diff --git a/dotfiles/codex/.gitignore b/dotfiles/codex/.gitignore
index 5bb2bcad..88eda80a 100644
--- a/dotfiles/codex/.gitignore
+++ b/dotfiles/codex/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 !.gitignore
 !AGENTS.md
 !config.toml
+!skills
diff --git a/dotfiles/codex/skills b/dotfiles/codex/skills
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..a769d4bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/codex/skills
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../agents/skills
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dotfiles/lib/bin/setup_codex_skills b/dotfiles/lib/bin/setup_codex_skills
deleted file mode 100755
index 3fb2f2a1..00000000
--- a/dotfiles/lib/bin/setup_codex_skills
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-tracked_skills_dir="${1:?usage: setup_codex_skills TRACKED_SKILLS_DIR [RUNTIME_SKILLS_DIR] [CODEX_SKILLS_LINK]}"
-runtime_skills_dir="${2:-${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/codex/skills}"
-codex_skills_link="${3:-$HOME/.codex/skills}"
-
-mkdir -p "$runtime_skills_dir"
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$codex_skills_link")"
-
-# Preserve generated Codex skill bundles while moving them out of the git worktree.
-for generated_name in .system codex-primary-runtime; do
-  generated_src="$tracked_skills_dir/$generated_name"
-  generated_dest="$runtime_skills_dir/$generated_name"
-  if [[ -e "$generated_src" && ! -e "$generated_dest" ]]; then
-    mv "$generated_src" "$generated_dest"
-  fi
-done
-
-if [[ -L "$codex_skills_link" ]]; then
-  current_target="$(readlink "$codex_skills_link")"
-  if [[ "$current_target" != "$runtime_skills_dir" ]]; then
-    rm -f "$codex_skills_link"
-  fi
-elif [[ -e "$codex_skills_link" ]]; then
-  echo "Skipping $codex_skills_link because it exists and is not a symlink" >&2
-  codex_skills_link=""
-fi
-
-if [[ -n "$codex_skills_link" && ! -e "$codex_skills_link" ]]; then
-  ln -s "$runtime_skills_dir" "$codex_skills_link"
-fi
-
-for skill_src in "$tracked_skills_dir"/*; do
-  [[ -e "$skill_src" || -L "$skill_src" ]] || continue
-
-  skill_name="$(basename "$skill_src")"
-  case "$skill_name" in
-    .system|codex-primary-runtime)
-      continue
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-  skill_dest="$runtime_skills_dir/$skill_name"
-  if [[ -L "$skill_dest" ]]; then
-    current_target="$(readlink "$skill_dest")"
-    if [[ "$current_target" == "$skill_src" ]]; then
-      continue
-    fi
-    rm -f "$skill_dest"
-  elif [[ -e "$skill_dest" ]]; then
-    echo "Skipping skill $skill_name because $skill_dest already exists and is not a symlink" >&2
-    continue
-  fi
-
-  ln -s "$skill_src" "$skill_dest"
-done
diff --git a/nix-darwin/home/common.nix b/nix-darwin/home/common.nix
index 214c369a..6c9bb177 100644
--- a/nix-darwin/home/common.nix
+++ b/nix-darwin/home/common.nix
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ in {
     fi
   '';
 
-  home.activation.linkCodexSkills = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
-    ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash "${libDir}/bin/setup_codex_skills" "${dotfilesDir}/agents/skills"
-  '';
-
   home.sessionPath = [
     "$HOME/.cargo/bin"
     "${libDir}/bin"
diff --git a/nixos/dotfiles-links.nix b/nixos/dotfiles-links.nix
index 9122f43a..bb1d1805 100644
--- a/nixos/dotfiles-links.nix
+++ b/nixos/dotfiles-links.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, ... }:
 let
   # Replicate the useful part of rcm/rcup:
   # - dotfiles live in ~/dotfiles/dotfiles (no leading dots in the repo)
@@ -71,7 +71,4 @@ in
     fi
   '';
 
-  home.activation.linkCodexSkills = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] ''
-    ${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash "${worktreeDotfiles}/lib/bin/setup_codex_skills" "${worktreeDotfiles}/agents/skills"
-  '';
 }