diff --git a/_data/projects.json b/_data/projects.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 517f5b7..0000000
--- a/_data/projects.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {
-    "title": "nixos config",
-    "info": "configuration files for all my nixos computers",
-    "link": "https://github.com/xunuwu/nixos-config"
-  },
-  {
-    "title": "waymouse",
-    "info": "a cli utility for simulating mouse inputs on wayland",
-    "link": "https://github.com/xunuwu/waymouse"
-  }
-]
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ea0d6b8..61b269f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@
          i code and play video games sometimes (mostly roblox and fps games)
         </p>
         <div id="link-section">
-           <section>
-           <h2>projects</h2>
-              <ul>
-                 {% for item in projects %}
-                  <li>
-                     <a href="{{ item.link }}" {% if item.info %} title="{{ item.info }}" {% endif %} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
-                        {{ item.title }}
-                     </a>
-                  </li>
-                 {% endfor %}
-              </ul>
-           </section>
            <section>
               <h2>socials</h2>
               <ul>