diff --git a/SwarselSystems.org b/SwarselSystems.org
index f60424f..baee841 100644
--- a/SwarselSystems.org
+++ b/SwarselSystems.org
@@ -4567,25 +4567,21 @@ done
 
   updates="$(cd ~/.dotfiles && nix flake lock --update-input nixpkgs && nix build .#nixosConfigurations."$HOSTNAME".config.system.build.toplevel && nvd diff /run/current-system ./result | grep -c '\[U')"
 
-  alt="has-updates"
-  if [[ $updates -eq 0 ]]; then
-      alt="updated"
-  fi
-
   tooltip="System updated"
   if [[ $updates != 0 ]]; then
   	tooltip=$(cd ~/.dotfiles && nvd diff /run/current-system ./result | grep -e '\[U' | awk '{ for (i=3; i<NF; i++) printf $i " "; if (NF >= 3) print $NF; }' ORS='\\n' )
   fi
 
-  echo "{ \"text\":\"$updates\", \"alt\":\"$alt\", \"tooltip\":\"$tooltip\" }"
+  echo "{ \"text\":\"$updates\", \"tooltip\":\"$tooltip\" }"
 
 #+end_src
 
 #+begin_src nix :tangle pkgs/update-checker/default.nix
-  { writeShellApplication, sway}:
+  { writeShellApplication, nvd}:
 
   writeShellApplication {
     name = "update-checker";
+    runtimeInputs = [ nvd ];
     text = builtins.readFile ../../scripts/update-checker.sh;
   }
 #+end_src
@@ -7666,11 +7662,7 @@ The rest of this configuration is found here:
           interval = 3600;
           tooltip = true;
           return-type = "json";
-          format = "{} {icon} ?";
-          format-icons = {
-            has-updates = "";
-            updated= "";
-          };
+          format = "{} ";
         };
 
         "group/hardware" = {
diff --git a/pkgs/update-checker/default.nix b/pkgs/update-checker/default.nix
index 6dd7d35..9459aba 100644
--- a/pkgs/update-checker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/update-checker/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ writeShellApplication, sway }:
+{ writeShellApplication, nvd }:
 
 writeShellApplication {
   name = "update-checker";
+  runtimeInputs = [ nvd ];
   text = builtins.readFile ../../scripts/update-checker.sh;
 }
diff --git a/profiles/common/home/waybar.nix b/profiles/common/home/waybar.nix
index 2c91121..4acfde0 100644
--- a/profiles/common/home/waybar.nix
+++ b/profiles/common/home/waybar.nix
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@
           interval = 3600;
           tooltip = true;
           return-type = "json";
-          format = "{} {icon} ?";
-          format-icons = {
-            has-updates = "";
-            updated = "";
-          };
+          format = "{} ";
         };
 
         "group/hardware" = {
diff --git a/scripts/update-checker.sh b/scripts/update-checker.sh
index 3126d13..3b1ec24 100644
--- a/scripts/update-checker.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-checker.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 updates="$(cd ~/.dotfiles && nix flake lock --update-input nixpkgs && nix build .#nixosConfigurations."$HOSTNAME".config.system.build.toplevel && nvd diff /run/current-system ./result | grep -c '\[U')"
 
-alt="has-updates"
-if [[ $updates -eq 0 ]]; then
-    alt="updated"
-fi
-
 tooltip="System updated"
 if [[ $updates != 0 ]]; then
 	tooltip=$(cd ~/.dotfiles && nvd diff /run/current-system ./result | grep -e '\[U' | awk '{ for (i=3; i<NF; i++) printf $i " "; if (NF >= 3) print $NF; }' ORS='\\n' )
 fi
 
-echo "{ \"text\":\"$updates\", \"alt\":\"$alt\", \"tooltip\":\"$tooltip\" }"
+echo "{ \"text\":\"$updates\", \"tooltip\":\"$tooltip\" }"