diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index b5124c63..8e6fdd50 100755
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # care of it
 
 # If emerge exists, add emerge aliases
-if [ "`which emerge > /dev/null 2>&1`" ]; then
+if [ `which emerge` ]; then
 	alias e-depclean='sudo emerge -a --depclean'
 	alias e-inst='sudo emerge -a --jobs --tree --quiet-build y'
 	alias e-upgrade='sudo emerge -DNuva --jobs --tree --quiet-build y --with-bdeps=y @world'
@@ -38,34 +38,6 @@ else
 	alias emerge='"emerge" was not found. Does the system use portage at all?'
 fi
 
-# Add an alias for lsblk, since I tend to use that
-if [ "`which lsblk > /dev/null 2>&1`" ]; then
-	alias lsblk='lsblk -p'
-	alias lsblkf='lsblk -pf'
-fi
-
-# If pacman exists, check for helpers and add aliases
-if [ "`which pacman > /dev/null 2>&1`" ]; then
-	export pac_helper="pacaur"
-	helpers="pacaur yaourt pacman"
-	for helper in $helpers; do
-		if [ "$(pacman -Qq "$helper" > /dev/null)" ]; then
-			export pac_helper="$helper"
-			break
-		fi
-	done
-	
-	alias pac="\$pac_helper"
-	alias pacq="\$pac_helper -Qs"
-	alias pacqi="\$pac_helper -Qi"
-	alias pacs="\$pac_helper -S"
-	alias pacss="\$pac_helper -Ss"
-	alias pacsu="\$pac_helper -Syu"
-	alias pacsyu="\$pac_helper -Syyu"
-	alias pacsr="\$pac_helper -Rsnu"
-	unset helpers
-fi
-
 # Alias for the dotfile setup
 if [ -d "$HOME/.dotfiles" ]; then
 	alias config='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'