diff --git a/beta/configuration.nix b/beta/configuration.nix
index 2742ceb..bae1bc9 100644
--- a/beta/configuration.nix
+++ b/beta/configuration.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
       /data/nixos/share/common.nix
     ];
 
-  # our hostname and an ID for ZFS
+  # our hostname
   networking.hostName = "beta";
-  networking.hostId = "3f20def9";
 
   # german laptop keyboard
   services.xserver.xkb.layout = "de";
diff --git a/miku/configuration.nix b/miku/configuration.nix
index aa5c49d..3bf1337 100644
--- a/miku/configuration.nix
+++ b/miku/configuration.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
       /data/nixos/share/common.nix
     ];
 
-  # our hostname and an ID for ZFS
+  # our hostname
   networking.hostName = "miku";
-  networking.hostId = "c132caed";
 
   # EurKey layout
   services.xserver.xkb.layout = "eu";
diff --git a/mini/configuration.nix b/mini/configuration.nix
index e835ef6..c5ce6ae 100644
--- a/mini/configuration.nix
+++ b/mini/configuration.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
       /data/nixos/share/common.nix
     ];
 
-  # our hostname and an ID for ZFS
+  # our hostname
   networking.hostName = "mini";
-  networking.hostId = "e925ccfb";
 
   # EurKey layout
   services.xserver.xkb.layout = "eu";
diff --git a/neko/configuration.nix b/neko/configuration.nix
index 3eb708e..fd41c07 100644
--- a/neko/configuration.nix
+++ b/neko/configuration.nix
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@
       /data/nixos/share/common.nix
     ];
 
-  # our hostname and an ID for ZFS
+  # our hostname
   networking.hostName = "neko";
-  networking.hostId = "cf5a5ee6";
 
   # EurKey layout
   services.xserver.xkb.layout = "eu";
diff --git a/share/common.nix b/share/common.nix
index 1f9ec82..e1ad170 100644
--- a/share/common.nix
+++ b/share/common.nix
@@ -28,44 +28,15 @@ in
   # atm all stuff is x86_64
   nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "x86_64-linux";
 
-  # enable ZFS
-  boot.supportedFilesystems = [ "zfs" ];
-
   # my kernel parameters
   boot.kernelParams = [
-    # no hibernate for ZFS systems
+    # no hibernate
     "nohibernate"
 
-    # make ARC fast
-    "init_on_alloc=0"
-    "init_on_free=0"
-
     # don't check for split locks, for KVM and Co.
     "split_lock_detect=off"
   ];
 
-  # tweak ZFS
-  boot.extraModprobeConfig = ''
-    options zfs zfetch_max_distance=268435456
-    options zfs zfs_arc_meta_limit_percent=75
-    options zfs zfs_arc_min=134217728
-    options zfs zfs_arc_max=4294967296
-    options zfs zfs_compressed_arc_enabled=0
-    options zfs zfs_abd_scatter_enabled=0
-    options zfs zfs_txg_timeout=30
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_scrub_min_active=1
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_scrub_max_active=1
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_sync_write_min_active=8
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_sync_write_max_active=32
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_sync_read_min_active=8
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_sync_read_max_active=32
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_async_read_min_active=8
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_async_read_max_active=32
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_async_write_min_active=8
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_async_write_max_active=32
-    options zfs zfs_vdev_def_queue_depth=128
-  '';
-
   # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;
@@ -158,15 +129,6 @@ in
   # kill the tmp content on reboots, we mount that to /nix/persistent to avoid memory fill-up
   boot.tmp.cleanOnBoot = true;
 
-  # ensure our data is not rotting
-  services.zfs.autoScrub = {
-    enable = true;
-    interval = "weekly";
-  };
-
-  # trim the stuff, we use SSDs
-  services.zfs.trim.enable = true;
-
   # enable fast dbus
   services.dbus.implementation = "broker";
 
@@ -524,25 +486,6 @@ in
     mode = "0400";
   };
 
-  # send mails on ZFS events
-  services.zfs.zed = {
-    settings = {
-      ZED_DEBUG_LOG = "/tmp/zed.debug.log";
-      ZED_EMAIL_ADDR = [ "root" ];
-      ZED_EMAIL_PROG = "/run/wrappers/bin/sendmail";
-      ZED_EMAIL_OPTS = "@ADDRESS@";
-
-      ZED_NOTIFY_INTERVAL_SECS = 3600;
-      ZED_NOTIFY_VERBOSE = true;
-
-      ZED_USE_ENCLOSURE_LEDS = true;
-      ZED_SCRUB_AFTER_RESILVER = true;
-    };
-
-    # this option does not work; will return error
-    enableMail = false;
-  };
-
   # use ZSH per default
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
   environment.shells = with pkgs; [ zsh ];