diff --git a/bin/cdist-build-helper b/bin/cdist-build-helper
index 6f514ef5..0380b3f8 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-build-helper
+++ b/bin/cdist-build-helper
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# 2011-2022 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+# 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
 # 2016-2019 Darko Poljak (darko.poljak at gmail.com)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
@@ -534,8 +534,7 @@ eof
     ;;
 
     version)
-        target_version="$(git describe | sed 's/-/.dev/; s/-/+/g')"
-        printf "VERSION = \"%s\"\n" "${target_version}" > cdist/version.py
+        printf "VERSION = \"%s\"\n" "$(git describe)" > cdist/version.py
     ;;
 
     target-version)
diff --git a/cdist/argparse.py b/cdist/argparse.py
index 8f7bbb85..f17315e7 100644
--- a/cdist/argparse.py
+++ b/cdist/argparse.py
@@ -472,6 +472,9 @@ def get_parsers():
     parser['info'].set_defaults(func=cdist.info.Info.commandline)
 
     # Scan = config + further
+    parser['scan'] = parser['sub'].add_parser('scan', add_help=False,
+                                              parents=[parser['config']])
+
     parser['scan'] = parser['sub'].add_parser(
             'scan', parents=[parser['loglevel'],
                              parser['beta'],
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_codename b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_codename
index c9fb5cdf..26bb8e3d 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_codename
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_codename
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 set +e
 case "$("$__explorer/os")" in
-   checkpoint)
-       awk '{printf("%s\n", $(NF-1))}' /etc/cp-release
-   ;;
    openwrt)
       # shellcheck disable=SC1091
       (. /etc/openwrt_release && echo "$DISTRIB_CODENAME")
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_description b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_description
index 7279a9c2..b1009627 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_description
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_description
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 set +e
 case "$("$__explorer/os")" in
-   checkpoint)
-       cat /etc/cp-release
-   ;;
    openwrt)
       # shellcheck disable=SC1091
       (. /etc/openwrt_release && echo "$DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION")
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_id b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_id
index 1f91cc40..82ff9977 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_id
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_id
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 set +e
 case "$("$__explorer/os")" in
-   checkpoint)
-       echo "CheckPoint"
-   ;;
    openwrt)
       # shellcheck disable=SC1091
       (. /etc/openwrt_release && echo "$DISTRIB_ID")
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_release b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_release
index 0bb9f7fe..5ebfff1a 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_release
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/lsb_release
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 set +e
 case "$("$__explorer/os")" in
-   checkpoint)
-       sed /etc/cp-release -e 's/.* R\([1-9][0-9]*\)\.[0-9]*$/\1/'
-   ;;
    openwrt)
       # shellcheck disable=SC1091
       (. /etc/openwrt_release && echo "$DISTRIB_RELEASE")
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/machine_type b/cdist/conf/explorer/machine_type
index c31f5ca6..00646c75 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/machine_type
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/machine_type
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ check_vm_arch_specific() {
 				&& return 0
 			fi
 			if has_cpuinfo \
-				&& grep -q -i -e '^flags.*:.*\(hypervisor\|vmm\)\( \|$\)' /proc/cpuinfo
+				&& grep -q -i -e '^flags.*:.*\(hypervisor\|vmm\)' /proc/cpuinfo
 			then
 				return 0
 			fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/os b/cdist/conf/explorer/os
index b9232ee4..46d87f3e 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/os
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/os
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ if [ -f /etc/slackware-version ]; then
    exit 0
 fi
 
-# Appliances
-
-if grep -q '^Check Point Gaia' /etc/cp-release 2>/dev/null; then
-    echo checkpoint
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 uname_s="$(uname -s)"
 
 # Assume there is no tr on the client -> do lower case ourselves
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/os_release b/cdist/conf/explorer/os_release
index ec85046f..6489446b 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/os_release
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/os_release
@@ -34,9 +34,5 @@ elif test -f /var/run/os-release
 then
 	# FreeBSD (created by os-release service)
 	cat /var/run/os-release
-elif test -f /etc/cp-release
-then
-        # Checkpoint firewall or management (actually linux based)
-        cat /etc/cp-release
 fi
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version b/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version
index fc59fd14..bbc9e4f0 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version
+++ b/cdist/conf/explorer/os_version
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ in
       # empty, but well...
       cat /etc/arch-release
    ;;
-   checkpoint)
-       awk '{version=$NF; printf("%s\n", substr(version, 2))}' /etc/cp-release
-    ;;
    debian)
       debian_version=$(cat /etc/debian_version)
       case $debian_version
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@ in
             # ceres versions don't have a number, so we decode by codename:
             case ${devuan_version}
             in
-               (daedalus/ceres) echo 4.99 ;;
                (chimaera/ceres) echo 3.99 ;;
                (beowulf/ceres) echo 2.99 ;;
                (ascii/ceres) echo 1.99 ;;
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_mark/explorer/state b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_mark/explorer/state
index b464179a..b7fe08fa 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_mark/explorer/state
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_mark/explorer/state
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ else
     name="$__object_id"
 fi
 
-apt-mark showhold | grep -q "^${name}$" && echo hold || echo unhold
+apt-mark showhold | grep -Fq "$name" && echo hold || echo unhold
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst
index e6ec8b51..4229c0cd 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/man.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ package
    Package name, glob or regular expression to match (multiple) packages. If not specified `__object_id` is used.
 
 priority
-   The priority value to assign to matching packages. Defaults to 500. (To match the default target distro's priority)
+   The priority value to assign to matching packages. Deafults to 500. (To match the default target distro's priority)
 
 state
    Will be passed to underlying `__file` type; see there for valid values and defaults.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/manifest
index 983b2b42..e72a8fdd 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/manifest
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ __file "/etc/apt/preferences.d/$name" \
     --owner root --group root --mode 0644 \
     --state "$state" \
     --source - << EOF
-# Created by cdist ${__type##*/}
-# Do not change. Changes will be overwritten.
-#
-
-# $name
 Package: $package
 Pin: $pin
 Pin-Priority: $priority
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/default/priority b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/default/priority
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b79f38e..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/default/priority
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-500
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/optional
index 847e703d..52f01fd2 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/optional
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/optional
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 state
 package
-priority
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/required b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/required
index c8572d92..4b4e9741 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/required
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_pin/parameter/required
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 distribution
+priority
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/files/remove-apt-repository b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/files/remove-apt-repository
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3eb7d491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/files/remove-apt-repository
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Remove the given apt repository.
+#
+# Exit with:
+#   0: if it worked
+#   1: if not
+#   2: on other error
+
+import os
+import sys
+from aptsources import distro, sourceslist
+from softwareproperties import ppa
+from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties import SoftwareProperties
+
+
+def remove_if_empty(file_name):
+    with open(file_name, 'r') as f:
+        if f.read().strip():
+            return
+        os.unlink(file_name)
+
+def remove_repository(repository):
+    #print 'repository:', repository
+    codename = distro.get_distro().codename
+    #print 'codename:', codename
+    (line, file) = ppa.expand_ppa_line(repository.strip(), codename)
+    #print 'line:', line
+    #print 'file:', file
+    deb_source_entry = sourceslist.SourceEntry(line, file)
+    src_source_entry = sourceslist.SourceEntry('deb-src{}'.format(line[3:]), file)
+
+    try:
+        sp = SoftwareProperties()
+        sp.remove_source(deb_source_entry)
+        try:
+            # If there's a deb-src entry, remove that too
+            sp.remove_source(src_source_entry)
+        except:
+            pass
+        remove_if_empty(file)
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        print >> sys.stderr, "Error: '%s' doesn't exists in a sourcelist file" % line
+        return False
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
+        print >> sys.stderr, 'Error: need a repository as argument'
+        sys.exit(2)
+    repository = sys.argv[1]
+    if remove_repository(repository):
+        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/gencode-remote
index e41341b8..84ebebfe 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/gencode-remote
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ fi
 
 case "$state_should" in
    present)
-      echo "add-apt-repository -y '$name'"
+      echo "add-apt-repository '$name'"
    ;;
    absent)
-      echo "add-apt-repository -r -y '$name'"
+      echo "remove-apt-repository '$name'"
    ;;
 esac
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/manifest
index 57e85442..c6f4e876 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_ppa/manifest
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@
 
 __package software-properties-common
 
+require="__package/software-properties-common" \
+   __file /usr/local/bin/remove-apt-repository \
+   --source "$__type/files/remove-apt-repository" \
+   --mode 0755
+
 require="$__object_name" __apt_update_index
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/files/source.list.template b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/files/source.list.template
index a28bb45f..d4420e96 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/files/source.list.template
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/files/source.list.template
@@ -2,14 +2,13 @@
 set -u
 
 entry="$uri $distribution $component"
-
 cat << DONE
 # Created by cdist ${__type##*/}
 # Do not change. Changes will be overwritten.
 #
 
 # $name
-deb ${options} $entry
+deb ${forcedarch} $entry
 DONE
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/include-src" ]; then
    echo "deb-src $entry"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/gencode-remote
index 973b0f6c..1e8592c6 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/gencode-remote
@@ -22,21 +22,7 @@
 name="$__object_id"
 destination="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/${name}.list"
 
-# There are special arguments to apt(8) to prevent aborts if apt woudn't been
-# updated after the 19th April 2021 till the bullseye release. The additional
-# arguments acknoledge the happend suite change (the apt(8) update does the
-# same by itself).
-#
-# Using '-o $config' instead of the --allow-releaseinfo-change-* parameter
-# allows backward compatablility to pre-buster Debian versions.
-#
-# See more: ticket #861
-# https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist/-/issues/861
-apt_opts="-o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Suite=true -o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Version=true"
-
-# run 'apt-get update' only if something changed with our sources.list file
-#   it will be run a second time on error as a redundancy messure to success
 if grep -q "^__file${destination}" "$__messages_in"; then
-   printf 'apt-get %s update || apt-get %s update\n' "$apt_opts" "$apt_opts"
+   printf 'apt-get update || apt-get update\n'
 fi
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.rst
index d317a135..d1acb388 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.rst
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 arch
    set this if you need to force and specific arch (ubuntu specific)
 
-signed-by
-   provide a GPG key fingerprint or keyring path for signature checks
-
 state
    'present' or 'absent', defaults to 'present'
 
@@ -59,11 +56,6 @@ EXAMPLES
        --uri http://archive.canonical.com/ \
        --component partner --state present
 
-    __apt_source goaccess \
-       --uri http://deb.goaccess.io/ \
-       --component main \
-       --signed-by C03B48887D5E56B046715D3297BD1A0133449C3D
-
 
 AUTHORS
 -------
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest
index fd1ec47f..35f15909 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 name="$__object_id"
 state="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")"
 uri="$(cat "$__object/parameter/uri")"
-options=""
 
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/distribution" ]; then
    distribution="$(cat "$__object/parameter/distribution")"
@@ -32,15 +31,9 @@ fi
 component="$(cat "$__object/parameter/component")"
 
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/arch" ]; then
-   options="arch=$(cat "$__object/parameter/arch")"
-fi
-
-if [ -f "$__object/parameter/signed-by" ]; then
-   options="$options signed-by=$(cat "$__object/parameter/signed-by")"
-fi
-
-if [ "$options" ]; then
-    options="[$options]"
+   forcedarch="[arch=$(cat "$__object/parameter/arch")]"
+else
+   forcedarch=""
 fi
 
 # export variables for use in template
@@ -48,7 +41,7 @@ export name
 export uri
 export distribution
 export component
-export options
+export forcedarch
 
 # generate file from template
 mkdir "$__object/files"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/parameter/optional
index 0b5470a1..87537335 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/parameter/optional
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/parameter/optional
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 state
 distribution
 component
-arch
-signed-by
+arch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_update_index/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_update_index/gencode-remote
index 2d7f9030..70b59710 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_update_index/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_update_index/gencode-remote
@@ -18,23 +18,9 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-
-# There are special arguments to apt(8) to prevent aborts if apt woudn't been
-# updated after the 19th April 2021 till the bullseye release. The additional
-# arguments acknoledge the happend suite change (the apt(8) update does the
-# same by itself).
-#
-# Using '-o $config' instead of the --allow-releaseinfo-change-* parameter
-# allows backward compatablility to pre-buster Debian versions.
-#
-# See more: ticket #861
-# https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist/-/issues/861
-apt_opts="-o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Suite=true -o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Version=true"
-
 # run 'apt-get update' if anything in /etc/apt is newer then /var/lib/apt/lists
-#   it will be run a second time on error as a redundancy messure to success
 cat << DONE
 if find /etc/apt -mindepth 1 -cnewer /var/lib/apt/lists | grep . > /dev/null; then
-   apt-get $apt_opts update || apt-get $apt_opts update
+   apt-get update || apt-get update
 fi
 DONE
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/deprecated
similarity index 100%
rename from cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/optional
rename to cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/deprecated
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/deprecated/file b/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/deprecated/file
deleted file mode 100644
index 09db545a..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__debconf_set_selections/parameter/deprecated/file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-'file' has been deprecated in favour of 'line' in order to provide idempotency.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/man.rst
index c8f36712..ba7621a1 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/man.rst
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ state
 source
     forwarded to :strong:`__file` type
 
-file
-    forwarded to :strong:`__file` type
-    This can be used if multiple users need to have a dotfile updated,
-    which will result in duplicate object id errors. When using the
-    file parameter the object id can be some unique value.
-
 MESSAGES
 --------
 
@@ -67,15 +61,6 @@ EXAMPLES
     # Install default xmonad config for user 'eve'. Parent directory is created automatically.
     __dot_file .xmonad/xmonad.hs --user eve --state exists --source "$__files/xmonad.hs"
 
-    # install .vimrc for root and some users
-    for user in root userx usery userz; do
-        __dot_file "${user}_dot_vimrc" \
-            --user $user \
-            --file .vimrc \
-            --state exists \
-            --source "$__files/$user/.vimrc"
-    done
-
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/manifest
index a38ed943..02dadf05 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__dot_file/manifest
@@ -20,19 +20,13 @@ user="$(cat "${__object}/parameter/user")"
 home="$(cat "${__object}/explorer/home")"
 primary_group="$(cat "${__object}/explorer/primary_group")"
 dirmode="$(cat "${__object}/parameter/dirmode")"
-if [ -f "${__object}/parameter/file" ]; then
-    file="$(cat "${__object}/parameter/file")"
-else
-    file="${__object_id}"
-fi
-
 
 # Create parent directory. Type __directory has flag 'parents', but it
 # will leave us with root-owned directory in user home, which is not
 # acceptable. So we create parent directories one-by-one. XXX: maybe
 # it should be fixed in '__directory'?
 set --
-subpath=${file}
+subpath=${__object_id}
 while subpath="$(dirname "${subpath}")" ; do
 	[ "${subpath}" = . ] && break
 	set -- "${subpath}" "$@"
@@ -70,4 +64,4 @@ if [ "${source}" = "-" ] ; then
 fi
 unset source
 
-__file "${home}/${file}" --owner "$user" --group "$primary_group" "$@"
+__file "${home}/${__object_id}" --owner "$user" --group "$primary_group" "$@"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-local b/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-local
index 5a303308..231b6927 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-local
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-local
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #
 # 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
-# 2013-2022 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist armstrong.cc)
+# 2013 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist armstrong.cc)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ if [ "$state_should" = "present" ] || [ "$state_should" = "exists" ]; then
          if [ "$type" != "file" ]; then
             # destination is not a regular file, upload source to replace it
             upload_file=1
-            echo upload >> "$__messages_out"
          else
             local_cksum="$(cksum < "$source")"
             remote_cksum="$(cat "$__object/explorer/cksum")"
@@ -89,39 +88,27 @@ if [ "$state_should" = "present" ] || [ "$state_should" = "exists" ]; then
       mkdir "$__object/files"
       touch "$__object/files/set-attributes"
 
-      if [ "$create_file" ]; then
-         # When creating an empty file we create it locally and then
-         # upload it so that permissions can be set before moving the file
-         # into place.
-         source="$__object/files/empty"
-         touch "$source"
-      fi
-
       # upload file to temp location
-      upload_destination="${destination}.cdist.${__cdist_object_marker}.$$"
-      # Yes, we are aware that this is a race condition.
-      # However:
-      # a) cdist usually writes to directories that are not user writable
-      #    (probably > 99.9%)
-      # b) if they are user owned, the user / attacker always wins
-      #    (probably < 0.1%)
-      # c) the only case which we could improve are tmp directories and we
-      #    don't think managing tmp directories with cdist is a typical case
-      #    ("the rest %)"
-
-      # Tell gencode-remote to where we uploaded the file so it can move
-      # it to its final destination.
-      echo "$upload_destination" > "$__object/files/upload-destination"
-
-      # IPv6 fix
-      if echo "${__target_host}" | grep -q -E '^[0-9a-fA-F:]+$'
-      then
-          my_target_host="[${__target_host}]"
-      else
-          my_target_host="${__target_host}"
-      fi
+      tempfile_template="${destination}.cdist.XXXXXXXXXX"
       cat << DONE
-$__remote_copy "$source" "${my_target_host}:${upload_destination}"
+destination_upload="\$($__remote_exec $__target_host "mktemp $tempfile_template")"
+DONE
+      if [ "$upload_file" ]; then
+         echo upload >> "$__messages_out"
+         # IPv6 fix
+         if echo "${__target_host}" | grep -q -E '^[0-9a-fA-F:]+$'
+         then
+             my_target_host="[${__target_host}]"
+         else
+             my_target_host="${__target_host}"
+         fi
+         cat << DONE
+$__remote_copy "$source" "${my_target_host}:\$destination_upload"
+DONE
+      fi
+# move uploaded file into place
+cat << DONE
+$__remote_exec $__target_host "rm -rf \"$destination\"; mv \"\$destination_upload\" \"$destination\""
 DONE
    fi
 fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-remote
index 1a9ff69c..f7a528fd 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__file/gencode-remote
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #
 # 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
-# 2013-2022 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist armstrong.cc)
+# 2013 Steven Armstrong (steven-cdist armstrong.cc)
 #
 # This file is part of cdist.
 #
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@ set_mode() {
 
 case "$state_should" in
     present|exists)
-        if [ -f "$__object/files/upload-destination" ]; then
-            final_destination="$destination"
-            # We change the 'global' $destination variable here so we can
-            # change attributes of the new/uploaded file before moving it
-            # to it's final destination.
-            destination="$(cat "$__object/files/upload-destination")"
-        fi
         # Note: Mode - needs to happen last as a chown/chgrp can alter mode by
         #  clearing S_ISUID and S_ISGID bits (see chown(2))
         for attribute in group owner mode; do
@@ -88,11 +81,6 @@ case "$state_should" in
                 fi
             fi
         done
-        if [ -f "$__object/files/upload-destination" ]; then
-            # move uploaded file into place
-            printf 'rm -rf "%s"\n' "$final_destination"
-            printf 'mv "%s" "%s"\n' "$destination" "$final_destination"
-        fi
         if [ -f "$__object/files/set-attributes" ]; then
             # set-attributes is created if file is created or uploaded in gencode-local
             fire_onchange=1
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__grafana_dashboard/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__grafana_dashboard/manifest
index 0d944482..d145c4c3 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__grafana_dashboard/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__grafana_dashboard/manifest
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ case $os in
                 # Differntation not needed anymore
                 apt_source_distribution=stable
                 ;;
-            10*|11*)
+            10*)
                 # Differntation not needed anymore
                 apt_source_distribution=stable
                 ;;
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/http b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/http
deleted file mode 100644
index 0508a465..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/http
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-frontend http
-	bind	BIND@:80
-	mode	http
-	option	httplog
-	default_backend	http
-
-backend http
-	mode	http
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/https b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/https
deleted file mode 100644
index 73deac46..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/https
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-frontend https
-	bind	BIND@:443
-	mode	tcp
-	option	tcplog
-	tcp-request	inspect-delay 5s
-	tcp-request	content accept if { req_ssl_hello_type 1 }
-	default_backend	https
-
-backend https
-	mode	tcp
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/imaps b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/imaps
deleted file mode 100644
index b1ec3793..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/imaps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-frontend imaps
-	bind	BIND@:143
-	bind	BIND@:993
-
-	mode	tcp
-	option	tcplog
-	tcp-request	inspect-delay 5s
-	tcp-request	content accept if { req_ssl_hello_type 1 }
-	default_backend	imaps
-
-backend imaps
-	mode	tcp
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/smtps b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/smtps
deleted file mode 100644
index dce6ed4a..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/files/smtps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-frontend smtps
-	bind	BIND@:25
-	bind	BIND@:465
-
-	mode	tcp
-	option	tcplog
-	tcp-request	inspect-delay 5s
-	tcp-request	content accept if { req_ssl_hello_type 1 }
-	default_backend	smtps
-
-backend smtps
-	mode	tcp
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/man.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c131cbe..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/man.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-cdist-type__haproxy_dualstack(7)
-================================
-
-
-NAME
-----
-cdist-type__haproxy_dualstack - Proxy services from a dual-stack server
-
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-This (singleton) type installs and configures haproxy to act as a dual-stack
-proxy for single-stack services.
-
-This can be useful to add IPv4 support to IPv6-only services while only using
-one IPv4 for many such services.
-
-By default this type uses the plain TCP proxy mode, which means that there is no
-need for TLS termination on this host when SNI is supported.
-This also means that proxied services will not receive the client's IP address,
-but will see the proxy's IP address instead (that of `$__target_host`).
-
-This can be solved by using the PROXY protocol, but do take into account that,
-e.g. nginx cannot serve both regular HTTP(S) and PROXY protocols on the same
-port, so you will need to use other ports for that.
-
-As a recommendation in this type: use TCP ports 8080 and 591 respectively to
-serve HTTP and HTTPS using the PROXY protocol.
-
-See the EXAMPLES for more details.
-
-
-OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
--------------------
-v4proxy
-    Proxy incoming IPv4 connections to the equivalent IPv6 endpoint.
-    In its simplest use, it must be a NAME with an `AAAA` DNS entry, which is
-    the IP address actually providing the proxied services.
-    The full format of this argument is:
-    `[proxy:]NAME[[:PROTOCOL_1=PORT_1]...[:PROTOCOL_N=PORT_N]]`
-    Where starting with `proxy:` determines that the PROXY protocol must be
-    used and each `:PROTOCOL=PORT` (e.g. `:http=8080` or `:https=591`) is a PORT
-    override for the given PROTOCOL (see `--protocol`), if not present the
-    PROTOCOL's default port will be used.
-
-
-v6proxy
-    Proxy incoming IPv6 connections to the equivalent IPv4 endpoint.
-    In its simplest use, it must be a NAME with an `A` DNS entry, which is
-    the IP address actually providing the proxied services.
-    See `--v4proxy` for more options and details.
-
-protocol
-    Can be passed multiple times or as a space-separated list of protocols.
-    Currently supported protocols are: `http`, `https`, `imaps`, `smtps`.
-    This defaults to: `http https imaps smtps`.
-
-
-EXAMPLES
---------
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    # Proxy the IPv6-only services so IPv4-only clients can access them
-    # This uses HAProxy's TCP mode for http, https, imaps and smtps
-    __haproxy_dualstack \
-        --v4proxy ipv6.chat \
-        --v4proxy matrix.ungleich.ch
-
-    # Proxy the IPv6-only HTTP(S) services so IPv4-only clients can access them
-    # Note this means that the backend IPv6-only server will only see
-    # the IPv6 address of the haproxy host managed by cdist, which can be
-    # troublesome if this information is relevant for analytics/security/...
-    # See the PROXY example below
-    __haproxy_dualstack \
-        --protocol http --protocol https \
-        --v4proxy ipv6.chat \
-        --v4proxy matrix.ungleich.ch
-
-    # Use the PROXY protocol to proxy the IPv6-only HTTP(S) services enabling
-    # IPv4-only clients to access them while maintaining the client's IP address
-    __haproxy_dualstack \
-        --protocol http --protocol https \
-        --v4proxy proxy:ipv6.chat:http=8080:https=591 \
-        --v4proxy proxy:matrix.ungleich.ch:http=8080:https=591
-    # Note however that the PROXY protocol is not compatible with regular
-    # HTTP(S) protocols, so your nginx will have to listen on different ports
-    # with the PROXY settings.
-    # Note that you will need to restrict access to the 8080 port to prevent
-    # Client IP spoofing.
-    # This can be something like:
-    # server {
-    #     # listen for regular HTTP connections
-    #     listen [::]:80 default_server;
-    #     listen 80 default_server;
-    #     # listen for PROXY HTTP connections
-    #     listen [::]:8080 proxy_protocol;
-    #     # Accept the Client's IP from the PROXY protocol
-    #     real_ip_header proxy_protocol;
-    # }
-
-
-SEE ALSO
---------
-- https://www.haproxy.com/blog/enhanced-ssl-load-balancing-with-server-name-indication-sni-tls-extension/
-- https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy/proxy-protocol/
-- https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/using-proxy-protocol/
-
-
-AUTHORS
--------
-ungleich <foss--@--ungleich.ch>
-Evilham <cvs--@--evilham.com>
-
-
-COPYING
--------
-Copyright \(C) 2021 ungleich glarus ag. You can redistribute it
-and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
-published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index d110eea6..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
-
-__package haproxy
-require="__package/haproxy" __start_on_boot haproxy
-
-tmpdir="$__object/files"
-mkdir "$tmpdir"
-configtmp="$__object/files/haproxy.cfg"
-
-os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
-case $os in
-	freebsd)
-		CONFIG_FILE="/usr/local/etc/haproxy.conf"
-		cat <<EOF > "$configtmp"
-global
-	maxconn	4000
-	user	nobody
-	group	nogroup
-	daemon
-
-EOF
-
-		;;
-	*)
-		CONFIG_FILE="/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
-		cat <<EOF > "$configtmp"
-global
-	log	[::1] local2
-	chroot	/var/lib/haproxy
-	pidfile	/var/run/haproxy.pid
-	maxconn	4000
-	user	haproxy
-	group	haproxy
-	daemon
-
-	# turn on stats unix socket
-	stats socket	/var/lib/haproxy/stats
-
-EOF
-		;;
-esac
-
-cat <<EOF >> "$configtmp"
-defaults
-	retries	3
-	log	global
-	timeout http-request	10s
-	timeout queue		1m
-	timeout connect		10s
-	timeout client		1m
-	timeout server		1m
-	timeout http-keep-alive	10s
-	timeout check		10s
-EOF
-
-dig_cmd="$(command -v dig || true)"
-get_ip() {
-	# Usage: get_ip (ipv4|ipv6) NAME
-	# uses "dig" if available, else fallback to "host"
-	case $1 in
-		ipv4)
-			if [ -n "${dig_cmd}" ]; then
-				${dig_cmd} +short A "$2"
-			else
-				host -t A "$2" | cut -d ' ' -f 4 | grep -v 'found:'
-			fi
-			;;
-		ipv6)
-			if [ -n "${dig_cmd}" ]; then
-				${dig_cmd} +short AAAA "$2"
-			else
-				host -t AAAA "$2" | cut -d ' ' -f 5 | grep -v 'NXDOMAIN'
-			fi
-			;;
-	esac
-}
-
-PROTOCOLS="$(cat "$__object/parameter/protocol")"
-
-for proxy in v4proxy v6proxy; do
-	param=$__object/parameter/$proxy
-	# no backend? skip generating code
-	if [ ! -f "$param" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
-
-	# turn backend name into bind parameter: v4backend -> ipv4@
-	bind=$(echo $proxy | sed -e 's/^/ip/' -e 's/proxy//')
-
-	case $bind in
-		ipv4)
-			backendproto=ipv6
-			;;
-		ipv6)
-			backendproto=ipv4
-			;;
-	esac
-
-	for proto in ${PROTOCOLS}; do
-		# Add protocol "header"
-		printf "\n# %s %s \n" "${bind}" "${proto}" >> "$configtmp"
-
-		sed -e "s/BIND/$bind/" \
-			-e "s/\(frontend[[:space:]].*\)/\1$bind/" \
-			-e "s/\(backend[[:space:]].*\)/\\1$bind/" \
-			"$__type/files/$proto" >> "$configtmp"
-
-		while read -r hostdefinition; do
-			if echo "$hostdefinition" | grep -qE '^proxy:'; then
-				# Proxy protocol was requested
-				host="$(echo "$hostdefinition" | sed -E 's/^proxy:([^:]+).*$/\1/')"
-				send_proxy=" send-proxy"
-			else
-				# Just use tcp proxy mode
-				host="$hostdefinition"
-				send_proxy=""
-			fi
-			if echo "$hostdefinition" | grep -qE ":${proto}="; then
-				# Use custom port definition if requested
-				port="$(echo "$hostdefinition" | sed -E "s/^(.*:)?${proto}=([0-9]+).*$/:\2/")"
-			else
-				# Else use the default
-				port=""
-			fi
-			servername=$host
-
-			res=$(get_ip "$bind" "$servername")
-
-			if [ -z "$res" ]; then
-				echo "$servername does not resolve - aborting config" >&2
-				exit 1
-			fi
-
-			# Treat protocols without TLS+SNI specially
-			if [ "$proto" = http ]; then
-				echo "	use-server $servername if { hdr(host) -i $host }" >> "$configtmp"
-			else
-				echo "	use-server $servername if { req_ssl_sni -i $host }" >> "$configtmp"
-			fi
-
-			# Create the "server" itself.
-			# Note that port and send_proxy will be empty unless
-			# they were requested by the type user
-			echo "	server $servername ${backendproto}@${host}${port}${send_proxy}" >> "$configtmp"
-
-		done < "$param"
-	done
-done
-
-# Create config file
-require="__package/haproxy" __file ${CONFIG_FILE} --source "$configtmp" --mode 0644
-
-require="__file${CONFIG_FILE}" __check_messages "haproxy_reload" \
-	--pattern "^__file${CONFIG_FILE}" \
-	--execute "service haproxy reload || service haproxy restart"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/parameter/default/protocol b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/parameter/default/protocol
deleted file mode 100644
index dc8bb7bf..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/parameter/default/protocol
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http https imaps smtps
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/parameter/optional_multiple b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/parameter/optional_multiple
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c482bd4..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/parameter/optional_multiple
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-protocol
-v4proxy
-v6proxy
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__haproxy_dualstack/singleton
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/manifest
index 39067f3b..6394f629 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__letsencrypt_cert/manifest
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ if [ -z "${certbot_fullpath}" ]; then
 					require="__apt_source/stretch-backports" __package_apt certbot \
 						--target-release stretch-backports
 				;;
-				10*|11*)
+				10*)
 					__package_apt certbot
 				;;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if [ -z "${certbot_fullpath}" ]; then
 			esac
 		;;
 		freebsd)
-			__package py39-certbot
+			__package py37-certbot
 			certbot_fullpath="/usr/local/bin/certbot"
 		;;
 		ubuntu)
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
index 79c0d9d3..fbfca330 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
@@ -81,24 +81,12 @@ aptget="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get --quiet --yes -o Dpkg::Options::=
 
 case "$state_should" in
     present)
-        # There are special arguments to apt(8) to prevent aborts if apt woudn't been
-        # updated after the 19th April 2021 till the bullseye release. The additional
-        # arguments acknoledge the happend suite change (the apt(8) update does the
-        # same by itself).
-        #
-        # Using '-o $config' instead of the --allow-releaseinfo-change-* parameter
-        # allows backward compatablility to pre-buster Debian versions.
-        #
-        # See more: ticket #861
-        # https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist/-/issues/861
-        apt_opts="-o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Suite=true -o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Version=true"
-
         # following is bit ugly, but important hack.
         # due to how cdist config run works, there isn't
         # currently better way to do it :(
         cat << EOF
 if [ ! -f /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin ] || [ "\$( stat --format %Y /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin )" -lt "\$( date +%s -d '-1 day' )" ]
-then echo apt-get $apt_opts update > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+then echo apt-get update > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 fi
 EOF
         if [ -n "$version" ]; then
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_luarocks/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__package_luarocks/manifest
index 9e4499b2..7d8262ca 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_luarocks/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_luarocks/manifest
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-__package luarocks --state present
-__package make --state present
+__package luarocks --state installed
+__package make --state installed
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote
index a10c16d3..803468b5 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_update_index/gencode-remote
@@ -41,19 +41,7 @@ fi
 case "$type" in
     yum) ;;
     apt)
-        # There are special arguments to apt(8) to prevent aborts if apt woudn't been
-        # updated after the 19th April 2021 till the bullseye release. The additional
-        # arguments acknoledge the happend suite change (the apt(8) update does the
-        # same by itself).
-        #
-        # Using '-o $config' instead of the --allow-releaseinfo-change-* parameter
-        # allows backward compatablility to pre-buster Debian versions.
-        #
-        # See more: ticket #861
-        # https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist/-/issues/861
-        apt_opts="-o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Suite=true -o Acquire::AllowReleaseInfoChange::Version=true"
-
-        echo "apt-get --quiet $apt_opts update"
+        echo "apt-get --quiet update"
         echo "apt-cache updated (age was: $currage)" >> "$__messages_out"
         ;;
     pacman)
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote
index d332e851..38aa001e 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ apt_clean="$__object/parameter/apt-clean"
 
 apt_dist_upgrade="$__object/parameter/apt-dist-upgrade"
 
-if [ -f "$__object/parameter/apt-with-new-pkgs" ]; then
-	apt_with_new_pkgs="--with-new-pkgs"
-fi
-
 if [ -f "$type" ]; then
     type="$(cat "$type")"
 else
@@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ case "$type" in
     apt)
         if [ -f "$apt_dist_upgrade" ]
         then echo "$aptget dist-upgrade"
-        else echo "$aptget $apt_with_new_pkgs upgrade"
+        else echo "$aptget upgrade"
         fi
 
         if [ -f "$apt_clean" ]
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/man.rst
index 0c116bac..e9e2b8ce 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/man.rst
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
 apt-dist-upgrade
     Do dist-upgrade instead of upgrade.
 
-apt-with-new-pkg
-    Allow installing new packages when used in conjunction with
-    upgrade. This is useful if the update of an installed package
-    requires new dependencies to be installed. Instead of holding the
-    package back upgrade will upgrade the package and install the new
-    dependencies. Note that upgrade with this option will never remove
-    packages, only allow adding new ones.
-
 apt-clean
     Clean out the local repository of retrieved package files.
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean
index cd22eb90..7a56a34b 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 apt-clean
 apt-dist-upgrade
-apt-with-new-pkgs
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote
index cbffde94..61c77fb9 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__ssh_authorized_key/gencode-remote
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ if [ -f "$file" ]; then
    grep -v -F -x '$line' '$file' >\$tmpfile
 fi
 cat "\$tmpfile" >"$file"
-rm -f "\$tmpfile"
 DONE
 }
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote
index d8612986..b685c990 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/gencode-remote
@@ -34,12 +34,3 @@ case "$os" in
       echo "echo \"$timezone_should\" > /etc/timezone"
    ;;
 esac
-
-case "$os" in
-    openwrt)
-        cat <<EOF
-			uci set system.@system[0].timezone="$timezone_should"
-			uci commit
-EOF
-   ;;
-esac
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest
index 307bec04..0eb7fb9c 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__timezone/manifest
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ case "$os" in
                 --file /etc/sysconfig/clock \
                 --delimiter '=' \
                 --value "\"$timezone\""
-        ;;
-    openwrt)
-        : # Uses gencode-remote
-        ;;
+    ;;
     *)
         echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
         echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group
index 8a02f219..5bad9a0b 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/explorer/group
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 user="$(cat "$__object/parameter/user" 2>/dev/null || echo "$__object_id")"
 
-(id -G -n "$user" | tr ' ' '\n') 2>/dev/null || true
+(id -G -n "$user" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort) 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote
index 0585e90f..8120761a 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__user_groups/gencode-remote
@@ -26,15 +26,13 @@ os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
 mkdir "$__object/files"
 # file has to be sorted for comparison with `comm`
 sort "$__object/parameter/group" > "$__object/files/group.sorted"
-# Use local sort for remote groups
-sort "$__object/explorer/group" > "$__object/files/group-remote.sorted"
 
 case "$state_should" in
    present)
-      changed_groups="$(comm -13 "$__object/files/group-remote.sorted" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
+      changed_groups="$(comm -13 "$__object/explorer/group" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
    ;;
    absent)
-      changed_groups="$(comm -12 "$__object/files/group-remote.sorted" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
+      changed_groups="$(comm -12 "$__object/explorer/group" "$__object/files/group.sorted")"
    ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/cdist/integration.py b/cdist/integration.py
index 04470ea7..17b65f09 100644
--- a/cdist/integration.py
+++ b/cdist/integration.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def _process_hosts_simple(action, host, manifest, verbose,
     """
     if isinstance(host, str):
         hosts = [host, ]
-    elif isinstance(host, collections.abc.Iterable):
+    elif isinstance(host, collections.Iterable):
         hosts = host
     else:
         raise cdist.Error('Invalid host argument: {}'.format(host))
diff --git a/cdist/util/fsproperty.py b/cdist/util/fsproperty.py
index 6bf935e8..09e9cc19 100644
--- a/cdist/util/fsproperty.py
+++ b/cdist/util/fsproperty.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class AbsolutePathRequiredError(cdist.Error):
         return 'Absolute path required, got: {}'.format(self.path)
 
 
-class FileList(collections.abc.MutableSequence):
+class FileList(collections.MutableSequence):
     """A list that stores it's state in a file.
 
     """
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class FileList(collections.abc.MutableSequence):
         self.__write(lines)
 
 
-class DirectoryDict(collections.abc.MutableMapping):
+class DirectoryDict(collections.MutableMapping):
     """A dict that stores it's items as files in a directory.
 
     """
diff --git a/docs/changelog b/docs/changelog
index fa741365..693d028f 100644
--- a/docs/changelog
+++ b/docs/changelog
@@ -2,34 +2,7 @@ Changelog
 ---------
 
 next:
-	* Type __timezone: Add support for OpenWRT (Nico Schottelius)
-
-7.0.1:
-	* Core: Remove double definition of scan parser (Nico Schottelius)
-	* Type __apt_mark: Narrow down grep for hold packages (marcoduif)
-	* Type __apt_source: Set required options variable (Mark Verboom)
-	* Type __letsencrypt_cert: Update python version (Michelle)
-	* Explorer os_version: Add support for Daedalus (Michelle)
-	* Explorer machine_type: Correct incorrect VMM matching (Mark Verboom)
-
-7.0.0: 2022-07-31
 	* Explorer machine_type: Rewrite (Dennis Camera)
-	* New type: __sed (Ander Punnar)
-	* New type: __haproxy_dualstack (Evilham and ungleich)
-	* Type __apt_update_index: Fix complaint about suite change (Matthias Stecher)
-	* Type __package_update_index: Fix complaint about suite change (Matthias Stecher)
-	* Type __package_upgrade_all: Add new --apt-with-new-pkgs argument (Evilham)
-	* Type __apt_source: Fix complaint about suite change (Matthias Stecher)
-	* Type __package_apt: Fix complaint about suite change (Matthias Stecher)
-	* Type __debconf_set_selections: Fix bug where --file was unsupported (Evilham)
-	* Types __letsencrypt_cert, __grafana_dashboard: Improve bullseye support (Evilham)
-	* Type __ssh_authorized_key: Also remove tmpfile if removing line (Mark Verboom)
-	* Type __apt_pin: Add default priority, add comment in generated files (Daniel Fancsali)
-	* Type __file: make file uploading and attribute changes more atomic	(Steven Armstrong)
-	* Type __dot_file: Add support for using --file parameter (Stephan Leemburg)
-	* Type __apt_ppa: Replace custom "remove-apt-repository" with add-apt-repository -r (Romain Dartigues)
-	* Type __apt_source: Add signed-by parameter (Daniel Fancsali)
-	* Explorer: add support for checkpoint (Stephan Leemburg)
 
 6.9.8: 2021-08-24
 	* Type __rsync: Rewrite (Ander Punnar)
diff --git a/docs/dev/release-process.org b/docs/dev/release-process.org
deleted file mode 100644
index 42b4f5c5..00000000
--- a/docs/dev/release-process.org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-* Install requirements (Alpine)
-  - apk add py3-pycodestyle shellcheck py3-sphinx py3-sphinx_rtd_theme \
-    py3-build twine
-* Ensure your gpg setup works with the email used in the git commit!
-  - For me this is nico@nico-notebook.schottelius.org
-  - Signature / id is on nb2
-* Create ~/.pypirc
-[distutils]
-  index-servers =
-    pypi
-    cdist
-
-[pypi]
-  username = __token__
-  password = ...
-
-[cdist]
-  repository = https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
-  username = __token__
-  password = ...
-
-* Add date in docs/changelog
-* Run ./bin/cdist-build-helper
-* TODO Move to "build"
-  - python3 -m build
-* DONE git tag: when?
-CLOSED: [2022-07-31 Sun 23:58]
-** Asked during release process: ok
-* DONE Pypi error with distutils: do not use distutils anymore
-CLOSED: [2022-07-31 Sun 23:58]
-python3 setup.py sdist upload
-...
-Creating tar archive
-removing 'cdist-7.0.0' (and everything under it)
-running upload
-Submitting dist/cdist-7.0.0.tar.gz to https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
-Upload failed (400): Invalid value for blake2_256_digest. Error: Use a valid, hex-encoded, BLAKE2 message digest.
-error: Upload failed (400): Invalid value for blake2_256_digest. Error: Use a valid, hex-encoded, BLAKE2 message digest.
-(venv2) [22:50] nb2:cdist%
-
-* DONE Pypi error with twine: fixed in twine 4.0.1
-CLOSED: [2022-07-31 Sun 23:58]
-
-Seeing:
-
-(venv2) [22:47] nb2:cdist% twine upload dist/cdist-7.0.0*
-Uploading distributions to https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
-Traceback (most recent call last):
-  File "/usr/bin/twine", line 8, in <module>
-    sys.exit(main())
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/__main__.py", line 28, in main
-    result = cli.dispatch(sys.argv[1:])
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/cli.py", line 68, in dispatch
-    return main(args.args)
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/commands/upload.py", line 197, in main
-    return upload(upload_settings, parsed_args.dists)
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/commands/upload.py", line 141, in upload
-    resp = repository.upload(package)
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/repository.py", line 189, in upload
-    resp = self._upload(package)
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/repository.py", line 144, in _upload
-    data = package.metadata_dictionary()
-  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/twine/package.py", line 181, in metadata_dictionary
-    "dynamic": meta.dynamic,
-AttributeError: 'Wheel' object has no attribute 'dynamic'
-
-
-Fix:
-
-
-(venv2) [23:43] nb2:cdist% pipx run twine upload dist/*
-⚠️  twine is already on your PATH and installed at /home/nico/venv2/bin/twine. Downloading and running anyway.
-Uploading distributions to https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
-Uploading cdist-7.0.0-py3-none-any.whl
-100% ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 868.6/868.6 kB • 00:04 • 221.3 kB/s
-Uploading cdist-7.0.0.tar.gz
-100% ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 1.5/1.5 MB • 00:08 • 169.3 kB/s
-
-View at:
-https://pypi.org/project/cdist/7.0.0/
-* TODO cdist web
-  - on staticweb-2022
-  - Should be moved to sftp/k8s
-
-
-  Manual steps:
-
-  ~/bin/permissions.public html/
-  rsync -a html/ staticweb.ungleich.ch:/home/services/www/nico/www.cdi.st/www/manual/7.0.0/
-  ssh staticweb.ungleich.ch "cd /home/services/www/nico/www.cdi.st/www/manual; ln -sf 7.0.0 latest"