diff --git a/dot_config/topgrade/topgrade.toml b/dot_config/topgrade/topgrade.toml
index 1431b84..9e88ba1 100644
--- a/dot_config/topgrade/topgrade.toml
+++ b/dot_config/topgrade/topgrade.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,3 @@ repos = [
     "~/Documents/Git/*"
 ]
 
-[commands]
-# Bump neovim to the version pinned in update-neovim.sh. Idempotent — no-op
-# if already at target. Edit NVIM_TARGET_VERSION in the script to upgrade.
-"~/.local/bin/update-neovim.sh" = "neovim"
diff --git a/dot_local/bin/update-neovim.sh b/dot_local/bin/update-neovim.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a3d8c92..0000000
--- a/dot_local/bin/update-neovim.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# =============================================================================
-#  update-neovim.sh — chezmoi-managed, deployed to ~/.local/bin/update-neovim.sh
-#
-#  Installs or upgrades neovim from the official binary tarball.
-#  Bump NVIM_TARGET_VERSION to upgrade. Topgrade calls this via
-#  ~/.config/topgrade.toml.
-#
-#  Idempotent: no-op if installed version matches target.
-# =============================================================================
-set -euo pipefail
-
-NVIM_TARGET_VERSION="v0.11.4"
-
-ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-case "$ARCH" in
-    x86_64)
-        NVIM_TARBALL="nvim-linux64.tar.gz"
-        NVIM_EXTRACT_DIR="nvim-linux64"
-        ;;
-    aarch64|arm64)
-        NVIM_TARBALL="nvim-linux-arm64.tar.gz"
-        NVIM_EXTRACT_DIR="nvim-linux-arm64"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "unsupported arch: $ARCH" >&2
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
-
-if command -v nvim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    INSTALLED_VER="$(nvim --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')"
-    if [[ "$INSTALLED_VER" == "$NVIM_TARGET_VERSION" ]]; then
-        echo "neovim $INSTALLED_VER matches target — no action"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-    echo "neovim $INSTALLED_VER -> $NVIM_TARGET_VERSION"
-else
-    echo "installing neovim $NVIM_TARGET_VERSION"
-fi
-
-cd /tmp
-TMP_TARBALL="$(mktemp /tmp/nvim-update.XXXXXX.tar.gz)"
-trap 'rm -f "$TMP_TARBALL"' EXIT
-
-if ! curl -fL --retry 3 \
-    "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/${NVIM_TARGET_VERSION}/${NVIM_TARBALL}" \
-    -o "$TMP_TARBALL"; then
-    echo "failed to download $NVIM_TARBALL" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim-linux* /usr/local/bin/nvim
-sudo tar -xzf "$TMP_TARBALL" -C /opt/
-sudo ln -sf "/opt/${NVIM_EXTRACT_DIR}/bin/nvim" /usr/local/bin/nvim
-
-echo "neovim $NVIM_TARGET_VERSION installed"
-nvim --version | head -1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl b/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
index 1a076f9..b665d42 100755
--- a/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
+++ b/run_once_20-install-user-packages.sh.tmpl
@@ -200,53 +200,8 @@ if command -v bun >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# Neovim — install official binary tarball, pinned to a known-good version.
-# Bump NVIM_TARGET_VERSION to upgrade. ~/.local/bin/update-neovim.sh does
-# the same check + download so topgrade can invoke it for upgrades.
-NVIM_TARGET_VERSION="v0.11.4"
-ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-case "$ARCH" in
-    x86_64)
-        NVIM_TARBALL="nvim-linux64.tar.gz"
-        NVIM_EXTRACT_DIR="nvim-linux64"
-        ;;
-    aarch64|arm64)
-        NVIM_TARBALL="nvim-linux-arm64.tar.gz"
-        NVIM_EXTRACT_DIR="nvim-linux-arm64"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        die "unsupported arch for neovim tarball: $ARCH"
-        ;;
-esac
-
-if command -v nvim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    INSTALLED_VER="$(nvim --version 2>/dev/null | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')"
-    if [[ "$INSTALLED_VER" == "$NVIM_TARGET_VERSION" ]]; then
-        log "neovim $INSTALLED_VER matches target — skipping"
-        NVIM_TARBALL=""
-    else
-        log "neovim $INSTALLED_VER != target $NVIM_TARGET_VERSION — upgrading"
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [[ -n "$NVIM_TARBALL" ]]; then
-    log "downloading neovim $NVIM_TARGET_VERSION ($NVIM_TARBALL)"
-    cd /tmp
-    if ! curl -fL --retry 3 \
-        "https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/${NVIM_TARGET_VERSION}/${NVIM_TARBALL}" \
-        -o nvim.tar.gz; then
-        die "failed to download neovim tarball"
-    fi
-    sudo rm -rf /opt/nvim-linux* /usr/local/bin/nvim
-    sudo tar -xzf nvim.tar.gz -C /opt/
-    sudo ln -sf "/opt/${NVIM_EXTRACT_DIR}/bin/nvim" /usr/local/bin/nvim
-    rm -f nvim.tar.gz
-fi
-
-# Verify neovim is reachable (PATH may need /usr/local/bin explicitly for this run)
-if ! command -v nvim >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ -x /usr/local/bin/nvim ]]; then
-    export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
-fi
+# Neovim comes from the system package (pacman list above); topgrade keeps
+# it current. No manual tarball install.
 
 {{ else -}}
 die "unsupported os_family: {{ .os_family }}"