diff --git a/systems/jeeves-jr/configuration.nix b/systems/jeeves-jr/configuration.nix
index f96b3be..37fe12c 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves-jr/configuration.nix
+++ b/systems/jeeves-jr/configuration.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, ... }:
 {
 
-  console.keyMap = "us";
   networking = {
     hostId = "1beb3026";
     firewall.enable = false;
diff --git a/systems/jeeves/configuration.nix b/systems/jeeves/configuration.nix
index bc0e20c..a7f940e 100644
--- a/systems/jeeves/configuration.nix
+++ b/systems/jeeves/configuration.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, lib, ... }:
 {
 
-  console.keyMap = "us";
   networking = {
     hostId = "1beb3027";
     firewall.enable = false;
diff --git a/systems/palatine-hill/configuration.nix b/systems/palatine-hill/configuration.nix
index 84d709d..3078a06 100644
--- a/systems/palatine-hill/configuration.nix
+++ b/systems/palatine-hill/configuration.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { config, pkgs, ... }:
 {
 
-  console.keyMap = "us";
   systemd.services.hydra-notify.serviceConfig.EnvironmentFile =
     config.sops.secrets."hydra/environment".path;
   programs.git.lfs.enable = false;
diff --git a/users/alice/systems/artemision/configuration.nix b/users/alice/systems/artemision/configuration.nix
index 02e6155..e86c192 100644
--- a/users/alice/systems/artemision/configuration.nix
+++ b/users/alice/systems/artemision/configuration.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
   ];
 
   time.timeZone = "America/New_York";
-  console.keyMap = "us";
 
   # temp workaround for building while in nixos-enter
   services.logrotate.checkConfig = false;