diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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--- a/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-home="$HOME"
-base_dir=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
-backup_dir="$base_dir/backup"
-vim_plugins_dir="$home/.vim/bundle"
-vundle_dir="$vim_plugins_dir/Vundle.vim"
-
-# don't include all of .vim, it winds up re-downloading plugins if you do it
-# that way.
-include=(
-    .bash_profile
-    .bashrc
-    .screenrc
-    .tmux.conf
-    .vim/pack
-    .vim/ftplugin
-    .vimrc
-    .config/htop/htoprc
-    .config/lazydocker/config.yml
-)
-
-if [[ -d "$backup_dir" ]] ; then
-    echo "removing previous backup at $backup_dir"
-    rm -rf "$backup_dir"
-fi
-
-echo "backing up existing dotfiles into $backup_dir"
-mkdir -p "$backup_dir"
-for filename in ${include[@]}; do
-    source_path="$base_dir/$filename"
-    dest_path="$home/$filename"
-    backup_path="$backup_dir/$filename"
-    echo "file name:   $filename"
-    echo "source path: $source_path"
-    echo "dest path:   $dest_path"
-    echo "backup path: $backup_path"
-
-    # if a file doesn't actually exist in the repo, do nothing.
-    if [[ ! -a "$source_path" ]]; then
-        echo "no file found at source path $source_path, skipping"
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    # back up existing dotfiles, just for safety
-    if [[ -a "$dest_path" ]]; then
-        if [[ -h "$dest_path" ]]; then
-            # existing file is a symlink. delete it.
-            echo "removing old link at $dest_path"
-            rm "$dest_path"
-        else
-            # existing file is an original preferences file. archive it.
-            echo "archiving existing preferences file at $dest_path"
-            if [[ ! -d $(dirname "$backup_path") ]]; then
-                mkdir -pv $(dirname "$backup_path")
-            fi
-            mv -v "$dest_path" "$backup_path"
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    if [[ ! -d $(dirname "$dest_path") ]]; then
-        mkdir -p $(dirname "$dest_path")
-    fi
-
-    # symlink in the versioned dotfiles.
-    ln -fsv "$source_path" "$dest_path"
-    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-done
-
-if [[ ! -d "$vim_plugins_dir" ]]; then
-    mkdir -p "$vim_plugins_dir"
-fi
-
-# setup Vundle
-if [[ ! -d $vundle_dir ]]; then
-    echo "cloning Vundle"
-    git clone https://github.com/VundleVim/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
-fi
-
-echo "installing Vim plugins"
-vim +PluginInstall +qall