diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/android.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/android.zsh
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index abc4ebf..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/android.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default
-export ANDROID_HOME=$XDG_DATA_HOME/android/sdk
-export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
-export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
-export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
-export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator
-export ANDROID_SDK_HOME=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/android
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/archlinux.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/archlinux.zsh
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index 138d7a1..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/archlinux.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# pacman aliases
-# source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Tips
-alias pacupg='sudo pacman -Syu'
-alias pacin='sudo pacman -S'
-alias pacins='sudo pacman -U'
-alias pacre='sudo pacman -R'
-alias pacrem='sudo pacman -Rns'
-alias pacrep='pacman -Si'
-alias pacreps='pacman -Ss'
-alias pacloc='pacman -Qi'
-alias paclocs='pacman -Qs'
-alias pacinsd='sudo pacman -S --asdeps'
-alias pacmir='sudo pacman -Syy'
-alias paclsorphans='sudo pacman -Qdt'
-alias pacrmorphans='sudo pacman -Rs $(pacman -Qtdq)'
-alias pacfileupg='sudo pacman -Fy'
-alias pacfiles='pacman tFs'
-
-# list all explicitly installed packages
-# source: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=93683
-paclist() {
-  LC_ALL=C pacman -Qei $(pacman -Qu | cut -d " " -f 1) | \
-    awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} /^Name/{printf("\033[1;36m%s\033[1;37m", $2)} /^Description/{print $2}'
-}
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/docker.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/docker.zsh
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index a188f85..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/docker.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Prefer this over adding user to docker group
-alias docker='sudo docker'
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/exa.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/exa.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index ed4c9c8..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/exa.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# replace ls with exa
-if command -v exa &> /dev/null; then
-	alias ls="exa"
-	alias l="ls -l"
-	alias la="ls -la"
-fi
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/go.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/go.zsh
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index b19362f..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/go.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Export $GOPATH
-export GOPATH=$HOME/go
-
-# Add Go binary directory to $PATH
-export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/gpg.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/gpg.zsh
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index ba7b529..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/gpg.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# From gpg-agent(1):
-# 
-# You should always add the following lines to your .bashrc  or  whatever
-# initialization file is used for all shell invocations:
-# 
-#   GPG_TTY=$(tty)
-#   export GPG_TTY
-# 
-# It is important that this environment variable always reflects the out‐
-# put of the tty command.
-
-export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
-
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/man.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/man.zsh
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index bd222e1..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/man.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# colour output in man
-# source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_output_in_console#man
-man() {
-    LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\e[01;31m' \
-    LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\e[0m' \
-    LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\e[0m' \
-    LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\e[01;44;33m' \
-    LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\e[0m' \
-    LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\e[01;32m' \
-    command man "$@"
-}
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/npm.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/npm.zsh
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index e7dddb1..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/npm.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Install NPM packages globally without requiring sudo.
-# Source: https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides/blob/master/npm-global-without-sudo.md
-
-# Use XDG dirs
-export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/npm/config
-export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/npm
-export NPM_CONFIG_TMP=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/npm
-export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm
-
-PATH="$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
-
-# Unset manpath so we can inherit from /etc/manpath via the `manpath` command
-unset MANPATH # delete if you already modified MANPATH elsewhere in your config
-MANPATH="$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/share/man:$(manpath)"
-export MANPATH
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/nvim.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/nvim.zsh
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index c89574f..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/nvim.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Editor (NVIM)
-if command -v nvim &> /dev/null; then
-	export EDITOR="nvim"
-	alias vim="nvim"
-	alias vi="nvim"
-fi
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/python.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/python.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index ad542e8..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/python.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Add pip2/3 binary directory to $PATH
-export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/ruby.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/ruby.zsh
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index 795cf48..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/ruby.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Add rubygem binary directory to $PATH
-PATH="$PATH:$(ruby -e "puts Gem.user_dir")/bin"
-export PATH
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/rust.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/rust.zsh
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index 0382742..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/rust.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Add cargo binary directory to $PATH
-export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin"
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/tmux.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/tmux.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index 61b3f01..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/tmux.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Conform to XDG Base Directory specification
-export TMUX_TMPDIR="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
-alias tmux='tmux -f ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf'
-
-# Connect to remote tmux session via SSH
-ssh-tmux(){
-	ssh -t "$@" "tmux attach || tmux new";
-}
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/weechat.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/weechat.zsh
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index 771cad1..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/weechat.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Conform to XDG base directory specifications
-export WEECHAT_HOME="$HOME/.config/weechat"
diff --git a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/zsh-history.zsh b/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/zsh-history.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index 896d2e0..0000000
--- a/zsh/.config/oh-my-zsh/custom/zsh-history.zsh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# increase zsh history
-export HISTSIZE=1000000000
-export SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
-setopt EXTENDED_HISTORY
-
diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cf8033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# this file exists solely to silence zsh-newuser-install
diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/zshrc.local b/zsh/.config/zsh/zshrc.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c30fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/zshrc.local
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#
+# local zsh file
+#
+
+# weechat
+if command -v weechat &> /dev/null; then
+  # Conform to XDG base directory specifications
+  export WEECHAT_HOME="$HOME/.config/weechat"
+fi
+
+# tmux
+if command -v tmux &> /dev/null; then
+  # Conform to XDG base directory specifications
+  export TMUX_TMPDIR="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"
+  alias tmux='tmux -f ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf'
+
+  # Connect to remote tmux session via SSH
+  ssh-tmux(){
+    ssh -t "$@" "tmux attach || tmux new";
+  }
+fi
+
+# rust/cargo
+if command -v cargo &> /dev/null; then
+  # Add cargo binary directory to $PATH
+  path+=("$HOME/.cargo/bin")
+fi
+
+# ruby
+if command -v ruby &> /dev/null; then
+  # Add rubygem binary directory to $PATH
+  path+=("$(ruby -e "puts Gem.user_dir")/bin")
+fi
+
+# python-pip
+if command -v pip &> /dev/null; then
+  # Add pip2/3 binary directory to $PATH
+  path+=("$HOME/.local/bin")
+fi
+
+# nodejs/npm
+if command -v npm &> /dev/null; then
+  # Install NPM packages globally without requiring sudo.
+  # Source: https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides/blob/master/npm-global-without-sudo.md
+
+  # Use XDG dirs
+  export NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/npm/config
+  export NPM_CONFIG_CACHE=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/npm
+  export NPM_CONFIG_TMP=$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/npm
+  export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm
+
+  # add npm binary directory to $PATH
+  path+=("$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin")
+
+  # Unset manpath so we can inherit from /etc/manpath via the `manpath` command
+  unset MANPATH # delete if you already modified MANPATH elsewhere in your config
+  MANPATH="$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/share/man:$(manpath)"
+  export MANPATH
+fi
+
+# go
+if command -v go &> /dev/null; then
+  # Export $GOPATH
+  export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
+
+  # Add Go binary directory to $PATH
+  path+=("$GOPATH/bin")
+fi
+
+# finally, export $PATH
+export PATH
+
+# vim: ft=zsh expandtab tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2
diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.zshrc
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index 40ff8c0..0000000
--- a/zsh/.zshrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# add ~/bin & /usr/local/bin to $PATH
-export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
-
-# OS detection
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-    # macOS
-    # Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
-    export ZSH=$HOME/.oh-my-zsh
-
-    # Support for XDG Base Directories
-    export XDG_DATA_HOME="${HOME}/.local/share"
-    export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${HOME}/.config"
-    export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${HOME}/.cache"
-    export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/tmp"
-elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
-    # Linux/GNU
-    # Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
-    export ZSH=/usr/share/oh-my-zsh
-
-    # reduce linux syscalls
-    export TZ=:/etc/localtime
-else
-    printf "Unknown OS detected: %s\n" "$OSTYPE"
-fi
-
-# oh-my-zsh related directories
-export ZSH_CACHE_DIR=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/oh-my-zsh
-export ZSH_CUSTOM=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/oh-my-zsh/custom
-
-# create cache & plugin directories if they don't exist
-if [[ ! -d $ZSH_CACHE_DIR ]]; then
-  mkdir -p $ZSH_CACHE_DIR
-fi
-if [[ ! -d $ZSH_CUSTOM ]]; then
-  mkdir -p $ZSH_CUSTOM
-fi
-
-# disable automatic updates
-DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE=true
-
-# theme
-ZSH_THEME="ys"
-
-# plugins
-plugins=(
-    ripgrep
-    git
-    sudo
-)
-
-# zsh-completions
-autoload -U compinit && compinit
-
-# source omz
-source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
-