diff --git a/old/backuppc.md b/old/backuppc.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 75d3fcc7779f5c380ccea025979ea9a98902d00d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/old/backuppc.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-on serra:
-
-in /etc/backuppc:
-
-- edit hosts, add the host in question
-- create a file called $host.pl,
-  . include the common file,
-  . list shares to be backed up
-  (use an existing file as template)
diff --git a/old/nagios-client.md b/old/nagios-client.md
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index 89e18e39e4980375b728f23c3c3e87f54f85d505..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/old/nagios-client.md
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-sudo apt-get update &&
-sudo apt-get install tor-nagios-checks &&
-sudo sed -i -e 's/^#DAEMON/DAEMON/' /etc/default/nagios-nrpe-server &&
-sudo env -i /etc/init.d/nagios-nrpe-server restart &&
-if [ -e '/etc/firehol/firehol.conf' ] ; then
-        echo 'You might want to add these to /etc/firehol/firehol.conf:'
-        echo
-        cat << EOF
-server custom monit tcp/4949 default accept src 38.229.70.32
-server custom nrpe tcp/5666 default accept src 38.229.70.32
-server ntp accept src 38.229.70.32
-server icmp accept src 38.229.70.32
-EOF
-fi
-
diff --git a/service.md b/service.md
index 1e6119acd0133d28b6aae5ef4f7080e643403c75..7a30658c296ce1f8d7150b14b5ff2f4bca3ed03f 100644
--- a/service.md
+++ b/service.md
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ phase.
 Those services have been retired.
 
  * [trac](howto/trac)
- * [backuppc](old/backuppc)
- * [nagios-client](old/nagios-client)
 
 ## other, non TSA stuff