diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c9abbf6..7906729 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
           - foot-transparent
           - cloneit
           - mov-cli
-          - rat
           - ani-cli
           - rofi-calc-wayland
           - rofi-emoji-wayland
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dcdecc..1986816 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ There are several packages exposed by this flake. Each directory in `pkgs` conta
 | headscale-ui       |             A web frontend for the headscale Tailscale-compatible coordination server              |
 | mastodon-bird-ui   |                         Mastodon web UI, but strongly inspired by Twitter.                         |
 | mov-cli            |                       A cli tool to browse and watch Movies/Shows/TV/Sports                        |
-| rat                | Linux shell port of the horizontally spinning rat meme, complete with soundtrack and spin counter. |
 | reposilite-bin     |                         A derivation for the reposilite maven repository.                          |
 | rofi-calc-wayland  |          A wayland patched version of [rofi-calc](https://github.com/svenstaro/rofi-calc)          |
 | rofi-emoji-wayland |           A wayland patched version of [rofi-emoji](https://github.com/Mange/rofi-emoji)           |
diff --git a/npins/sources.json b/npins/sources.json
index 3d51479..91e929a 100644
--- a/npins/sources.json
+++ b/npins/sources.json
@@ -48,20 +48,6 @@
       "url": "https://releases.nixos.org/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-24.05pre583579.2d627a2a7047/nixexprs.tar.xz",
       "hash": "0w8nm2bfcdcbb5c6qmhkr33pxkh0f3gn2y4cds97kiy20bikg5nx"
     },
-    "rat": {
-      "type": "GitRelease",
-      "repository": {
-        "type": "GitHub",
-        "owner": "thinkingsand",
-        "repo": "rat"
-      },
-      "pre_releases": false,
-      "version_upper_bound": null,
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "revision": "03d2e16ea0ebe280d7dd472612ced8b4ee71960f",
-      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/thinkingsand/rat/tarball/2.0.1",
-      "hash": "1lvqr06z2vs48a9hckim12268zfa2d0sckynpn4b0d7lv9hkn2hi"
-    },
     "rofi-calc": {
       "type": "GitRelease",
       "repository": {
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 45243e1..add0299 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
       # packages that follow npins entries
       # they can be updated via npins
       ani-cli = mkPackage ./ani-cli;
-      rat = mkPackage ./rat;
       mov-cli = mkPackage ./mov-cli;
       rofi-calc-wayland = mkPackage ./rofi-calc-wayland;
       rofi-emoji-wayland = mkPackage ./rofi-emoji-wayland;
diff --git a/pkgs/rat/default.nix b/pkgs/rat/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fd99c9b..0000000
--- a/pkgs/rat/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-{
-  pins,
-  lib,
-  disableHardening ? true,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  stdenv,
-  unixtools,
-}:
-assert disableHardening -> lib.warn "nyxpkgs/rat disables hardening to avoid segfaults. You may want to consider overriding the package if this is undesirable" true; let
-  pin = pins.rat;
-
-  pname = "rat";
-  version = "2.0.1";
-in
-  stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    inherit pname version;
-
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      inherit (pin.repository) owner repo;
-      sha256 = pin.hash;
-      rev = pin.revision;
-    };
-
-    # the code is so unsafe, it doesn't work with even one of hardening flags
-    # lol
-    hardeningDisable = lib.optionals disableHardening ["all"];
-
-    buildInputs = [unixtools.xxd];
-    buildPhase = ''
-      runHook preBuild
-      make linux_audio
-      runHook postBuild
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p $out/bin
-      install -Dm755 ./bin/rat -t "$out/bin/"
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "rat";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/thinkingsand/rat";
-      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [NotAShelf];
-    };
-  }