diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 4c04d3b..22c05c5 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@
     },
     "nixos-hardware": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1750837715,
-        "narHash": "sha256-2m1ceZjbmgrJCZ2PuQZaK4in3gcg3o6rZ7WK6dr5vAA=",
+        "lastModified": 1751393906,
+        "narHash": "sha256-I1x6K61ZcdFlqc07weRBy3erCAB0lVkX10i0c9eXjDI=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixos-hardware",
-        "rev": "98236410ea0fe204d0447149537a924fb71a6d4f",
+        "rev": "f49bb3b4107a0917ee144337bb02d311033ee1ba",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@
     },
     "nixos-unstable": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1751011381,
-        "narHash": "sha256-krGXKxvkBhnrSC/kGBmg5MyupUUT5R6IBCLEzx9jhMM=",
+        "lastModified": 1751271578,
+        "narHash": "sha256-P/SQmKDu06x8yv7i0s8bvnnuJYkxVGBWLWHaU+tt4YY=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "30e2e2857ba47844aa71991daa6ed1fc678bcbb7",
+        "rev": "3016b4b15d13f3089db8a41ef937b13a9e33a8df",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1750969886,
-        "narHash": "sha256-zW/OFnotiz/ndPFdebpo3X0CrbVNf22n4DjN2vxlb58=",
+        "lastModified": 1751211869,
+        "narHash": "sha256-1Cu92i1KSPbhPCKxoiVG5qnoRiKTgR5CcGSRyLpOd7Y=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "a676066377a2fe7457369dd37c31fd2263b662f4",
+        "rev": "b43c397f6c213918d6cfe6e3550abfe79b5d1c51",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_3": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1751011381,
-        "narHash": "sha256-krGXKxvkBhnrSC/kGBmg5MyupUUT5R6IBCLEzx9jhMM=",
+        "lastModified": 1751271578,
+        "narHash": "sha256-P/SQmKDu06x8yv7i0s8bvnnuJYkxVGBWLWHaU+tt4YY=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "30e2e2857ba47844aa71991daa6ed1fc678bcbb7",
+        "rev": "3016b4b15d13f3089db8a41ef937b13a9e33a8df",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@
         "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1751219288,
-        "narHash": "sha256-IQJosUJhcfIVnEiQtMkeUS0klh97CjxqgPXE//xFDNg=",
+        "lastModified": 1751397775,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LMe/4mpv23Lkk9tLsTrxAB5nvLbQd92dkDz/MPqlvqM=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "NUR",
-        "rev": "873e573a93300046272a0b3dec82b0f9e732458f",
+        "rev": "326860af7a41ac4d1ab8055bf88fdc8e79b82acf",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index bf73948..cb177ff 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         (import nixpkgs { inherit system; }).applyPatches {
           name = "nixpkgs-patched";
           src = nixpkgs;
-          patches = [ ./patches/keepassxc-fix-darwin-build.patch ];
+          patches = [ ];
         };
 
       # necessary to make the top-level inputs available to system configuration
diff --git a/hosts/framenix/default.nix b/hosts/framenix/default.nix
index f1e62cd..166f4ee 100644
--- a/hosts/framenix/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/framenix/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ in
   # override tmpdir for daemon
   systemd.services.nix-daemon.environment.TMPDIR = "/var/tmp";
 
+  # try newer kernels
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest;
+
   boot.kernelParams = [
     # powersave
     "amd_pstate=active"
diff --git a/patches/keepassxc-fix-darwin-build.patch b/patches/keepassxc-fix-darwin-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3684a24..0000000
--- a/patches/keepassxc-fix-darwin-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 49b7ae226cedb0adb403758e0c63d09762297a22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Fernando Rodrigues <alpha@sigmasquadron.net>
-Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 14:06:23 -0300
-Subject: [PATCH] keepassxc: remove unecessary dependency
-
-KIO no longer seems necessary for KeePassXC, so removing it should
-decrease the closure size significantly.
-
-Reported-by: chopper2000uk <>
-Signed-off-by: Fernando Rodrigues <alpha@sigmasquadron.net>
----
- pkgs/by-name/ke/keepassxc/package.nix | 1 -
- 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ke/keepassxc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ke/keepassxc/package.nix
-index 170cc7bfe8e384..40b6dc15170f5b 100644
---- a/pkgs/by-name/ke/keepassxc/package.nix
-+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ke/keepassxc/package.nix
-@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-       libXi
-       libXtst
-       libargon2
--      libsForQt5.kio
-       libsForQt5.qtbase
-       libsForQt5.qtsvg
-       minizip