diff --git a/scripts/default_config.sh b/scripts/default_config.sh
index 22e801b..964377b 100644
--- a/scripts/default_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/default_config.sh
@@ -55,34 +55,6 @@ function customize_image() {
         nano \
         less
 
-    ### Install Visual Studio Code
-
-    # download and install the key
-    curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
-
-    install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
-
-    echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
-
-    rm microsoft.gpg
-
-    # then update the package cache and install the package using
-    apt-get update
-
-    apt-get install -y code
-
-    ### Install Google Chrome
-
-    # download and install the key
-    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
-
-    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
-
-    # then update the package cache and install the package using
-    apt-get update
-
-    apt-get install google-chrome-stable
-
     # purge
     apt-get purge -y \
         transmission-gtk \