diff --git a/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components/types.d.ts b/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components/types.d.ts
index 31d724c..106b881 100644
--- a/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components/types.d.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ export interface Damage {
 export interface PlayerCharacter {
 	character: CharacterRigR6,
 	humanoid: Humanoid,
-	player: Player,
-	equippedTool?: Tool
+	player: Player
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/state.ts b/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/state.ts
index a182ffa..f1a4d21 100644
--- a/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/state.ts
+++ b/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/state.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export class ClientState {
 		debugEnabled: boolean,
 		isRunning: boolean,
 		backpack: Backpack,
-		// equippedTool: Tool,
 		// lastProcessedCommand: Inputkind,
 
 		logger: Logger
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ export class ClientState {
 		this.debugEnabled = debugEnabled
 		this.isRunning = isRunning
 		this.backpack = backpack
-		// this.equippedTool = equippedTool
 		// this.lastProcessedCommand = lastProcessedCommand
 	
 		this.logger = logger
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ export class ClientState {
 	debugEnabled: boolean
 	isRunning: boolean
 	backpack: Backpack
-
 	lastProcessedCommand?: InputKind
 
 	logger: Logger
diff --git a/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/systems/client/toolHandler.ts b/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/systems/client/toolHandler.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 305fcd8..0000000
--- a/src/ReplicatedStorage/ecs/systems/client/toolHandler.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { World, useEvent } from "@rbxts/matter"
-import { PlayerCharacter } from "ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components"
-import { getEvent } from "ReplicatedStorage/remotes"
-
-function toolHandler(world: World): void {
-    const activateToolEvent = getEvent("activateToolEvent")
-    const equipToolEvent = getEvent("equipToolEvent")
-    
-    for (const [_, character] of world.query(PlayerCharacter)) {
-		if (!character.equippedTool) continue
-
-        for (const [_] of useEvent(character.equippedTool, "Activated")) {
-            activateToolEvent.FireServer()
-        }
-
-        for (const [_, mouse] of useEvent(character.equippedTool, "Equipped")) {
-            equipToolEvent.FireServer(mouse)
-        }
-	}
-}
-
-export = toolHandler
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diff --git a/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/playerCharacterToolIsTool.ts b/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/playerCharacterToolIsTool.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 29eccb2..0000000
--- a/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/playerCharacterToolIsTool.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { None, useEvent, World } from "@rbxts/matter"
-import { PlayerCharacter } from "ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components"
-
-/**
- * Equipped tool is replicated into the ECS.
- */
-function playerCharacterToolIsTool(world: World): void {
-	for (const [id, character] of world.query(PlayerCharacter)) {
-        for (const [_, toolInstance] of useEvent(character.character, "ChildAdded")) {
-            if (!classIs(toolInstance, "Tool")) continue
-
-            world.insert(
-                id,
-                character.patch({
-                    equippedTool: toolInstance
-                })
-            )
-        }
-
-        for (const [_, toolInstance] of useEvent(character.character, "ChildRemoved")) {
-            // classIs more like classWas
-            if (!classIs(toolInstance, "Tool")) continue
-
-            // could also be swapping tools
-            const swappedTool = character.character.FindFirstChildOfClass("Tool")
-
-            world.insert(
-                id,
-                character.patch({
-                    equippedTool: swappedTool ? swappedTool : None
-                })
-            )
-        }
-	}
-}
-
-export = playerCharacterToolIsTool
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diff --git a/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/replication.ts b/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/replication.ts
index 2736cd8..08bdb15 100644
--- a/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/replication.ts
+++ b/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/replication.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ type ComponentConstructor = (typeof Components)[ComponentName]
 
 const REPLICATED_COMPONENT_NAMES: readonly ComponentName[] = [
 	"Model",
-	"Transform",
-	"PlayerCharacter"
+	"Transform"
 ]
 
 const replicatedComponents: ReadonlySet<ComponentConstructor> = REPLICATED_COMPONENT_NAMES.reduce(
diff --git a/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/toolHandler.ts b/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/toolHandler.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ec6803..0000000
--- a/src/ServerScriptService/ecs/systems/server/toolHandler.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { World, useEvent } from "@rbxts/matter"
-import { PlayerCharacter } from "ReplicatedStorage/ecs/components"
-import { ServerState } from "ReplicatedStorage/ecs/state"
-import { getEvent } from "ReplicatedStorage/remotes"
-
-function toolHandler(world: World, state: ServerState): void {
-    const activateToolEvent = getEvent("activateToolEvent")
-    const equipToolEvent = getEvent("equipToolEvent")
-
-    for (const [_, character] of world.query(PlayerCharacter)) {
-        for (const [_, player] of useEvent(activateToolEvent, "OnServerEvent")) {
-            state.logger.Info("{@player} activated the tool {@tool}", player, character.equippedTool)
-            if (character.player !== player) continue
-        }
-
-        for (const [_, player] of useEvent(equipToolEvent, "OnServerEvent")) {
-            state.logger.Info("{@player} equipped the tool {@tool}", player, character.equippedTool)
-            if (character.player !== player) continue
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-export = toolHandler
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