diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index adb2381..cfd9525 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ HOSTNAME	:= $(shell hostname -s)
 UNAME_S		:= $(shell uname -s)
 UNAME_M		:= $(shell uname -m)
 
-all:
-	@locate home-manager-backup | sort -u | xargs rm -f
+all: prep
 	doas nixos-rebuild build --flake .#${HOSTNAME}
 
-switch:
+switch: prep
 	doas nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#${HOSTNAME}
 
 weekly: pull clean update ci switch push
@@ -31,14 +30,6 @@ pull:
 	doas nix-prefetch-url file://$$PWD/$$(ls -1 src/linuxx64* | tail -n1)
 #	doas nix-prefetch-url file://$$PWD/$$(ls -1 src/linuxarm64* | tail -n1)
 
-# pocket2 does not really have enough space to do this locally
-pocket2:
-	@ssh pocket2 "locate home-manager-backup | sort -u | xargs rm -f"
-	@ssh pocket2 "doas nix-collect-garbage --quiet --log-format bar --no-build-output --delete-old"
-	@nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#pocket2 --target-host root@pocket2
-	@ssh pocket2 "doas nix-collect-garbage --quiet --log-format bar --no-build-output --delete-old"
-	@ssh pocket2 "doas nix store optimise"
-
 ci:
 	git commit -m"updates from makefile" --all
 
@@ -48,3 +39,5 @@ check:
 test: check
 	doas nixos-rebuild dry-build --flake ./#$(HOSTNAME)
 
+prep:
+	@locate home-manager-backup | sort -u | xargs rm -f