diff --git a/hosts/default.nix b/hosts/default.nix
index 86df4a3..203f89e 100644
--- a/hosts/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/default.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
       "interface.cli"
       "interface.labwc"
       "interface.niri"
-      "interface.wallpaperengine"
       "networking.tailscale-client"
       "platform.intel-nvidia-desktop"
       "security.secrets"
diff --git a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/controller.sh b/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/controller.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b8e6cc6..0000000
--- a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/controller.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
-
-playlist_file="$1"
-default_id="$2"
-configuration_id="$3"
-shift 3
-
-state_dir="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:?}/linux-wallpaperengine"
-state_file="$state_dir/current"
-
-usage() {
-  printf '%s\n' \
-    'Usage: wallpaperengine-wallpaper COMMAND [ID]' \
-    '' \
-    'Commands:' \
-    '  select ID Select a declaratively configured ID for this session' \
-    '  next      Select the next configured ID' \
-    '  previous  Select the previous configured ID' \
-    '  list      List configured IDs and mark the selected one' \
-    '  current   Print the selected ID' \
-    '  restart   Restart the selected wallpaper' \
-    '  stop      Stop Wallpaper Engine for this session'
-}
-
-load_playlist() {
-  mapfile -t wallpaper_ids < <(awk '/^[0-9]+$/ && !seen[$0]++' "$playlist_file")
-  if [ "${#wallpaper_ids[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "wallpaperengine-wallpaper: no wallpaper IDs are configured in settings.nix" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-contains_id() {
-  local candidate="$1"
-  local id
-
-  for id in "${wallpaper_ids[@]}"; do
-    [ "$id" = "$candidate" ] && return 0
-  done
-  return 1
-}
-
-current_id() {
-  local saved_configuration=""
-  local saved_id=""
-  local -a saved_state=()
-
-  if [ -s "$state_file" ]; then
-    mapfile -t saved_state <"$state_file"
-    saved_configuration="${saved_state[0]:-}"
-    saved_id="${saved_state[1]:-}"
-  fi
-
-  if [ "$saved_configuration" = "$configuration_id" ] && contains_id "$saved_id"; then
-    printf '%s\n' "$saved_id"
-  else
-    printf '%s\n' "$default_id"
-  fi
-}
-
-select_id() {
-  local id="$1"
-
-  if ! contains_id "$id"; then
-    echo "wallpaperengine-wallpaper: ID is not declared in settings.nix: $id" >&2
-    exit 2
-  fi
-
-  mkdir -p "$state_dir"
-  printf '%s\n%s\n' "$configuration_id" "$id" >"$state_file"
-  systemctl --user restart linux-wallpaperengine.service
-}
-
-cycle() {
-  local step="$1"
-  local current
-  local index=0
-  local next_index
-
-  current=$(current_id)
-  for i in "${!wallpaper_ids[@]}"; do
-    if [ "${wallpaper_ids[$i]}" = "$current" ]; then
-      index="$i"
-      break
-    fi
-  done
-
-  next_index=$(((index + step + ${#wallpaper_ids[@]}) % ${#wallpaper_ids[@]}))
-  select_id "${wallpaper_ids[$next_index]}"
-}
-
-load_playlist
-
-command="${1:-}"
-if [ -z "$command" ]; then
-  usage
-  exit 2
-fi
-shift
-
-case "$command" in
-select)
-  [ "$#" -eq 1 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  select_id "$1"
-  ;;
-next)
-  [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  cycle 1
-  ;;
-previous)
-  [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  cycle -1
-  ;;
-list)
-  [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  current=$(current_id)
-  for id in "${wallpaper_ids[@]}"; do
-    if [ "$id" = "$current" ]; then
-      printf '* %s\n' "$id"
-    else
-      printf '  %s\n' "$id"
-    fi
-  done
-  ;;
-current)
-  [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  current_id
-  ;;
-restart)
-  [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  systemctl --user restart linux-wallpaperengine.service
-  ;;
-stop)
-  [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || {
-    usage >&2
-    exit 2
-  }
-  systemctl --user stop linux-wallpaperengine.service
-  ;;
-help | -h | --help)
-  usage
-  ;;
-*)
-  usage >&2
-  exit 2
-  ;;
-esac
diff --git a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/launcher.sh b/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/launcher.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ff7849..0000000
--- a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/launcher.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-
-set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
-
-playlist_file="$1"
-default_id="$2"
-configuration_id="$3"
-assets_dir="$4"
-workshop_dir="$5"
-scaling="$6"
-shift 6
-
-state_file="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:?}/linux-wallpaperengine/current"
-wallpaper_id="$default_id"
-saved_configuration=""
-saved_id=""
-saved_state=()
-outputs=()
-
-if [ -s "$state_file" ]; then
-  mapfile -t saved_state <"$state_file"
-  saved_configuration="${saved_state[0]:-}"
-  saved_id="${saved_state[1]:-}"
-
-  if [ "$saved_configuration" = "$configuration_id" ] &&
-    awk -v id="$saved_id" '$0 == id { found = 1 } END { exit !found }' "$playlist_file"; then
-    wallpaper_id="$saved_id"
-  fi
-fi
-
-wallpaper_path="$workshop_dir/$wallpaper_id"
-if [ ! -d "$wallpaper_path" ]; then
-  echo "linux-wallpaperengine: missing declared wallpaper: $wallpaper_path" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d "$assets_dir" ]; then
-  echo "linux-wallpaperengine: missing Wallpaper Engine assets: $assets_dir" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-mapfile -t outputs < <(wlr-randr --json | jq -r '.[] | select(.enabled == true) | .name')
-if [ "${#outputs[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
-  echo "linux-wallpaperengine: no enabled Wayland outputs were detected" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-engine_args=("$@" --assets-dir "$assets_dir")
-for output in "${outputs[@]}"; do
-  engine_args+=(
-    --screen-root "$output"
-    --bg "$wallpaper_path"
-    --scaling "$scaling"
-  )
-done
-
-exec linux-wallpaperengine "${engine_args[@]}"
diff --git a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/nixos.nix b/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/nixos.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cb019d7..0000000
--- a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/home/nixos.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  settings = import ../settings.nix;
-  inherit (settings)
-    assetsDirectory
-    fps
-    mute
-    scaling
-    selectedWallpaperId
-    switchIntervalSeconds
-    wallpaperIds
-    workshopDirectory
-    ;
-
-  resolveHomePath =
-    path:
-    if lib.hasPrefix "~/" path then
-      "${config.home.homeDirectory}/${lib.removePrefix "~/" path}"
-    else if lib.hasPrefix "/" path then
-      path
-    else
-      "${config.home.homeDirectory}/${path}";
-
-  hasWallpapers = wallpaperIds != [ ];
-  defaultWallpaperId =
-    if selectedWallpaperId != null then
-      selectedWallpaperId
-    else if hasWallpapers then
-      lib.head wallpaperIds
-    else
-      "";
-  configurationId = builtins.hashString "sha256" (builtins.toJSON settings);
-  resolvedAssetsDirectory = resolveHomePath assetsDirectory;
-  resolvedWorkshopDirectory = resolveHomePath workshopDirectory;
-  playlist = pkgs.writeText "linux-wallpaperengine-playlist" (
-    lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (id: id) wallpaperIds + "\n"
-  );
-  engineArguments = lib.optional mute "--silent" ++ [
-    "--fps"
-    (toString fps)
-  ];
-
-  controller = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
-    name = "wallpaperengine-wallpaper";
-    runtimeInputs = [
-      pkgs.coreutils
-      pkgs.gawk
-      pkgs.systemd
-    ];
-    text = ''
-      exec ${lib.getExe pkgs.bash} ${./controller.sh} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg playlist} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg defaultWallpaperId} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg configurationId} \
-        "$@"
-    '';
-  };
-
-  mkVicinaeScript =
-    {
-      name,
-      title,
-      description,
-      command,
-      mode ? "compact",
-      message ? null,
-    }:
-    {
-      name = "vicinae/scripts/wallpaper-engine/${name}";
-      value = {
-        executable = true;
-        text = ''
-          #!${lib.getExe pkgs.bash}
-          # @vicinae.schemaVersion 1
-          # @vicinae.title ${title}
-          # @vicinae.description ${description}
-          # @vicinae.mode ${mode}
-          # @vicinae.icon 🖼️
-
-          ${lib.getExe controller} ${lib.escapeShellArg command}
-          ${lib.optionalString (message != null) "printf '%s\\n' ${lib.escapeShellArg message}"}
-        '';
-      };
-    };
-
-  launcher = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
-    name = "linux-wallpaperengine-launcher";
-    runtimeInputs = [
-      pkgs.coreutils
-      pkgs.gawk
-      pkgs.jq
-      pkgs.linux-wallpaperengine
-      pkgs.wlr-randr
-    ];
-    text = ''
-      exec ${lib.getExe pkgs.bash} ${./launcher.sh} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg playlist} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg defaultWallpaperId} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg configurationId} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg resolvedAssetsDirectory} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg resolvedWorkshopDirectory} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArg scaling} \
-        ${lib.escapeShellArgs engineArguments}
-    '';
-  };
-in
-assert lib.assertMsg (lib.all (
-  id: builtins.isString id && builtins.match "[0-9]+" id != null
-) wallpaperIds) "linux-wallpaperengine: wallpaperIds must contain only numeric strings";
-assert lib.assertMsg (
-  lib.unique wallpaperIds == wallpaperIds
-) "linux-wallpaperengine: wallpaperIds must not contain duplicates";
-assert lib.assertMsg (
-  selectedWallpaperId == null || builtins.elem selectedWallpaperId wallpaperIds
-) "linux-wallpaperengine: selectedWallpaperId must be null or a member of wallpaperIds";
-assert lib.assertMsg (
-  switchIntervalSeconds == null || (builtins.isInt switchIntervalSeconds && switchIntervalSeconds > 0)
-) "linux-wallpaperengine: switchIntervalSeconds must be null or a positive integer";
-assert lib.assertMsg (
-  builtins.isInt fps && fps > 0
-) "linux-wallpaperengine: fps must be a positive integer";
-assert lib.assertMsg (
-  builtins.isString assetsDirectory && assetsDirectory != ""
-) "linux-wallpaperengine: assetsDirectory must be a non-empty string";
-assert lib.assertMsg (
-  builtins.isString workshopDirectory && workshopDirectory != ""
-) "linux-wallpaperengine: workshopDirectory must be a non-empty string";
-assert lib.assertMsg (builtins.elem scaling [
-  "default"
-  "fill"
-  "fit"
-  "stretch"
-]) "linux-wallpaperengine: scaling must be default, fill, fit, or stretch";
-{
-  home.packages = [
-    controller
-    pkgs.linux-wallpaperengine
-  ];
-
-  xdg.dataFile = builtins.listToAttrs [
-    (mkVicinaeScript {
-      name = "reload";
-      title = "Reload Wallpaper Engine";
-      description = "Restart the active Wallpaper Engine background";
-      command = "restart";
-      message = "Wallpaper Engine reloaded";
-    })
-    (mkVicinaeScript {
-      name = "next";
-      title = "Next Wallpaper Engine Wallpaper";
-      description = "Switch to the next configured Wallpaper Engine background";
-      command = "next";
-      message = "Switched to the next Wallpaper Engine wallpaper";
-    })
-    (mkVicinaeScript {
-      name = "previous";
-      title = "Previous Wallpaper Engine Wallpaper";
-      description = "Switch to the previous configured Wallpaper Engine background";
-      command = "previous";
-      message = "Switched to the previous Wallpaper Engine wallpaper";
-    })
-    (mkVicinaeScript {
-      name = "list";
-      title = "List Wallpaper Engine Wallpapers";
-      description = "Show the configured Wallpaper Engine backgrounds";
-      command = "list";
-      mode = "fullOutput";
-    })
-    (mkVicinaeScript {
-      name = "current";
-      title = "Current Wallpaper Engine Wallpaper";
-      description = "Show the active Wallpaper Engine background";
-      command = "current";
-    })
-    (mkVicinaeScript {
-      name = "stop";
-      title = "Stop Wallpaper Engine";
-      description = "Stop Wallpaper Engine for this session";
-      command = "stop";
-      message = "Wallpaper Engine stopped";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  systemd.user.services = lib.optionalAttrs hasWallpapers {
-    linux-wallpaperengine = {
-      Unit = {
-        Description = "Linux Wallpaper Engine";
-        After = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-        PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-      };
-      Service = {
-        ExecStart = lib.getExe launcher;
-        Restart = "on-abnormal";
-      };
-      Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-    };
-
-    linux-wallpaperengine-switch = {
-      Unit.Description = "Switch Linux Wallpaper Engine wallpaper";
-      Service = {
-        Type = "oneshot";
-        ExecStart = "${lib.getExe controller} next";
-      };
-    };
-  };
-
-  systemd.user.timers =
-    lib.optionalAttrs
-      (hasWallpapers && builtins.length wallpaperIds > 1 && switchIntervalSeconds != null)
-      {
-        linux-wallpaperengine-switch = {
-          Unit = {
-            Description = "Periodically switch Linux Wallpaper Engine wallpaper";
-            PartOf = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-          };
-          Timer = {
-            OnActiveSec = "${toString switchIntervalSeconds}s";
-            OnUnitActiveSec = "${toString switchIntervalSeconds}s";
-            Unit = "linux-wallpaperengine-switch.service";
-          };
-          Install.WantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
-        };
-      };
-}
diff --git a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/meta.nix b/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/meta.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a859d0..0000000
--- a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/meta.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  description = "Wallpaper Engine backgrounds for Linux";
-}
diff --git a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/settings.nix b/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/settings.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bd8f10..0000000
--- a/modules/applications/linux-wallpaperengine/settings.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  assetsDirectory = "~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/wallpaper_engine/assets";
-  workshopDirectory = "~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/431960";
-
-  wallpaperIds = [
-    "2833810156"
-    "2834355367"
-    "2836628501"
-    "2845095254"
-    "2859848175"
-    "2861661119"
-    "2982896307"
-  ];
-
-  # null selects the first ID above.
-  selectedWallpaperId = null;
-  # Set a number such as 300 to rotate through multiple IDs.
-  switchIntervalSeconds = 300;
-
-  fps = 30;
-  mute = true;
-  scaling = "fill";
-}
diff --git a/modules/profiles/README.md b/modules/profiles/README.md
index 93891ae..45e8803 100644
--- a/modules/profiles/README.md
+++ b/modules/profiles/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ required on every supported host.
 | `interface.linux-desktop`            | NixOS with Home Manager                       |
 | `interface.labwc`                    | NixOS with Home Manager                       |
 | `interface.niri`                     | NixOS with Home Manager                       |
-| `interface.wallpaperengine`          | NixOS with Home Manager                       |
 | `platform.nixos`                     | NixOS                                         |
 | `platform.desktop`                   | Physical NixOS desktop                        |
 | `platform.intel-nvidia-desktop`      | Intel/NVIDIA physical NixOS desktop           |
@@ -59,10 +58,6 @@ selects labwc. A daily-use macOS development machine can combine
 `interface.macos`, `workload.development`, and `workload.personal`. Hardware
 support does not implicitly select an interface or workload.
 
-`interface.wallpaperengine` is an opt-in Linux desktop appearance profile. It
-enables Wallpaper Engine and disables Noctalia's wallpaper surface, so hosts
-without this profile retain Noctalia's configured wallpaper.
-
 `workload.personal` provides Pear Desktop on both NixOS and macOS. Home Manager
 enables performance improvements, synced lyrics, tracker blocking, the album
 color theme, and custom output-device selection while preserving user-owned
diff --git a/modules/profiles/interface/wallpaperengine/home.nix b/modules/profiles/interface/wallpaperengine/home.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 53a066e..0000000
--- a/modules/profiles/interface/wallpaperengine/home.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  programs.noctalia.settings.wallpaper.enabled = false;
-}
diff --git a/modules/profiles/interface/wallpaperengine/meta.nix b/modules/profiles/interface/wallpaperengine/meta.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6947812..0000000
--- a/modules/profiles/interface/wallpaperengine/meta.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  description = "Wallpaper Engine backgrounds for Linux desktop sessions";
-
-  includes = [
-    "applications.linux-wallpaperengine"
-  ];
-}