diff --git a/images/devcontainer/default.nix b/images/devcontainer/default.nix
index 4393efd..620e556 100644
--- a/images/devcontainer/default.nix
+++ b/images/devcontainer/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 , lib
 , nix
 , openssh
+, procps
 , sedutil
 , shadow
 , xz
@@ -28,7 +29,11 @@ let
   # generate a user profile for the image
   profile = mkUserEnvironment {
     derivations = [
+      # core utils
       coreutils
+      procps
+      gnugrep
+
       # add /bin/sh
       bashInteractive
       nix
@@ -46,10 +51,6 @@ let
       # for user management
       shadow
 
-      # more userland tools
-      gnugrep
-      direnv
-
       # for the vscode extension
       gcc-unwrapped
       iproute
diff --git a/images/devcontainer/root/etc/bashrc b/images/devcontainer/root/etc/bashrc
index f5c1ee7..814bc54 100644
--- a/images/devcontainer/root/etc/bashrc
+++ b/images/devcontainer/root/etc/bashrc
@@ -3,6 +3,4 @@ if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
 
 PS1='\[\033[0;32;40m\][nix]$\[\033[0m\] '
 
-# setup direnv
-eval "$(direnv hook bash)"
 fi