diff --git a/ansible/deploy_home.yml b/ansible/deploy_home.yml
index d4724b7..a40b77e 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy_home.yml
+++ b/ansible/deploy_home.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
     - role: podman
 # SSL certificates are now handled automatically by Caddy
     # - role: ssl  # REMOVED - Caddy handles all certificate management
-    - role: ollama
-      tags: ollama
     - role: github-actions
     - role: graylog-config
       tags: graylog-config
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/defaults/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa63dbc..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/defaults/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-ollama_models:
-  - dolphin-phi
-  - dolphin-mistral
-ollama_host: "127.0.0.1"
-ollama_port: 11434
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 09cce53..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: restart ollama
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: ollama
-    state: restarted
-    daemon_reload: true
-  tags: ollama
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/meta/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fdda41b..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/meta/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-dependencies:
-  - role: common
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/install.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/install.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fdf27ef..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/install.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: check if ollama is already installed
-  ansible.builtin.stat:
-    path: /usr/local/bin/ollama
-  register: ollama_binary
-
-- name: install ollama via official install script
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
-  when: not ollama_binary.stat.exists
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 040f736..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-- import_tasks: install.yml
-  tags: ollama
-
-- import_tasks: service.yml
-  tags: ollama
-
-- import_tasks: models.yml
-  tags: ollama
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/models.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/models.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab66e0c..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/models.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: pull ollama models
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.command: ollama pull {{ item }}
-  loop: "{{ ollama_models }}"
-  register: result
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 10
-  until: result is not failed
-  changed_when: "'pulling' in result.stderr or 'pulling' in result.stdout"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/service.yml b/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/service.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f9aaffc..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/tasks/service.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: create ollama systemd override directory
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d
-    state: directory
-    mode: 0755
-
-- name: template ollama environment override
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: ollama.env.j2
-    dest: /etc/systemd/system/ollama.service.d/override.conf
-    mode: 0644
-  notify: restart ollama
-
-- name: enable and start ollama service
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: ollama
-    enabled: true
-    state: started
-    daemon_reload: true
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ollama/templates/ollama.env.j2 b/ansible/roles/ollama/templates/ollama.env.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 29c0919..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/ollama/templates/ollama.env.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[Service]
-Environment="OLLAMA_HOST={{ ollama_host }}:{{ ollama_port }}"
-Environment="OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL=1"
-Environment="OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS=1"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml
index 69644f7..70a8b88 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/podman/defaults/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ fulfillr_dev_path: "{{ podman_volumes }}/fulfillr-dev"
 fulfillr_dev_server_name: fulfillr-dev.debyltech.com
 fulfillr_dev_store_database_url: "libsql://debyltech-store-staging-debyltech.aws-us-east-1.turso.io"
 gregtime_path: "{{ podman_volumes }}/gregtime"
-searxng_path: "{{ podman_volumes }}/searxng"
 hass_path: "{{ podman_volumes }}/hass"
 # nginx_path: removed - nginx no longer used
 # nosql_path: removed - nosql/redis no longer used
diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/gregtime.yml b/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/gregtime.yml
index 8962f89..5313038 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/gregtime.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/gregtime.yml
@@ -40,14 +40,8 @@
       - host
     env:
       TZ: America/New_York
-      # Ollama + SearXNG for FISTO AI responses
-      OLLAMA_HOST: "http://127.0.0.1:11434"
-      OLLAMA_MODEL: "dolphin-mistral"
-      OLLAMA_FALLBACK_MODEL: "dolphin-phi"
-      OLLAMA_NUM_PREDICT: "300"
-      SEARXNG_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
-      # Gemini API for @bot gemini command
-      GEMINI_API_KEY: "{{ gemini_api_key }}"
+      # xAI Grok API — the bot's sole AI backend
+      XAI_API_KEY: "{{ xai_api_key }}"
       # Zomboid RCON configuration for Discord restart command
       ZOMBOID_RCON_HOST: "127.0.0.1"
       ZOMBOID_RCON_PORT: "{{ zomboid_rcon_port }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/searxng.yml b/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/searxng.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 44d4f9e..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/containers/home/searxng.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: create searxng host directory volumes
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-    owner: "{{ podman_subuid.stdout }}"
-    group: "{{ podman_user }}"
-    mode: 0755
-  notify: restorecon podman
-  loop:
-    - "{{ searxng_path }}/config"
-    - "{{ searxng_path }}/data"
-
-- name: template searxng settings
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: searxng/settings.yml.j2
-    dest: "{{ searxng_path }}/config/settings.yml"
-    owner: "{{ podman_subuid.stdout }}"
-    group: "{{ podman_user }}"
-    mode: 0644
-
-- name: unshare chown the searxng volumes for internal uid 977
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_user }}"
-  changed_when: false
-  ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    podman unshare chown -R 977:977 {{ searxng_path }}/config
-    podman unshare chown -R 977:977 {{ searxng_path }}/data
-
-- name: flush handlers
-  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
-
-- import_tasks: podman/podman-check.yml
-  vars:
-    container_name: searxng
-    container_image: "{{ image }}"
-
-- name: create searxng container
-  become: true
-  become_user: "{{ podman_user }}"
-  containers.podman.podman_container:
-    name: searxng
-    image: "{{ image }}"
-    restart_policy: on-failure:3
-    log_driver: journald
-    network:
-      - host
-    env:
-      SEARXNG_BASE_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:8080/"
-    volumes:
-      - "{{ searxng_path }}/config:/etc/searxng"
-      - "{{ searxng_path }}/data:/srv/searxng/data"
-
-- name: create systemd startup job for searxng
-  include_tasks: podman/systemd-generate.yml
-  vars:
-    container_name: searxng
diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
index 1acaf8d..4a326af 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/podman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -107,14 +107,9 @@
     image: docker.io/graylog/graylog:7.0.1
   tags: debyltech, graylog
 
-- import_tasks: containers/home/searxng.yml
-  vars:
-    image: docker.io/searxng/searxng:latest
-  tags: searxng
-
 - import_tasks: containers/home/gregtime.yml
   vars:
-    image: localhost/greg-time-bot:3.6.5
+    image: localhost/greg-time-bot:3.9.6
   tags: gregtime
 
 - import_tasks: containers/home/zomboid.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/podman/templates/searxng/settings.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/podman/templates/searxng/settings.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 25ec26d..0000000
--- a/ansible/roles/podman/templates/searxng/settings.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-use_default_settings: true
-
-general:
-  instance_name: "SearXNG"
-  debug: false
-
-server:
-  bind_address: "127.0.0.1"
-  port: 8080
-  secret_key: "{{ searxng_secret_key }}"
-  limiter: false
-  image_proxy: false
-
-search:
-  safe_search: 0
-  formats:
-    - html
-    - json
-
-engines:
-  - name: duckduckgo
-    engine: duckduckgo
-    disabled: false
-
-  - name: google
-    engine: google
-    disabled: false
-
-  - name: wikipedia
-    engine: wikipedia
-    disabled: false
-
-  - name: bing
-    engine: bing
-    disabled: false
diff --git a/ansible/vars/vault.yml b/ansible/vars/vault.yml
index ff6d6ba..83294d1 100644
Binary files a/ansible/vars/vault.yml and b/ansible/vars/vault.yml differ