diff --git a/extra/blends/README b/extra/blends/README
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+see `doc/blends` for more info
diff --git a/extra/blends/dowse.blend b/extra/blends/dowse.blend
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-#!/usr/bin/env zsh
-# Copyright (c) 2016 Dyne.org Foundation
-# arm-sdk is written and maintained by Ivan J. <parazyd@dyne.org>
-#
-# This file is part of arm-sdk
-#
-# This source code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this source code. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-## build script for Dowse
-
-blend=dowse
-
-extra_packages+=(
-	zsh
-	iptables
-	ebtables
-	sqlite3
-	procps
-	gettext-base
-	procps
-	net-tools
-	autoconf
-	automake
-	libssl-dev
-	libbind-dev
-	libpcap-dev
-	unzip
-	wget
-	gcc
-	g++
-	make
-	cmake
-	libtool
-	liblo-dev
-	libnetfilter-conntrack3
-	libnetfilter-queue-dev
-	libsqlite3-dev
-	sqlite3
-	libjemalloc-dev
-	libseccomp2
-	libsodium-dev
-	libhiredis-dev
-	libkmod-dev
-	bind9-host
-	bison
-	gawk
-	libevent-dev
-	libjansson-dev
-	asciidoc
-	uuid-dev
-	libldns-dev
-	python-redis
-	python-hiredis
-)
-
-preinst() {
-	fn preinst
-	req=(strapdir blend)
-	ckreq || return 1
-
-	notice "executing $blend preinst"
-
-	install_extra_pkgs
-
-	cat <<EOF | sudo tee ${strapdir}/${blend}-preinst
-#!/bin/sh
-useradd -m dowse
-echo "dowse:dowse" | chpasswd
-
-sudo -u dowse "git clone https://github.com/dyne/dowse.git /home/dowse/dowse-src"
-cd /home/dowse/dowse-src
-sudo -u dowse "make"
-make install
-EOF
-
-	sudo chmod +x $strapdir/${blend}-preinst
-	sudo -E chroot $strapdir /${blend}-preinst
-}
-
-postinst() {
-	fn postinst
-	req=(strapdir)
-	ckreq || return 1
-
-	notice "executing $blend postinst"
-
-	sudo sed -i -e 's/exit 0//' $strapdir/etc/rc.local
-	cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a ${strapdir}/etc/rc.local
-
-sudo -u dowse "/home/dowse/dowse-src/start.sh"
-
-exit 0
-EOF
-}