diff --git a/_config/filters.js b/_config/filters.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f247fb..0000000
--- a/_config/filters.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { DateTime } from "luxon";
-
-export default function(eleventyConfig) {
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("readableDate", (dateObj, format, zone) => {
-		// Formatting tokens for Luxon: https://moment.github.io/luxon/#/formatting?id=table-of-tokens
-		return DateTime.fromJSDate(dateObj, { zone: zone || "utc" }).toFormat(format || "dd LLLL yyyy");
-	});
-
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("htmlDateString", (dateObj) => {
-		// dateObj input: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-date-string
-		return DateTime.fromJSDate(dateObj, { zone: "utc" }).toFormat('yyyy-LL-dd');
-	});
-
-	// Get the first `n` elements of a collection.
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("head", (array, n) => {
-		if(!Array.isArray(array) || array.length === 0) {
-			return [];
-		}
-		if( n < 0 ) {
-			return array.slice(n);
-		}
-
-		return array.slice(0, n);
-	});
-
-	// Return the smallest number argument
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("min", (...numbers) => {
-		return Math.min.apply(null, numbers);
-	});
-
-	// Return the keys used in an object
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("getKeys", target => {
-		return Object.keys(target);
-	});
-
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("filterTagList", function filterTagList(tags) {
-		return (tags || []).filter(tag => ["all", "posts"].indexOf(tag) === -1);
-	});
-
-	eleventyConfig.addFilter("sortAlphabetically", strings =>
-		(strings || []).sort((b, a) => b.localeCompare(a))
-	);
-};
diff --git a/_data/eleventyDataSchema.js b/_data/eleventyDataSchema.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ca764ec..0000000
--- a/_data/eleventyDataSchema.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import { z } from "zod";
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
-
-export default function(data) {
-	// Draft content, validate `draft` front matter
-	let result = z.object({
-		draft: z.boolean().or(z.undefined()),
-	}).safeParse(data);
-
-	if(result.error) {
-		throw fromZodError(result.error);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/_data/metadata.js b/_data/metadata.js
index e8fb984..ce80493 100644
--- a/_data/metadata.js
+++ b/_data/metadata.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export default {
 	title: "Synth.Download",
 	url: "https://synth.download/",
 	language: "en",
-	description: "a collection of services hosted for friends, but also the public. beep!",
+	description: "a collection of services hosted for synths and beepers and beings alike, but also the public. beep!",
 	author: {
 		name: "Sneexy",
 		email: "sneexy@synth.download",
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 9bda369..e4adfe1 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { minify } from "terser";
 import { transform } from "lightningcss";
 import eleventyNavigationPlugin from "@11ty/eleventy-navigation";
-import pluginFilters from "./_config/filters.js";
 import syntaxHighlight from "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-syntaxhighlight";
 
 export default function(eleventyConfig) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2d87810..c3d6e24 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
         "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-rss": "^2.0.4",
         "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-syntaxhighlight": "^5.0.2",
         "lightningcss": "^1.30.1",
-        "terser": "^5.43.1",
-        "zod": "^3.25.76",
-        "zod-validation-error": "^3.5.3"
+        "terser": "^5.43.1"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@11ty/dependency-tree": {
@@ -1949,27 +1947,6 @@
           "optional": true
         }
       }
-    },
-    "node_modules/zod": {
-      "version": "3.25.76",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod/-/zod-3.25.76.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-gzUt/qt81nXsFGKIFcC3YnfEAx5NkunCfnDlvuBSSFS02bcXu4Lmea0AFIUwbLWxWPx3d9p8S5QoaujKcNQxcQ==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/colinhacks"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/zod-validation-error": {
-      "version": "3.5.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zod-validation-error/-/zod-validation-error-3.5.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-OT5Y8lbUadqVZCsnyFaTQ4/O2mys4tj7PqhdbBCp7McPwvIEKfPtdA6QfPeFQK2/Rz5LgwmAXRJTugBNBi0btw==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "zod": "^3.25.0 || ^4.0.0"
-      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5b112e..33dae12 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
     "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-rss": "^2.0.4",
     "@11ty/eleventy-plugin-syntaxhighlight": "^5.0.2",
     "lightningcss": "^1.30.1",
-    "terser": "^5.43.1",
-    "zod": "^3.25.76",
-    "zod-validation-error": "^3.5.3"
+    "terser": "^5.43.1"
   }
 }