diff --git a/arch-setup.sh b/arch-setup.sh
index e2b581f..df05fc8 100755
--- a/arch-setup.sh
+++ b/arch-setup.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fi
 echo -e "${CYAN}"
 echo "╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗"
 echo "║           VPS Setup & Hardening Script                      ║"
-echo "║           Arch Linux · Docker · OMATERM · Git               ║"
+echo "║           Arch Linux · Docker · OMATERM                     ║"
 echo "╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝"
 echo -e "${NC}"
 
@@ -72,27 +72,12 @@ if ! [[ "$DEPLOY_USER" =~ ^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*$ ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Git name
-read -rp "Git display name [Gavin]: " input_git_name
-GIT_NAME="${input_git_name:-Gavin}"
-
-# Git email
-read -rp "Git email: " input_git_email
-GIT_EMAIL="${input_git_email}"
-
-if [ -z "$GIT_EMAIL" ]; then
-    warn "No Git email set — you can configure this later"
-    GIT_EMAIL="not-set@example.com"
-fi
-
 # Confirm
 echo ""
 echo -e "${CYAN}━━━ Confirm settings ━━━${NC}"
 echo ""
 echo "  SSH alias:      $SSH_ALIAS"
 echo "  Deploy user:    $DEPLOY_USER"
-echo "  Git name:       $GIT_NAME"
-echo "  Git email:      $GIT_EMAIL"
 echo "  Timezone:       $TIMEZONE"
 echo ""
 read -p "Continue? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
@@ -109,12 +94,12 @@ fi
 step "1/8 · System updates & essential packages"
 
 pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+# Minimal host package set — omaterm's container brings its own tooling
+# (git, tmux, agents, tailscale all live inside it)
 pacman -S --noconfirm --needed \
     ufw \
     fail2ban \
     curl \
-    tmux \
-    git \
     docker \
     docker-compose
 
@@ -389,20 +374,6 @@ pacman -S --noconfirm --needed pacman-contrib
 systemctl enable --now paccache.timer
 log "paccache.timer enabled — old package versions pruned weekly"
 
-# =============================================================================
-# GIT CONFIGURATION
-# =============================================================================
-
-step "Git configuration"
-
-su - $DEPLOY_USER << GITEOF
-git config --global user.name "$GIT_NAME"
-git config --global user.email "$GIT_EMAIL"
-git config --global init.defaultBranch main
-GITEOF
-
-log "Git configured for $DEPLOY_USER"
-
 # =============================================================================
 # GENERATE LOCAL SSH CONFIG FILE
 # =============================================================================