diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index 672187e..c8513ea 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 let
   impermanence = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/nix-community/impermanence/archive/master.tar.gz";
   home-manager = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/archive/master.tar.gz";
-  kde2nix = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/nix-community/kde2nix/archive/main.tar.gz";
 in
 {
   #
@@ -16,9 +15,6 @@ in
 
       # home manager for per user config
       "${home-manager}/nixos"
-
-      # Provisional, experimental Plasma 6
-      "${kde2nix}/nixos.nix"
   ];
 
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
diff --git a/projects/kde/cleanup.sh b/projects/kde/cleanup.sh
index a83c63a..835a7f6 100755
--- a/projects/kde/cleanup.sh
+++ b/projects/kde/cleanup.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ rm -rf ~/projects/kde/src ~/projects/kde/build ~/projects/kde/usr || exit 1
 # get new kde-builder
 mkdir -p ~/projects/kde/src || exit 1
 git clone https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kde-builder.git ~/projects/kde/src/kde-builder || exit 1
-git clone https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdesrc-build.git ~/projects/kde/src/kdesrc-build || exit 1
 
 # start from scratch
-exec ./src/kde-builder/kde-builder --rc-file=~/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc  kguiaddons
-# exec ./src/kdesrc-build/kdesrc-build --rc-file=~/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc  kguiaddons
-# exec ./src/kde-builder/kde-builder --rc-file=~/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc --include-dependencies breeze plasma-integration kwayland-integration konsole kate
+exec ./src/kde-builder/kde-builder --rc-file=~/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc --include-dependencies breeze plasma-integration kwayland-integration konsole kate
diff --git a/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc b/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc
index bbf002f..4871d1e 100644
--- a/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc
+++ b/projects/kde/kdesrc-buildrc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ global
     # use the latest KF6 and Qt6-based software.
     branch-group kf6-qt6
 
-    # we want .kateproject files with ninja
+    # we want .kateproject files with ninja, turn off some Qt 5 things to have less dependencies
     cmake-options -G "Kate - Ninja" -DBUILD_WITH_QT6=ON -DQT_MAJOR_VERSION=6 -DPHONON_BUILD_QT5=OFF -DBUILD_QT5=OFF
 
     # Restrict make and ninja to using no more than 8 separate compile jobs even
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ global
     build-dir ~/projects/kde/build
 
     # use distro stuff for that
-     ignore-modules wayland
+     ignore-modules wayland wayland-protocols gpgme appstream
 end global
 
 include ${module-definitions-dir}/kf6-qt6.ksb
diff --git a/projects/kde/shell.nix b/projects/kde/shell.nix
index 3eaa29e..0008ed7 100644
--- a/projects/kde/shell.nix
+++ b/projects/kde/shell.nix
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE_PATH=/home/cullmann/projects/kde/usr/lib/qml/QtQu
     bison
     boost
     bzip2
+    clang-tools_16
     cmake
     ctags
     curl