diff --git a/home/base/tui/cloud/default.nix b/home/base/tui/cloud/default.nix
index f9f1a583..808e9868 100644
--- a/home/base/tui/cloud/default.nix
+++ b/home/base/tui/cloud/default.nix
@@ -21,16 +21,14 @@
     # pulumiPackages.pulumi-language-python
     # pulumiPackages.pulumi-language-nodejs
 
+    # doctl # digitalocean
+    aliyun-cli
     # aws
     awscli2
     ssm-session-manager-plugin # Amazon SSM Session Manager Plugin
     aws-iam-authenticator
     eksctl
 
-    # aliyun
-    aliyun-cli
-    # digitalocean
-    doctl
     # google cloud
     (pkgs-stable.google-cloud-sdk.withExtraComponents (
       with pkgs-stable.google-cloud-sdk.components;
diff --git a/home/base/tui/editors/packages.nix b/home/base/tui/editors/packages.nix
index b298b51c..fe89b93c 100644
--- a/home/base/tui/editors/packages.nix
+++ b/home/base/tui/editors/packages.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
         nickel
 
         #-- json like
-        # terraform  # install via brew on macOS
         terraform-ls
         jsonnet
         jsonnet-language-server
diff --git a/modules/darwin/apps.nix b/modules/darwin/apps.nix
index 76cdeb51..61bc6f4c 100644
--- a/modules/darwin/apps.nix
+++ b/modules/darwin/apps.nix
@@ -101,10 +101,9 @@ in
 
     onActivation = {
       autoUpdate = true; # Fetch the newest stable branch of Homebrew's git repo
-      upgrade = true; # Upgrade outdated casks, formulae, and App Store apps
+      upgrade = false; # Upgrade outdated casks, formulae, and App Store apps
       # 'zap': uninstalls all formulae(and related files) not listed in the generated Brewfile
       cleanup = "zap";
-      extraFlags = [ "--force-cleanup" ];
     };
 
     # Applications to install from Mac App Store using mas.
@@ -140,11 +139,6 @@ in
       # commands like `gsed` `gtar` are required by some tools
       "gnu-sed"
       "gnu-tar"
-
-      # misc that nix do not have cache for.
-      "git-trim"
-      "hashicorp/tap/terraform"
-      "terraformer"
     ];
 
     taps = [
@@ -157,7 +151,7 @@ in
       "firefox"
       "google-chrome"
 
-      "nikitabobko/tap/aerospace" # an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS
+      # "nikitabobko/tap/aerospace" # an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS
       "ghostty" # terminal emulator
 
       # container & vm
@@ -192,7 +186,6 @@ in
 
       # Development
       "mitmproxy" # HTTP/HTTPS traffic inspector
-      "insomnia" # REST client
       "wireshark-app" # network analyzer
       # "google-cloud-sdk" # Google Cloud SDK
       "miniforge" # Miniconda's community-driven distribution
diff --git a/modules/darwin/broken-packages.nix b/modules/darwin/broken-packages.nix
index 1abb2b7a..99a05cc6 100644
--- a/modules/darwin/broken-packages.nix
+++ b/modules/darwin/broken-packages.nix
@@ -4,20 +4,10 @@
 # ===================================================================
 let
   brokenPackages = [
-    "terraform"
-    "terraformer"
-    "packer"
-    "git-trim"
     "conda"
     "mitmproxy"
-    "insomnia"
     "wireshark"
-    "jsonnet"
-    "zls"
     "verible"
-    "gdb"
-    "ncdu"
-    "racket-minimal"
   ];
 in
 {