diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index 72eed01..d57cfc3 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -205,13 +205,11 @@ in
     aspellDicts.en
     borgbackup
     btop
-    chromium
     clamav
     clinfo
     config.boot.kernelPackages.perf
     efibootmgr
     filelight
-    firefox
     gitFull
     glxinfo
     gptfdisk
@@ -232,6 +230,10 @@ in
     zsh-powerlevel10k
   ];
 
+  # we want global available browsers
+  programs.chromium.enable = true;
+  programs.firefox.enable = true;
+
   # allow keyboard configure tools to work
   hardware.keyboard.qmk.enable = true;