diff --git a/deployments/data102/image/apt.txt b/deployments/data102/image/apt.txt
index c4bb4d06c..9fe911710 100644
--- a/deployments/data102/image/apt.txt
+++ b/deployments/data102/image/apt.txt
@@ -12,20 +12,12 @@ manpages-posix-dev
 curl
 wget
 
-# Core text editors on a *nix box: vim and emacs
-vim
-emacs-nox
-emacs-goodies-el
-
 # A couple of CLI editors that are easier than vim
 # micro  # currently not working on 18.04
 nano
 jed
 jed-extra
 
-# powerful terminal-based file manager, better than the one in JLab
-mc
-
 # for easily managing multiple repositories with one command (perl-doc
 # is needed for its help pages to work)
 mr
@@ -67,17 +59,6 @@ multitail
 #dasel  # json/yml/csv/etc data wrangling at the terminal
 #fzf   # fuzzy file finder
 
-## This section adds tools for desktop environment usage
-dbus-x11
-xorg
-xubuntu-icon-theme
-xfce4
-xfce4-goodies
-xclip
-xsel
-firefox
-chromium-browser
-
 # GUI text editors
 emacs
 vim-gtk3