diff --git a/.scripts/updating.sh b/.scripts/updating.sh
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index 70c57cd..0000000
--- a/.scripts/updating.sh
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-# script for updating all packages but excluding a list of packages
-
-# set path to list of packages to exclude
-exclude_list_file=~/.setup/packages/exclude_from_updating.list
-
-# load list of packages to exclude
-exclude_list=$(cat $exclude_list_file)
-
-# define function that calls yay update and excludes packages from exclude_list
-
-function update_system {
-    yay -Syu --noconfirm --needed --noprovides --ignore $exclude_list
-}
-
-# also define function that only updates packages from pacman
-function update_pacman_packages {
-    sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed --noprovides --ignore $exclude_list
-}
-