diff --git a/roles/devbox/tasks/dist-macosx.yml b/roles/devbox/tasks/dist-macosx.yml
--- a/roles/devbox/tasks/dist-macosx.yml
+++ b/roles/devbox/tasks/dist-macosx.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,8 @@
 - name: Install base packages
   macports: name={{item}} state=active
   with_items:
-    - git
-    - mercurial
     - MacVim
     - ctags
-    - the_silver_searcher
-    - zsh
     - tmux
     - dejavu-fonts
   tags: packages, install