diff --git a/.local/bin/genbar b/.local/bin/genbar
deleted file mode 100755
index 547e46f..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/genbar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-LOW_USED_COLOR="#a3be8c"
-MEDIUM_USED_COLOR="#ebcb8b"
-HIGH_USED_COLOR="#bf616a"
-DEFAULT_USED_COLOR="#81a1c1"
-UNUSED_COLOR="#5e81ac"
-
-usage=$1
-width=$2
-usage_color=$3
-
-command -v "$1" >/dev/null && usage=$($1)
-
-low_used=$((width * 30 / 100))
-medium_used=$((width * 60 / 100))
-num_used_chars=$(printf 'scale=0; (%s * %s) / 100\n' "$usage" "$width" | bc -l)
-
-if [ -n "$usage_color" ]; then
-	case "$num_used_chars" in
-	[0-$low_used]) used_color="$LOW_USED_COLOR" ;;
-	[$low_used-$medium_used]) used_color="$MEDIUM_USED_COLOR" ;;
-	*) used_color="$HIGH_USED_COLOR" ;;
-	esac
-else
-	used_color="$DEFAULT_USED_COLOR"
-fi
-
-prev_opened=0
-any_used_width=0
-i=1
-while [ "$i" -le "$width" ]; do
-	if [ "$i" -le "$num_used_chars" ]; then
-		if [ "$prev_opened" -eq 0 ]; then
-			bar="$bar<fc=$used_color>"
-			prev_opened=1
-			any_used_width=1
-		fi
-		bar="$bar#"
-	else
-		if [ "$any_used_width" -eq 1 ]; then
-			bar="$bar</fc>"
-			prev_opened=0
-			any_used_width=0
-		fi
-		if [ "$prev_opened" -eq 0 ]; then
-			bar="$bar<fc=$UNUSED_COLOR>"
-			prev_opened=1
-		fi
-		bar="$bar:"
-	fi
-	i=$((i + 1))
-done
-bar="$bar</fc>"
-
-printf '%s\n' "$bar"
diff --git a/.local/bin/initialize_pipes b/.local/bin/initialize_pipes
deleted file mode 100755
index 597e495..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/initialize_pipes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PIPES="volume now-playing"
-
-for pipe in $PIPES; do
-	echo "" >"/tmp/pipe-$pipe"
-	pipe_"$pipe" &
-done
diff --git a/.local/bin/pipe_now-playing b/.local/bin/pipe_now-playing
deleted file mode 100755
index 09f95fb..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/pipe_now-playing
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PIPE_FILE="/tmp/pipe-now-playing"
-[ -p "$PIPE_FILE" ] || mkfifo "$PIPE_FILE"
-
-monitors now_playing >"$PIPE_FILE"
diff --git a/.local/bin/pipe_volume b/.local/bin/pipe_volume
deleted file mode 100755
index 4aca780..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/pipe_volume
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-PIPE_FILE="/tmp/pipe-volume"
-[ -p "$PIPE_FILE" ] || mkfifo "$PIPE_FILE"
-
-monitors volume >"$PIPE_FILE"
diff --git a/.local/bin/run-i3lock b/.local/bin/run-i3lock
deleted file mode 100755
index 57420ce..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/run-i3lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-die() {
-        echo "${0##*/}: $1" >&2
-        exit 1
-}
-
-[ -f "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/lock.png" ] || die "file not found"
-i3lock -i "$XDG_CACHE_HOME/lock.png"
diff --git a/.local/bin/toggle b/.local/bin/toggle
deleted file mode 100755
index b008a2b..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/toggle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-killall "$1" || "$@"