diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/mac-test.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/mac-test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d883f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/mac-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: mac-mini-test
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+jobs:
+  hostjob:
+    runs-on: [macos]
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo "running on $(uname -sm) via mac-mini runner"
diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/smoke.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/smoke.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9107d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/smoke.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: runner-smoke
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    runs-on: [k8s]
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo "hello from $(uname -m) runner"
diff --git a/nix/packages.nix b/nix/packages.nix
index a12cc33..cc35fda 100644
--- a/nix/packages.nix
+++ b/nix/packages.nix
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ in
           pkgs.tzdata
           pkgs.bash
           pkgs.coreutils
-          pkgs.libopus
-          pkgs.opusfile
         ];
         config = {
           Entrypoint = [ "/bin/hermes" "gateway" "run" ];