diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 A collection of scripts and configuration files for our use of Nix tooling.
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> You may want to read [**this article**](https://stancl.substack.com/p/deploying-laravel-on-nixos) for more detailed information.
-
 ## Setting up a new server
 
 This is just for getting a working NixOS installation with `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` deployed onto a generic cloud VM.
@@ -174,24 +171,6 @@ The module doesn't handle www redirects automatically. This may be added in the
 
 At this time, I'd recommend handling basic redirects like that on Cloudflare.
 
-### Default nginx server
-
-Out of the box, if nginx cannot match an incoming request's host to a specific virtual host it will
-just use _some_ vhost. You can prevent behavior that by adding a module like this:
-
-```nix
-{
-  services.nginx.virtualHosts."catchall" = {
-    default = true;
-    locations."/".return = "444";
-    rejectSSL = true;
-  };
-}
-```
-
-This creates a `default_server` vhost that returns an empty response to any request. The name of the
-vhost is irrelevant.
-
 ### Authenticated Origin Pulls (AOP)
 
 To make your sites reachable ONLY using Cloudflare, you can use [authenticated origin
diff --git a/laravel.nix b/laravel.nix
index 30f8bd6..ec2d6df 100644
--- a/laravel.nix
+++ b/laravel.nix
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ in {
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 ] ++ lib.optionals ssl [ 443 ];
 
   # Create welcome message for user
-  # todo: the created /etc file should ideally be 0750
   environment.etc."laravel-${name}-bashrc".text = ''
-    export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin/:$PATH"
-
     # Laravel site welcome message
     echo "Welcome to ${name} Laravel site!"
     echo "Domains: ${lib.concatStringsSep ", " domains}"