diff --git a/nixos/module-list.nix b/nixos/module-list.nix
index af554d46..52cb3bae 100644
--- a/nixos/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/module-list.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   ./modules/ca-gateway.nix
   ./modules/phoebus/alarm-logger.nix
   ./modules/phoebus/alarm-server.nix
-  ./modules/phoebus/local-kafka.nix
   ./modules/phoebus/olog.nix
   ./modules/phoebus/save-and-restore.nix
 ]
diff --git a/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-logger.nix b/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-logger.nix
index d8e49444..47af9914 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-logger.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-logger.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
   lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
-} @ moduleAttrs: let
+}: let
   cfg = config.services.phoebus-alarm-logger;
   settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.javaProperties {};
   configFile = settingsFormat.generate "phoebus-alarm-logger.properties" cfg.settings;
-
-  localKafka = lib.hasPrefix "localhost:" cfg.settings."bootstrap.servers";
-  localElasticsearch = cfg.settings.es_host == "localhost";
 in {
   options.services.phoebus-alarm-logger = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption ''
@@ -90,8 +87,6 @@ in {
           "bootstrap.servers" = lib.mkOption {
             description = "Location of the Kafka server";
             type = lib.types.str;
-            default = "localhost:${toString config.services.apache-kafka.port}";
-            defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''"localhost:''${toString config.services.apache-kafka.port}"'';
           };
 
           date_span_units = lib.mkOption {
@@ -141,10 +136,6 @@ in {
       description = "Phoebus Alarm Logger";
 
       wantedBy = ["multi-user.target"];
-      after = lib.mkMerge [
-        (lib.mkIf localKafka ["apache-kafka.service"])
-        (lib.mkIf localElasticsearch ["elasticsearch.service"])
-      ];
 
       # Weirdly not "phoebus.user"
       environment.JAVA_OPTS = "-Djava.util.prefs.userRoot=/var/lib/phoebus-alarm-logger";
@@ -162,29 +153,10 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    services.apache-kafka = lib.mkIf localKafka {
-      enable = true;
-      localSetup.enable = true;
-    };
-    # Port conflicts by default with phoebus-alarm-logger's port
-    services.zookeeper.extraConf = lib.mkIf localKafka ''
-      admin.enableServer=false
-    '';
-
-    services.elasticsearch = lib.mkIf localElasticsearch {
-      enable = true;
-      # Should be kept in sync with the phoebus-olog and phoebus-save-and-restore services
-      package = pkgs.elasticsearch7;
-    };
-
     networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkIf cfg.openFirewall [
       (lib.toInt cfg.settings."server.port")
     ];
   };
 
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = with epnixLib.maintainers; [minijackson];
-    # TODO:
-    # doc = ./alarm-logger.md;
-  };
+  meta.maintainers = with epnixLib.maintainers; [minijackson];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-server.nix b/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-server.nix
index 9319af53..d7ed08f4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-server.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/phoebus/alarm-server.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
   lib,
   pkgs,
   ...
-} @ moduleAttrs: let
+}: let
   cfg = config.services.phoebus-alarm-server;
   settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.javaProperties {};
   configFile = settingsFormat.generate "phoebus-alarm-server.properties" cfg.settings;
-
-  localKafka = lib.hasPrefix "localhost:" cfg.settings."org.phoebus.applications.alarm/server";
 in {
   options.services.phoebus-alarm-server = {
     enable = lib.mkEnableOption ''
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ in {
 
         Includes services:
 
-        - Apache Kafka (if configured locally)
         - Phoebus Alarm Logger (if not disabled)
 
         Warning: this opens the firewall on all network interfaces.
@@ -72,8 +69,6 @@ in {
           "org.phoebus.applications.alarm/server" = lib.mkOption {
             description = "Kafka server host:port";
             type = lib.types.str;
-            default = "localhost:${toString config.services.apache-kafka.port}";
-            defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''"localhost:''${toString config.services.apache-kafka.port}"'';
           };
 
           # Waiting for: https://github.com/ControlSystemStudio/phoebus/issues/2843
@@ -168,7 +163,6 @@ in {
       description = "Phoebus Alarm Server";
 
       wantedBy = ["multi-user.target"];
-      after = lib.mkIf localKafka ["apache-kafka.service"];
 
       environment.JAVA_OPTS = "-Dphoebus.user=/var/lib/phoebus-alarm-server";
 
@@ -191,20 +185,7 @@ in {
       enable = lib.mkDefault true;
       openFirewall = lib.mkIf cfg.openFirewall (lib.mkDefault true);
     };
-
-    services.apache-kafka = lib.mkIf localKafka {
-      enable = true;
-      localSetup.enable = true;
-    };
-
-    networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkIf cfg.openFirewall [
-      config.services.apache-kafka.port
-    ];
   };
 
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = with epnixLib.maintainers; [minijackson];
-    # TODO:
-    # doc = ./alarm-server.md;
-  };
+  meta.maintainers = with epnixLib.maintainers; [minijackson];
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/phoebus/local-kafka.nix b/nixos/modules/phoebus/local-kafka.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c5193df..00000000
--- a/nixos/modules/phoebus/local-kafka.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}: {
-  # This is put as a separate file, so that both the phoebus-alarm-server and
-  # phoebus-alarm-service provide the same configuration, if used separately
-  options.services.apache-kafka.localSetup.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Configure a local, non-replicated Kafka instance";
-
-  config = lib.mkIf config.services.apache-kafka.localSetup.enable {
-    # TODO: document replication setup
-    services.apache-kafka = {
-      logDirs = lib.mkDefault ["/var/lib/apache-kafka"];
-      extraProperties = ''
-        offsets.topic.replication.factor=1
-        transaction.state.log.replication.factor=1
-        transaction.state.log.min.isr=1
-      '';
-    };
-
-    systemd.services.apache-kafka = {
-      after = ["zookeeper.service"];
-      unitConfig.StateDirectory = lib.mkDefault "apache-kafka";
-    };
-
-    services.zookeeper.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
-  };
-}