diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b49dc1bf..00000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cflags+="-Wall -O3 -g -std=gnu11 -fno-strict-aliasing -Isrc -Ilib/font_renderer"
-cflags+=" $(pkg-config --cflags lua5.2) $(sdl2-config --cflags)"
-lflags="-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++"
-for package in libagg freetype2 lua5.2 x11 libpcre2-8 reproc; do
-  lflags+=" $(pkg-config --libs $package)"
-done
-lflags+=" $(sdl2-config --libs) -lm"
-
-if [[ $* == *windows* ]]; then
-  echo "cross compiling for windows is not yet supported"
-  exit 1
-else
-  outfile="lite-xl"
-  compiler="gcc"
-  cxxcompiler="g++"
-fi
-
-lib/font_renderer/build.sh || exit 1
-libs=libfontrenderer.a
-
-echo "compiling lite-xl..."
-for f in `find src -name "*.c"`; do
-  $compiler -c $cflags $f -o "${f//\//_}.o"
-  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-    got_error=true
-  fi
-done
-
-if [[ ! $got_error ]]; then
-  echo "linking..."
-  $cxxcompiler -o $outfile *.o $libs $lflags
-fi
-
-echo "cleaning up..."
-rm *.o *.a
-echo "done"
-
diff --git a/lib/font_renderer/build.sh b/lib/font_renderer/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 364c4b6a..00000000
--- a/lib/font_renderer/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-cxxcompiler="g++"
-cxxflags="-Wall -O3 -g -std=c++03 -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -Isrc -Ilib/font_renderer"
-cxxflags+=" -DFONT_RENDERER_HEIGHT_HACK"
-for package in libagg freetype2; do
-  cxxflags+=" $(pkg-config --cflags $package)"
-done
-
-echo "compiling font renderer library..."
-
-for f in `find lib -name "*.cpp"`; do
-  $cxxcompiler -c $cxxflags $f -o "${f//\//_}.o"
-  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-    got_error=true
-  fi
-done
-
-if [[ $got_error ]]; then
-  rm -f *.o
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-ar -rcs libfontrenderer.a *.o
-
-rm *.o
-echo "font renderer library created"