diff --git a/assets/romfs/theme/bubble1.png b/assets/romfs/theme/bubble1.png
deleted file mode 100644
index ade1b14..0000000
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diff --git a/assets/romfs/theme/bubble2.png b/assets/romfs/theme/bubble2.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 52e16fa..0000000
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diff --git a/assets/romfs/theme/bubble3.png b/assets/romfs/theme/bubble3.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 6da1e76..0000000
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diff --git a/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt b/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
index 362a196..64f12e4 100644
--- a/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sphaira/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ add_executable(sphaira
     source/ui/sidebar.cpp
     source/ui/widget.cpp
     source/ui/list.cpp
-    source/ui/bubbles.cpp
     source/ui/scrolling_text.cpp
 
     source/app.cpp
diff --git a/sphaira/include/ui/bubbles.hpp b/sphaira/include/ui/bubbles.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2114d44..0000000
--- a/sphaira/include/ui/bubbles.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#include "ui/types.hpp"
-#include "ui/object.hpp"
-
-namespace sphaira::ui::bubble {
-
-void Init();
-void Draw(NVGcontext* vg, Theme* theme);
-void Exit();
-
-} // namespace sphaira::ui::bubble
diff --git a/sphaira/source/app.cpp b/sphaira/source/app.cpp
index 9e1beff..e72299d 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/app.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/app.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "ui/option_box.hpp"
-#include "ui/bubbles.hpp"
 #include "ui/sidebar.hpp"
 #include "ui/popup_list.hpp"
 #include "ui/option_box.hpp"
@@ -1031,7 +1030,6 @@ void App::Draw() {
     }
 
     m_notif_manager.Draw(vg, &m_theme);
-    ui::bubble::Draw(vg, &m_theme);
 
     nvgResetTransform(vg);
     nvgEndFrame(this->vg);
@@ -1419,34 +1417,6 @@ App::App(const char* argv0) {
         }
     }
 
-    struct EventDay {
-        u8 day;
-        u8 month;
-    };
-
-    static constexpr EventDay event_days[] = {
-        { .day = 1, .month = 1 }, // New years
-
-        { .day = 3, .month = 3 }, // March 3 (switch 1)
-        { .day = 10, .month = 5 }, // June 10 (switch 2)
-        { .day = 15, .month = 5 }, // June 15
-
-        { .day = 25, .month = 12 }, // Christmas
-        { .day = 26, .month = 12 },
-        { .day = 27, .month = 12 },
-        { .day = 28, .month = 12 },
-    };
-
-    const auto time = std::time(nullptr);
-    const auto tm = std::localtime(&time);
-
-    for (auto e : event_days) {
-        if (e.day == tm->tm_mday && e.month == (tm->tm_mon + 1)) {
-            ui::bubble::Init();
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
     App::Push(std::make_shared<ui::menu::main::MainMenu>());
     log_write("finished app constructor\n");
 }
@@ -1679,8 +1649,6 @@ App::~App() {
     i18n::exit();
     curl::Exit();
 
-    ui::bubble::Exit();
-
     // this has to be called before any cleanup to ensure the lifetime of
     // nvg is still active as some widgets may need to free images.
     m_widgets.clear();
diff --git a/sphaira/source/ui/bubbles.cpp b/sphaira/source/ui/bubbles.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f7e580e..0000000
--- a/sphaira/source/ui/bubbles.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-#include "ui/types.hpp"
-#include "ui/object.hpp"
-#include "ui/nvg_util.hpp"
-#include "app.hpp"
-
-namespace sphaira::ui::bubble {
-namespace {
-
-constexpr auto MAX_BUBBLES = 20;
-
-struct Bubble {
-    int start_x;
-    int texture;
-    int x,y,w,h;
-    int y_inc;
-    float sway_inc;
-    float sway;
-    bool sway_right_flag;
-};
-
-Bubble bubbles[MAX_BUBBLES]{};
-int g_textures[3];
-bool g_is_init = false;
-
-void setup_bubble(Bubble *bubble) {
-    // setup normal vars.
-    bubble->texture = (randomGet64() % std::size(g_textures));
-    bubble->start_x = randomGet64() % (int)SCREEN_WIDTH;
-    bubble->x = bubble->start_x;
-    bubble->y = (int)SCREEN_HEIGHT - ( randomGet64() % 60 );
-    const int size = (randomGet64() % 50) + 40;
-    bubble->w = size;
-    bubble->h = size;
-    bubble->y_inc = (randomGet64() % 5) + 1;
-    bubble->sway_inc = ((randomGet64() % 6) + 3) / 10;
-    bubble->sway = 0;
-}
-
-void setup_bubbles(void) {
-    for (auto& bubble : bubbles) {
-        setup_bubble(&bubble);
-    }
-}
-
-void update_bubbles(void) {
-    for (auto& bubble : bubbles) {
-        if (bubble.y + bubble.h < 0) {
-            setup_bubble(&bubble);
-        } else {
-            bubble.y -= bubble.y_inc;
-
-            if (bubble.sway_right_flag) {
-                bubble.x = bubble.start_x + (bubble.sway -= bubble.sway_inc);
-                if (bubble.sway <= 0) {
-                    bubble.sway_right_flag = false;
-                }
-            } else {
-                bubble.x = bubble.start_x + (bubble.sway += bubble.sway_inc);
-                if (bubble.sway > 30) {
-                    bubble.sway_right_flag = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-} // namespace
-
-void Init() {
-    if (g_is_init) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (R_SUCCEEDED(romfsInit())) {
-        ON_SCOPE_EXIT(romfsExit());
-
-        auto vg = App::GetVg();
-        g_textures[0] = nvgCreateImage(vg, "romfs:/theme/bubble1.png", 0);
-        g_textures[1] = nvgCreateImage(vg, "romfs:/theme/bubble2.png", 0);
-        g_textures[2] = nvgCreateImage(vg, "romfs:/theme/bubble3.png", 0);
-
-        setup_bubbles();
-        g_is_init = true;
-    }
-}
-
-void Draw(NVGcontext* vg, Theme* theme) {
-    if (!g_is_init) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    update_bubbles();
-
-    for (auto& bubble : bubbles) {
-        gfx::drawImage(vg, bubble.x, bubble.y, bubble.w, bubble.h, g_textures[bubble.texture]);
-    }
-}
-
-void Exit() {
-    if (!g_is_init) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    auto vg = App::GetVg();
-    for (auto& texture : g_textures) {
-        if (texture) {
-            nvgDeleteImage(vg, texture);
-            texture = 0;
-        }
-    }
-
-    g_is_init = false;
-}
-
-} // namespace sphaira::ui::bubble