diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/__init__.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/__init__.py
index 5edb8d0e2..bb9cefe0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import argparse
 
 from .add import register_add_parser
 from .list import register_list_parser
-from .update import register_update_parser
 
 
 # takes a (sub)parser and configures it
@@ -18,5 +17,3 @@ def register_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     register_add_parser(add_parser)
     list_parser = subparser.add_parser("list", help="List recently used flakes")
     register_list_parser(list_parser)
-    update_parser = subparser.add_parser("update", help="Update a clan flake")
-    register_update_parser(update_parser)
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/update.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/update.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bdd65556..000000000
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/history/update.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-# !/usr/bin/env python3
-import argparse
-import datetime
-
-from clan_cli.clan.inspect import inspect_flake
-from clan_cli.clan_uri import ClanURI
-from clan_cli.errors import ClanCmdError
-from clan_cli.locked_open import write_history_file
-from clan_cli.nix import nix_metadata
-
-from .add import HistoryEntry, list_history
-
-
-def update_history() -> list[HistoryEntry]:
-    logs = list_history()
-
-    for entry in logs:
-        try:
-            meta = nix_metadata(str(entry.flake.flake_url))
-        except ClanCmdError as e:
-            print(f"Failed to update {entry.flake.flake_url}: {e}")
-            continue
-
-        new_hash = meta["locked"]["narHash"]
-        if new_hash != entry.flake.nar_hash:
-            print(
-                f"Updating {entry.flake.flake_url} from {entry.flake.nar_hash} to {new_hash}"
-            )
-            uri = ClanURI.from_str(
-                url=str(entry.flake.flake_url),
-                machine_name=entry.flake.flake_attr,
-            )
-            flake = inspect_flake(uri.get_url(), uri.machine_name)
-            flake.flake_url = flake.flake_url
-            entry = HistoryEntry(
-                flake=flake,
-                last_used=datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC).isoformat(),
-            )
-
-    write_history_file(logs)
-    return logs
-
-
-def add_update_command(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
-    update_history()
-
-
-# takes a (sub)parser and configures it
-def register_update_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
-    parser.set_defaults(func=add_update_command)