diff --git a/bin/omarchy-pkg-ignored b/bin/omarchy-pkg-ignored
deleted file mode 100755
index 765fe69c..00000000
--- a/bin/omarchy-pkg-ignored
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-IGNORED_PACKAGES_FILE="$OMARCHY_PATH/install/packages.ignored"
-
-if [[ -f $IGNORED_PACKAGES_FILE ]]; then
-  tr '\r\n' ',' <"$IGNORED_PACKAGES_FILE" | sed 's/,$//'
-fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
index 197a9330..dd58586f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-system-pkgs
@@ -2,20 +2,14 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# Used in package emergencies if a bad package has been pushed and we can't revoke.
-# Requires manually installing the good package using sudo pacman -U <url>
-ignored_packages=$(omarchy-pkg-ignored)
-
 echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate system packages\e[0m"
-[[ -n $ignored_packages ]] && echo "sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore \"$ignored_packages\""
-sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --ignore "$ignored_packages"
+sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
 
 # Update AUR packages if any are installed
 if pacman -Qem >/dev/null; then
   if omarchy-pkg-aur-accessible; then
     echo -e "\e[32m\nUpdate AUR packages\e[0m"
-    [[ -n $ignored_packages ]] && echo "yay -Sua --noconfirm  --ignore \"$ignored_packages\""
-    yay -Sua --noconfirm --ignore "$ignored_packages"
+    yay -Sua --noconfirm
     echo
   else
     echo -e "\e[31m\nAUR is unavailable (so skipping updates)\e[0m"