diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery
index fd94ef3fc..dcf9f9a13 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-battery
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ cyan="\033[36m"
 green="\033[32m"
 white="\033[37m"
 reset="\033[0m"
+
+[ -z "$(ls /sys/class/power_supply)" ] && exit 0
+
 for battery in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT?*; do
 	pidof -x sbd-battery >/dev/null 2>&1 || sbd-battery "$battery" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 	[ -n "${capacity+x}" ] && printf " "
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu
index a21d9b664..00784c120 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-cpu
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ orange="\033[33m"
 
 cache=/tmp/cpubarscache
 temp=$(sensors | awk '/CPU/ {printf ("%.f°C", $2)}' | tr -d "+")
-[ -n "$temp" ] && temp=" $temp "
-stats=$(awk '/cpu[0-9]+/ {printf "%d %d %d\n", substr($1,4), ($2 + $3 + $4 + $5), $5 }' /proc/stat)
+[ -n "$temp" ] && temp="$temp "
+stats=$(awk '/cpu[0-9]+/ {printf "%d %d %d\n", substr($1,4), ($2 + $3 + $4 + $5), $5 }' /proc/stat 2>/dev/null)
 [ ! -f $cache ] && echo "$stats" >"$cache"
 old=$(cat "$cache")
-printf "%b" "$big$normal$temp"
+printf "%b" "$big $normal$temp"
 echo "$stats" | while read -r row; do
 	id=${row%% *}
 	rest=${row#* }
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages
index b8879c126..e219909dc 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-packages
@@ -4,18 +4,5 @@ big="\033[11m"
 reset="\033[0m"
 icon=""
 
-if command -v pacman 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	num="$(pacman -Qu | grep -Fcv "[ignored]")"
-	[ "$num" -gt 0 ] && printf "%b" "$big$icon$reset$num"
-fi
-
-if command -v apt 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	vals=$(apt upgrade -sy 2>/dev/null | grep -m1 '^[0-9]\+ upgraded,' | tr -cd '0-9 ' | tr ' ' '\n' | grep '[0-9]\+' | xargs)
-
-	for i in $vals; do
-		[ "$i" != 0 ] && updates_available=yes
-		out="$out$i/"
-	done
-
-	[ -n "$updates_available" ] && printf "%b" "$big$icon$reset $(echo "$out" | sed 's/\/$//')" || exit 0
-fi
+num="$(\xbps-install -Sun | grep -c "update")"
+[ "$num" -gt 0 ] && printf "%b" "$big$icon$reset $num\n"
diff --git a/.local/bin/upgrades b/.local/bin/upgrades
index 2f956c049..8fb6afefd 100755
--- a/.local/bin/upgrades
+++ b/.local/bin/upgrades
@@ -2,28 +2,9 @@
 
 BOLD='\033[1m'
 BLUE='\033[34m'
-NC='\033[0m'
-# apt -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80statusbar containing the following
 
-# DPkg::Post-Invoke {"/usr/bin/pkill -RTMIN+8 dwmblocks";};
+sudo xbps-install -Syu && pkill -RTMIN+8 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}"
 
-command -v apt 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo apt upgrade
-
-# void ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Void doesn't have post-install hooks at all, and including pkills in the package hooks isn't feasible
-# Instead pkill is called in this script. Manually running updates will cause the status bar to desync
-
-command -v xbps-install 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo xbps-install -Syu && pkill -RTMIN+8 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}"
-
-# newversion=$(grep -oP '(?<=\* version: )\d\d\d' "$(DISPLAY=invalid "$DOTS_DIR"/.local/share/firefox/updater.sh -r 2>/dev/null | grep -oP '(?<=Warning: user.js was saved to temporary file )/tmp/tmp\.\w+\.js')")
-# oldversion=$(grep -oP '(?<=\* version: )\d\d\d' "$DOTS_DIR"/.local/share/firefox/user.js)
-#
-# if [ $newversion -gt $oldversion ]; then
-#     printf "%b" "$BOLD${BLUE}Updating arkenfox...$NC\n"
-#     "$DOTS_DIR/.local/share/firefox/updater.sh" -b
-# fi
-
-printf "%b" "$BOLD${BLUE}Upgrade complete.\nPress <Enter> to exit window.\n"
+printf "%b" "${BOLD}${BLUE}Upgrade complete.\nPress <Enter> to exit window.\n"
 read -r _
 exit