diff --git a/build.zig.version b/build.zig.version
deleted file mode 100644
index e815b86..0000000
--- a/build.zig.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.15.1
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 1c7b692..890faf7 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 .{
     .name = .thespian,
     .version = "0.0.1",
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.15.2",
     .fingerprint = 0xe9ff00fd8e4e01a3,
 
     .dependencies = .{
         .cbor = .{
-            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/cbor?ref=master#7d2eeb68c8a2fb3f4d6baad6cc04c521b92974c0",
-            .hash = "cbor-1.0.0-RcQE_AswAQAPlqBCZXYQf9DZXn-0Ubt8Mk03ZcJWcsAG",
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/cbor?ref=master#b6fc137250b7d3f70459652ee78c7b6cd9ad2826",
+            .hash = "cbor-1.0.0-RcQE_HwwAQAiNkKC9ezLxHUMkWgHeVa3QyTfv4hi3VZR",
         },
         .asio = .{
             .url = "git+https://github.com/neurocyte/asio#0f1cbf24e5fb6fabe7078a20b76452f42e24a0df",
diff --git a/cdb b/cdb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8cceff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+rm -rf .zig-cache
+rm -rf .cache/cdb
+mkdir -p .cache/cdb
+
+zig build
+
+(
+    echo \[
+    cat .cache/cdb/*
+    echo {}\]
+) | perl -0777 -pe 's/,\n\{\}//igs' | jq . | grep -v 'no-default-config' >compile_commands.json
+exit 0
diff --git a/zig b/zig
deleted file mode 100755
index 0e45eb0..0000000
--- a/zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-ARCH=$(uname -m)
-
-BASEDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-ZIGDIR=$BASEDIR/.cache/zig
-VERSION=$(<build.zig.version)
-
-OS=$(uname)
-
-if [ "$OS" == "Linux" ]; then
-    OS=linux
-elif [ "$OS" == "Darwin" ]; then
-    OS=macos
-elif [ "$OS" == "FreeBSD" ]; then
-    OS=freebsd
-    if [ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]; then
-        ARCH=x86_64
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]; then
-    ARCH=aarch64
-fi
-
-ZIGVER="zig-$ARCH-$OS-$VERSION"
-ZIG=$ZIGDIR/$ZIGVER/zig
-
-if [ "$1" == "update" ]; then
-    curl -L --silent https://ziglang.org/download/index.json | jq -r '.master | .version' >build.zig.version
-    NEWVERSION=$(<build.zig.version)
-
-    if [ "$VERSION" != "$NEWVERSION" ]; then
-        echo "zig version updated from $VERSION to $NEWVERSION"
-        echo "rebuilding to update cdb..."
-        $0 cdb
-        exit 0
-    fi
-    echo "zig version $VERSION is up-to-date"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-get_zig() {
-    (
-        mkdir -p "$ZIGDIR"
-        cd "$ZIGDIR"
-        TARBALL="https://ziglang.org/download/$VERSION/$ZIGVER.tar.xz"
-        if echo "$VERSION" | grep '\-dev\.' >&/dev/null; then
-            TARBALL="https://ziglang.org/builds/$ZIGVER.tar.xz"
-        fi
-        if [ ! -d "$ZIGVER" ]; then
-            curl "$TARBALL" | tar -xJ
-        fi
-    )
-}
-get_zig
-
-if [ "$1" == "cdb" ]; then
-    rm -rf .zig-cache
-    rm -rf .cache/cdb
-
-    $ZIG build
-
-    (
-        echo \[
-        cat .cache/cdb/*
-        echo {}\]
-    ) | perl -0777 -pe 's/,\n\{\}//igs' | jq . | grep -v 'no-default-config' >compile_commands.json
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-exec $ZIG "$@"