({ pkgs, lib, ... }:
           {
             nix.settings.substituters = [ "https://cache.nixos.org/" ];
             nix.settings.experimental-features = [ "nix-command" "flakes" ];
@@ -232,6 +225,10 @@
             # no channesl needed this way
             nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=${pkgs.path}" ];
             documentation.nixos.enable = true;
+
+            boot.loader.systemd-boot.configurationLimit = lib.mkDefault 10;
+            boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.configurationLimit = lib.mkDefault 10;
+            boot.loader.grub.configurationLimit = lib.mkDefault 10;
           })
         # some modules I always use
         permown.nixosModules.permown
diff --git a/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix b/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix
index 6f8f48e..cf74bb3 100644
--- a/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/gui/kmonad.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     # only needed if you have an UHK
     hardware.keyboard.uhk.enable = true;
-    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.unstable.uhk-agent ];
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.uhk-agent ];
     users.users.mainUser.extraGroups = [ "input" ];
 
     services.xserver = {
diff --git a/nixos/components/media/video.nix b/nixos/components/media/video.nix
index b67c8fb..99d99a5 100644
--- a/nixos/components/media/video.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/media/video.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with lib;
 
 let
-  obs-cmd = pkgs.unstable.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage
+  obs-cmd = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage
     rec {
       pname = "obs-cmd";
       version = "v0.15.2";
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ in
     boot.extraModulePackages = [ pkgs.linuxPackages.v4l2loopback ];
 
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-      unstable.youtube-dl
-      unstable.yt-dlp
+      youtube-dl
+      yt-dlp
       mplayer
       mpv
       mpvReview
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ in
 
 
       # obs studio stuff
-      unstable.obs-cli
+      obs-cli
       v4l-utils
       obs-cmd
 
diff --git a/nixos/components/monitor/opentelemetry.nix b/nixos/components/monitor/opentelemetry.nix
index 2e5a0d6..a402581 100644
--- a/nixos/components/monitor/opentelemetry.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/monitor/opentelemetry.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ in
     (mkIf config.components.monitor.opentelemetry.enable {
       services.opentelemetry-collector = {
         enable = true;
-        package = pkgs.unstable.opentelemetry-collector-contrib;
+        package = pkgs.opentelemetry-collector-contrib;
       };
     })
 
diff --git a/nixos/components/terminal/heygpt.nix b/nixos/components/terminal/heygpt.nix
index c5cefe8..d053892 100644
--- a/nixos/components/terminal/heygpt.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/terminal/heygpt.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ with lib;
       (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "heygpt" ''
         export OPENAI_API_BASE="https://api.openai.com/v1"
         export OPENAI_API_KEY=$(pass openai/apikey)
-        ${lib.getExe pkgs.unstable.heygpt} "$@"
+        ${lib.getExe pkgs.heygpt} "$@"
       '')
       (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "heygpt-models" ''
         export OPENAI_API_KEY=$(pass openai/apikey)
diff --git a/nixos/components/terminal/wtf.nix b/nixos/components/terminal/wtf.nix
index b14f4cc..d22dfe0 100644
--- a/nixos/components/terminal/wtf.nix
+++ b/nixos/components/terminal/wtf.nix
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ let
   createDashboard = { json, name }:
     let configuration = pkgs.writeText "config.yml" (builtins.toJSON json);
     in pkgs.writers.writeBashBin name ''
-      ${pkgs.unstable.wtf}/bin/wtfutil --config=${toString configuration}
+      ${pkgs.wtf}/bin/wtfutil --config=${toString configuration}
     '';
 
 in
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ in
     services.upower.enable = true;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [
-      pkgs.unstable.wtf
+      pkgs.wtf
       (createDashboard {
         json = qJson;
         name = "q";
diff --git a/nixos/homes/common/packages.nix b/nixos/homes/common/packages.nix
index f6b3582..c375d47 100644
--- a/nixos/homes/common/packages.nix
+++ b/nixos/homes/common/packages.nix
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ with lib;
         killall
         nix-tree
 
-        unstable.vulnix
+        vulnix
         (writers.writeBashBin "vulnix-system" ''
-          ${unstable.vulnix}/bin/vulnix --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
+          ${vulnix}/bin/vulnix --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
         '')
       ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/homes/common/terminal.nix b/nixos/homes/common/terminal.nix
index 5a926e5..7281690 100644
--- a/nixos/homes/common/terminal.nix
+++ b/nixos/homes/common/terminal.nix
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
     enable = true;
     enableBashIntegration = true;
     enableZshIntegration = true;
-    #package = pkgs.unstable.atuin;
-    package = pkgs.unstable.atuin.overrideAttrs (_old: {
+    #package = pkgs.atuin;
+    package = pkgs.atuin.overrideAttrs (_old: {
       # as cursed as doing mitigations=off in the kernel command line
       patches = [ "${assets}/0001-make-atuin-on-zfs-fast-again.patch" ];
     });
diff --git a/nixos/homes/palo/packages/development.nix b/nixos/homes/palo/packages/development.nix
index b173f15..9cff441 100644
--- a/nixos/homes/palo/packages/development.nix
+++ b/nixos/homes/palo/packages/development.nix
@@ -10,22 +10,21 @@ with lib;
       home.packages = [
 
         # general
-        unstable.jetbrains.idea-ultimate
+        jetbrains.idea-ultimate
         #vscode
 
         jetbrains.mps
-
-        unstable.jetbrains.datagrip
+        jetbrains.datagrip
 
         # Rust
         # ----
-        unstable.jetbrains.clion
+        jetbrains.clion
         gcc
         rustup
 
         # Python
         # ------
-        unstable.jetbrains.pycharm-professional
+        jetbrains.pycharm-professional
 
         # planing
         ((ganttproject-bin.override {
@@ -87,14 +86,14 @@ with lib;
           miller
 
           # nomad
-          unstable.nomad
-          unstable.vault
-          unstable.consul
+          nomad
+          vault
+          consul
           wander
 
           # terraform
-          unstable.terragrunt
-          unstable.terraform
+          terragrunt
+          terraform
           terraform-docs
           awscli2
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ with lib;
           python3Full
           pipenv
 
-          unstable.mdbook
+          mdbook
 
           nodePackages.prettier
           shfmt
diff --git a/nixos/homes/palo/packages/packages.nix b/nixos/homes/palo/packages/packages.nix
index b812365..4b07229 100644
--- a/nixos/homes/palo/packages/packages.nix
+++ b/nixos/homes/palo/packages/packages.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ with lib;
 
       nginx-config-formatter
 
-      unstable.yt-dlp
+      yt-dlp
 
       OSCAR
 
diff --git a/nixos/homes/palo/taskwarrior.nix b/nixos/homes/palo/taskwarrior.nix
index 003d0d7..9f943d7 100644
--- a/nixos/homes/palo/taskwarrior.nix
+++ b/nixos/homes/palo/taskwarrior.nix
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in
       taskwarrior-hooks
       (pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "tsak" ''${pkgs.taskwarrior}/bin/task "$@"'')
 
-      unstable.vit
+      vit
       (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "active" "${taskwarrior-tui}/bin/taskwarrior-tui -r active")
       (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "todo" "${taskwarrior-tui}/bin/taskwarrior-tui -r todo")
 
diff --git a/nixos/homes/tina/packages.nix b/nixos/homes/tina/packages.nix
index 0243162..01438d2 100644
--- a/nixos/homes/tina/packages.nix
+++ b/nixos/homes/tina/packages.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ with lib;
 
       bitwarden
 
-      unstable.yt-dlp
+      yt-dlp
 
       # office
       pdfarranger
diff --git a/nixos/legacy/robi/packages.nix b/nixos/legacy/robi/packages.nix
index fb47b8c..d637d63 100644
--- a/nixos/legacy/robi/packages.nix
+++ b/nixos/legacy/robi/packages.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     youtube-dl
     ipset # for sshguard
 
-    unstable.vulnix
+    vulnix
     (pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "vulnix-system" ''
-      ${pkgs.unstable.vulnix}/bin/vulnix --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
+      ${pkgs.vulnix}/bin/vulnix --profile /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
     '')
 
   ];
diff --git a/nixos/machines/chungus/media-audiobookshelf.nix b/nixos/machines/chungus/media-audiobookshelf.nix
index 25e1fef..40f23f5 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/chungus/media-audiobookshelf.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/chungus/media-audiobookshelf.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in
     serviceConfig = {
       Type = "simple";
       WorkingDirectory = "/srv/audiobookshelf";
-      ExecStart = "${unstable.audiobookshelf}/bin/audiobookshelf --port ${toString port}";
+      ExecStart = "${audiobookshelf}/bin/audiobookshelf --port ${toString port}";
       ExecReload = "${util-linux}/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID";
       Restart = "always";
       User = config.users.users.audiobookshelf.name;
diff --git a/nixos/machines/chungus/service-atuin.nix b/nixos/machines/chungus/service-atuin.nix
index 2f1d49c..fc33c6c 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/chungus/service-atuin.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/chungus/service-atuin.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { config, pkgs, assets, ... }: {
   services.atuin = {
     enable = true;
-    package = pkgs.unstable.atuin.overrideAttrs (_old: {
+    package = pkgs.atuin.overrideAttrs (_old: {
       # as cursed as doing mitigations=off in the kernel command line
       patches = [ "${assets}/0001-make-atuin-on-zfs-fast-again.patch" ];
     });
diff --git a/nixos/machines/chungus/services-vault.nix b/nixos/machines/chungus/services-vault.nix
index 220a8a5..ad7923e 100644
--- a/nixos/machines/chungus/services-vault.nix
+++ b/nixos/machines/chungus/services-vault.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   services.vault = {
     enable = true;
     #adress = "chungus.private:8200";
-    package = pkgs.unstable.vault;
+    package = pkgs.vault;
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/system/all/defaults.nix b/nixos/system/all/defaults.nix
index 41d37fd..5fed383 100644
--- a/nixos/system/all/defaults.nix
+++ b/nixos/system/all/defaults.nix
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@
   #environment.variables.NIX_PATH = lib.mkForce "/var/src";
   nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=${pkgs.path}" ];
 
-  # how much configurations should be kept?
-  boot.loader.systemd-boot.configurationLimit = lib.mkDefault 3;
-  boot.loader.generic-extlinux-compatible.configurationLimit = lib.mkDefault 3;
-  boot.loader.grub.configurationLimit = lib.mkDefault 3;
-
-
   # Machines should be fast by default
   # ----------------------------------
   powerManagement.cpuFreqGovernor = lib.mkOverride 1001 "ondemand";