diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 6d04d28..ba55ef1 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ package()
     install -Dm644 "$pkgname"-quiet.service "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname"-quiet.service
     install -Dm644 "$pkgname".timer "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname".timer
     install -Dm644 "$pkgname".path "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/user/"$pkgname".path
-    install -Dm755 "$pkgname"-refresh "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/"$pkgname"/refresh
-    install -Dm644 "$pkgname".hook "$pkgdir"/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/"$pkgname".hook
     install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname"/README.md
     install -Dm644 config.example "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/"$pkgname"/config.example
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ecaa0e..3cbb8f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ systemctl --user enable --now update-notify.timer
 
 The timer runs 5 minutes after boot, then every 6 hours.
 
-A pacman hook also runs `update-notify --quiet` after every pacman transaction, for each logged-in user whose timer is active, so the status bar file is current right after an upgrade.
-
 ### Refresh after building packages
 
-Building into a local repository (`aur build`, `aur sync`) doesn't run pacman, so the hook can't catch it. To run `update-notify --quiet` whenever a repository changes, add the repository files to watch to `update-notify.path`:
+To run `update-notify --quiet` whenever a repository changes, add the repository files to watch to `update-notify.path`:
 
 ```
 systemctl --user edit update-notify.path
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ update-notify [-q|--quiet] [threshold]
 
 `threshold` is the minimum number of updates (repo + AUR) before update counts are shown. It overrides the `THRESHOLD` setting below for that run's notification only; the pending file keeps the configured value.
 
-`--quiet` updates the pending file without notifying. Changes to a notification already shown are recorded, so the next timer run doesn't repeat them; a new notification is left for the timer. The pacman hook and `update-notify.path` use it (through `update-notify-quiet.service`), so building or upgrading many packages doesn't notify after each one.
+`--quiet` updates the pending file without notifying. Changes to a notification already shown are recorded, so the next timer run doesn't repeat them; a new notification is left for the timer. `update-notify.path` uses it (through `update-notify-quiet.service`), so building many packages doesn't notify after each one.
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ aur <pkg> <newver>
 kernel <custom-pkg> <stock-ver>
 ```
 
-The file reflects the last run, which the pacman hook and `update-notify.path` keep close to current. To keep a bar current in between, drop entries whose installed version (`pacman -Q`) is no longer older than `newver`, or, for `kernel` lines, whose custom build has caught up with `stock-ver` (ignoring `pkgrel`). This only reads local data, so it's cheap to run often.
+The file reflects the last timer or `update-notify.path` run. To keep a bar current in between, e.g. right after an upgrade, drop entries whose installed version (`pacman -Q`) is no longer older than `newver`, or, for `kernel` lines, whose custom build has caught up with `stock-ver` (ignoring `pkgrel`). This only reads local data, so it's cheap to run often.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/update-notify b/update-notify
index 51d9120..209b04c 100755
--- a/update-notify
+++ b/update-notify
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if [[ -r $config_file ]]; then
     # shellcheck source=/dev/null
     source "$config_file"
 fi
-quiet=0  # refresh the pending file without notifying (path unit and pacman hook)
+quiet=0  # refresh the pending file without notifying (path unit)
 if [[ ${1:-} == -q || ${1:-} == --quiet ]]; then
     quiet=1
     shift
diff --git a/update-notify-refresh b/update-notify-refresh
deleted file mode 100755
index f0cbf1d..0000000
--- a/update-notify-refresh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Run update-notify for every logged-in user whose timer is active (called by the pacman hook as root)
-systemctl list-units --plain --no-legend --state=running 'user@*.service' |
-while read -r unit _; do
-    uid=${unit#user@}
-    uid=${uid%.service}
-    user=$(id -nu "$uid") || continue
-    systemctl --user -M "$user@" is-active --quiet update-notify.timer || continue
-    systemctl --user -M "$user@" start --no-block update-notify-quiet.service
-done
diff --git a/update-notify.hook b/update-notify.hook
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cb0f18..0000000
--- a/update-notify.hook
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Trigger]
-Operation = Install
-Operation = Upgrade
-Operation = Remove
-Type = Package
-Target = *
-
-[Action]
-Description = Refreshing update-notify...
-When = PostTransaction
-Exec = /usr/lib/update-notify/refresh