diff --git a/dotfiles/default.nix b/dotfiles/default.nix
index 47d503e..c4283d2 100644
--- a/dotfiles/default.nix
+++ b/dotfiles/default.nix
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ in {
     pkgs.watch
     pkgs.universal-ctags
 
-    # local packages
-    (pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/smart-gen-tags { })
-
     # remote packages. Probably could do this better but I don't really want to
     # at the moment.
     (import (fetchTarball "https://cachix.org/api/v1/install") { }).cachix
diff --git a/dotfiles/neovim.nix b/dotfiles/neovim.nix
index 132d87c..e5f79f7 100644
--- a/dotfiles/neovim.nix
+++ b/dotfiles/neovim.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 let
   similar-sort = pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/similar-sort { };
 
-  smart-gen-tags = pkgs.callPackage ../pkgs/smart-gen-tags { };
-
   sources = import ../nix/sources.nix;
 
   nixfmt = import sources.nixfmt { };
@@ -380,8 +378,7 @@ in {
       nnoremap <leader>fh :History<CR>
       nnoremap <leader>fj :BLines<CR>
       nnoremap <leader>fl :Lines<CR>
-      nnoremap <leader>fs :Ack<Space>
-      nnoremap <leader>ft :Tags<CR>
+      nnoremap <leader>ft :Ack<Space>
 
       nmap <leader><leader> <plug>(fzf-maps-n)
       xmap <leader><leader> <plug>(fzf-maps-x)
@@ -393,11 +390,6 @@ in {
       nnoremap <leader>ec :Chmod
       nnoremap <leader>em :Mkdir
 
-      "" TAGS
-      autocmd BufWritePost * silent !${smart-gen-tags}/bin/smart-gen-tags %
-
-      nnoremap <leader>a :Dispatch! ${smart-gen-tags}/bin/smart-gen-tags<CR>
-
       "" TEXT OBJECTS
       onoremap ib :exec "normal! ggVG"<CR>
       onoremap iv :exec "normal! HVL"<CR>
diff --git a/pkgs/smart-gen-tags/default.nix b/pkgs/smart-gen-tags/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 92e10e1..0000000
--- a/pkgs/smart-gen-tags/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
-
-pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "smart-gen-tags";
-  buildInputs = [ pkgs.bash pkgs.universal-ctags pkgs.git ];
-  src = ./.;
-
-  buildPhase = ''
-    sed '/\/usr\/bin\/env bash/aPATH=$PATH:${pkgs.git}\/bin:${pkgs.universal-ctags}\/bin' \
-      < smart-gen-tags.sh \
-      > smart-gen-tags
-
-    chmod +x smart-gen-tags
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin
-    cp smart-gen-tags $out/bin/smart-gen-tags
-  '';
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/smart-gen-tags/smart-gen-tags.sh b/pkgs/smart-gen-tags/smart-gen-tags.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6ec54c4..0000000
--- a/pkgs/smart-gen-tags/smart-gen-tags.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if test -n "${@:-}"; then
-    ctags --totals --append $@
-elif test -d .git; then
-    git ls-files --others --cached --modified --exclude-standard -z | xargs -0 ctags --totals
-else
-    ctags -R .
-fi