diff --git a/modules/linux-nvme.nix b/modules/linux-nvme.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e32626a..0000000
--- a/modules/linux-nvme.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-# check if it's working:
-# nix-shell -p nvme-cli --command "sudo nvme get-feature -f 0x0c -H /dev/nvme0" | grep Enable
-let
-cfg = config.linux_nvme;
-inherit (lib) mkIf mkOption mkEnableOption;
-in
-{
-	options.linux_nvme = {
-	    basekpkgs = mkOption { default = pkgs.linuxPackages_latest; };
-	    gofaster = mkEnableOption "enable parallel building on kernel";
-	    nvmepatch = mkEnableOption "enable nvme patch";
-	};
-	config.boot = rec {
-		# gotta go faster
-		kernelPackages = mkIf cfg.gofaster (cfg.basekpkgs // {
-			kernel = cfg.basekpkgs.kernel.overrideDerivation (attr: {
-				enableParallelBuilding = true;
-			});
-		});
-
-		kernelPatches = mkIf cfg.nvmepatch (let
-				newerThan = v: builtins.compareVersions config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.version v > -1;
-				# https://github.com/damige/linux-nvme/
-				linux-nvme = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
-					owner = "damige";
-					repo = "linux-nvme";
-					rev = "4e9b1de7ad5386f6c8c208d81005a77d79460d26";
-					sha256 = "151pnv1gjrcmlvw8bx0ndpvn254jjy394h8yr3sgh2gqbc5i1aqp";
-				};
-				mkpatches = dir: map (name: { patch = "${linux-nvme}/patches/${dir}/${name}.patch"; inherit name; });
-			in
-			if newerThan "4.11" then [] else
-			if newerThan "4.10" then (mkpatches "4.10.x" ["APST"]) else
-			if newerThan "4.9" then (mkpatches "4.9.x" ["APST" "pm_qos1" "pm_qos2" "pm_qos3" "nvme"]) else
-			if newerThan "4.8" then (mkpatches "4.8.x" ["nvmepatch1-V4" "nvmepatch2-V4" "nvmepatch3-V4"]) else
-			throw "unknown kernel version");
-	};
-}
diff --git a/physical/xps9360.nix b/physical/xps9360.nix
index 30b808c..7018f01 100644
--- a/physical/xps9360.nix
+++ b/physical/xps9360.nix
@@ -5,31 +5,16 @@
 {
   imports =
     [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/scan/not-detected.nix>
-      ../modules/linux-nvme.nix
     ];
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "xhci_pci" "nvme" "usb_storage" "sd_mod" "rtsx_pci_sdmmc" ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "kvm-intel" ];
   boot.extraModulePackages = [ ];
   boot.blacklistedKernelModules = ["psmouse"];
-  linux_nvme = {
-      basekpkgs = pkgs.linuxPackages_testing;
-      gofaster = true;
-      nvmepatch = true;
-  };
 
-  # boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackagesFor ((pkgs.linux_testing.override {
-  #   argsOverride = {
-  #     version = "4.11.0-drm";
-  #     modDirVersion = "4.11.0-rc1";
-  #     src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-  #       url = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm-intel";
-  #       rev = "1d1c80ec6d4d6ac72aa80920d5290776f3c81a86";
-  #       sha256 = "1879cgzag8072rp99prhm3nqaf90z63j74p7si931bvz4qj4z7s0";
-  #     };
-  #   };
-  #   }).overrideDerivation (attr: {enableParallelBuilding = true;}));
-  
+  boot.kernelPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages_4_11;
+
+
   # Use the systemd-boot EFI boot loader.
   boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable = true;
   boot.loader.efi.canTouchEfiVariables = true;