diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index f55ba15..3fcee62 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2023-2025 squibid
+Copyright (c) 2023-2026 squibid
 Copyright (c) 2021-2023 chiya.dev
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
diff --git a/lua/dep.lua b/lua/dep.lua
index 9570a52..13c0275 100644
--- a/lua/dep.lua
+++ b/lua/dep.lua
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 local logger = require("dep.log")
-local git = require("dep.git")
-local fs = require("dep.fs")
 local packager = require("dep.package")
 local modules = require("dep.modules")
 local bench = require("dep.bench")
 local lazy = require("dep.lazy")
-local ui = require("dep.ui")
 
 -- all functions for convenience
 local M = {}
 
--- TODO: maybe add the ability to get a lockfile? it's useful to make a config
--- rebuildable, but idk if it's actually useful for a neovim config
--- (look into how ofter people who use lazy.nvim us it)
-
 --- sync a tree of plugins
 ---@param tree package[] tree of plugins
 ---@param cb function? callback
@@ -32,9 +25,8 @@ local function synctree(tree, cb)
         logger:log("update", "synchronized %s %s", #tree, #tree == 1 and "package" or "packages")
       end
 
-      fs:clean(packager)
-      for _, package in pairs(tree) do
-        package:reload()
+      for _, p in pairs(tree) do
+        p:reload()
       end
 
       if cb then
@@ -43,18 +35,20 @@ local function synctree(tree, cb)
     end
   end
 
-  for _, package in pairs(tree) do
-    local co = coroutine.create(function()
-      -- if the package provided prefers a local source then use the local
-      -- source instead of the git repository
-      if package.path then
-        fs:sync(package, done)
-      else
-        git.sync(package, done)
-      end
-    end)
-    coroutine.resume(co)
+  -- convert our spec to vim.pack.Spec
+  local vimspecs = {}
+  for _, p in ipairs(tree) do
+    table.insert(vimspecs, {
+      name = p.name,
+      src = p.path or p.url,
+      version = p.commit or p.branch
+    })
   end
+
+  vim.pack.add(vimspecs, {
+    load = done,
+    confirm = false,
+  })
 end
 
 --- check if a package should be synced
@@ -100,7 +94,7 @@ return function(opts)
       local root = packager:new({
         "squibid/dep",
         url = "https://git.squi.bid/squibid/dep.git",
-        branch = "lazy"
+        branch = "pack"
       })
       if not root then
         logger:log("error", "couldn't register root package")
@@ -157,21 +151,4 @@ return function(opts)
       package:reload()
     end
   end, {})
-
-  vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("DepClean", function()
-    -- clean AND reload to make sure that all old packages are gone
-    fs:clean(packager)
-  end, {})
-
-  vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("DepUi", function()
-    ui.open(packager)
-    ui.set_page("P")
-  end, {})
-
-  vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("DepLog", function()
-    ui.open(packager)
-    ui.set_page("L")
-  end, {})
-
-  logger:cleanup()
 end
diff --git a/lua/dep/fs.lua b/lua/dep/fs.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 02a799a..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/fs.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-local h = require('dep.helpers')
-local logger = require('dep.log')
-
-local fs = {}
-
---- abstract away fs:link to make calling more intuitive
----@param package package package to update
----@param cb function callback on success
-function fs:sync(package, cb)
-  if not package.exists then
-    fs:link(package, cb)
-  end
-end
-
---- create a symlink to a local package
----@param package package package to link
----@param cb function callback on success
-function fs:link(package, cb)
-  h.uv.fs_symlink(package.path, package.dir, nil, function(err, _)
-    if err then
-      logger:log("error", "failed to symlink %s; reason: %s", package.id, err)
-    else
-      cb(err)
-    end
-  end)
-end
-
---- clean out old packages
----@param package package any package
-function fs:clean(package)
-  h.uv.fs_scandir(
-    package.get_base_dir(),
-    vim.schedule_wrap(function(err, handle)
-      if err then
-        logger:log("error", "failed to clean; reason: %s", err)
-      else
-        local queue = {}
-
-        while handle do
-          local name = h.uv.fs_scandir_next(handle)
-          if name and name ~= package.get_root().name then
-            queue[name] = package.get_base_dir().."/"..name
-          elseif name == package.get_root().name then
-            -- we need to ensure that there is no chance of nuking dep
-            goto continue
-          elseif name == nil then
-            break
-          else
-            -- if there's a single error bail out
-            logger:log("error", "failed to run clean uv.fs_scandir_next failed")
-            return
-          end
-          ::continue::
-        end
-
-        -- keep packages that still exist
-        for _, pkg in pairs(package.get_packages()) do
-          queue[pkg.name] = nil
-        end
-
-        -- start deleting all of the packages which are chosen for deletion
-        for name, dir in pairs(queue) do
-          local co = coroutine.create(function()
-            local ok = vim.fn.delete(dir, "rf")
-            if ok then
-              logger:log("clean", "deleted %s", name)
-            else
-              logger:log("error", "failed to delete %s", name)
-            end
-          end)
-          coroutine.resume(co)
-        end
-      end
-    end)
-  )
-end
-
-return fs
diff --git a/lua/dep/git.lua b/lua/dep/git.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index beb39b8..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/git.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
--- TODO: clean this up, it's a mess
--- the nesting of all the proc calls is really annoying, and I need to find a
--- cleaner way to do it
-
-local logger = require('dep.log')
-local proc = require('dep.proc')
-
-local git = {}
-
---- install or update a given package
----@param package package package to update/install
----@param cb function callback
-function git.sync(package, cb)
-  local function sync()
-    -- update or install
-    if package.exists then
-      git.update(package, cb)
-    else
-      git.install(package, cb)
-    end
-  end
-
-  -- handle arbitrary branches here
-  if package.branch then
-    proc.git_resolve_branch(package.url, package.branch, function(err, message)
-      if not err then
-        package.branch = message
-        sync()
-      end
-    end)
-  else
-    sync()
-  end
-end
-
---- configure a package
----@param package table package spec
-local function configurepkg(package)
-  package:runhooks("on_config")
-
-  logger:log("config", "package: %s configured", package.id)
-  package.configured = true
-end
-
---- install a given package
----@param package package package to install
----@param cb function callback
-function git.install(package, cb)
-  if not package.enabled then
-    cb()
-    return
-  end
-
-  proc.git_clone(package.dir, package.url, package.branch, function(err, message)
-    if err then
-      logger:log("error", "failed to install %s; reason: %s",
-        package.id, message)
-    else
-      if package.commit then
-        proc.git_checkout(package.dir, package.branch, package.commit, function(err, message)
-          if err then
-            logger:log("error", "failed to checkout %s; reason: %s", package.id, message)
-          else
-            package.exists = true
-            package:unconfiguretree()
-            logger:log("install", "installed %s", package.id)
-            configurepkg(package)
-          end
-        end)
-      else
-        package.exists = true
-        package:unconfiguretree()
-        logger:log("install", "installed %s", package.id)
-        configurepkg(package)
-      end
-    end
-
-    cb(err)
-  end)
-
-end
-
---- update a package
----@param package package package to update
----@param cb function callback
-function git.update(package, cb)
-  if not package.enabled then
-    cb()
-    return
-  end
-
-  local function log_err(err)
-    logger:log("error", "failed to update %s; reason: %s", package.id, err)
-  end
-
-  if package.pin then
-    cb()
-    return
-  end
-
-  proc.git_rev_parse(package.dir, "HEAD", function(err, before)
-    if err then
-      log_err(before)
-      cb(err)
-    else
-      if package.commit then
-        proc.git_checkout(package.dir, package.branch, package.commit, function(err, message)
-          if err then
-            log_err(message)
-            cb(err)
-          else
-            proc.git_rev_parse(package.dir, package.commit, function(err, after)
-              if err then
-                log_err(after)
-                cb(err)
-              elseif before == after then
-                logger:log("skip", "skipped %s", package.id)
-                cb(err)
-              else
-                package:unconfiguretree()
-                logger:log("update", "updated %s; %s -> %s", package.id, before, after)
-                configurepkg(package)
-              end
-            end)
-          end
-        end)
-      else
-        proc.git_fetch(package.dir, "origin", package.branch or "HEAD", function(err, message)
-          if err then
-            log_err(message)
-            cb(err)
-          else
-            proc.git_rev_parse(package.dir, "FETCH_HEAD^{commit}", function(err, after)
-              if err then
-                log_err(after)
-                cb(err)
-              elseif before == after then
-                logger:log("skip", "skipped %s", package.id)
-                cb(err)
-              else
-                proc.git_reset(package.dir, after, function(err, message)
-                  if err then
-                    log_err(message)
-                  else
-                    package:unconfiguretree()
-                    logger:log("update", "updated %s; %s -> %s", package.id, before, after)
-                    configurepkg(package)
-                  end
-
-                  cb(err)
-                end)
-              end
-            end)
-          end
-        end)
-      end
-    end
-  end)
-end
-
-return git
diff --git a/lua/dep/helpers.lua b/lua/dep/helpers.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bd9273..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/helpers.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-return {
-  -- vim.loop was depricated in nvim 0.10
-  uv = vim.uv or vim.loop
-}
diff --git a/lua/dep/lazy/init.lua b/lua/dep/lazy/init.lua
index 3ca604e..a0237d6 100644
--- a/lua/dep/lazy/init.lua
+++ b/lua/dep/lazy/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-local h = require("dep.helpers")
 local packager = require("dep.package")
 
 ---@class lazy
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ local function colorscheme()
         if not p.loaded then
           for _, ext in ipairs({ ".lua", ".vim" }) do
             local path = p.dir.."/colors/"..e.match..ext
-            if h.uv.fs_stat(path) then
+            if vim.uv.fs_stat(path) then
               p:ensureadded(true)
               -- break out of here, we've loaded the colorscheme
               return
diff --git a/lua/dep/log.lua b/lua/dep/log.lua
index 467d941..c869caf 100644
--- a/lua/dep/log.lua
+++ b/lua/dep/log.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-local h = require('dep.helpers')
-
 local logger = {}
 
 logger.stage_colors = {
@@ -16,8 +14,8 @@ logger.stage_colors = {
 local function default_log_path()
   -- create cache directory and chmod it if it doesn't already exist
   local path = vim.fn.stdpath("cache")
-  if not h.uv.fs_stat(path) then
-    h.uv.fs_mkdir(path, 0x1ff) -- 0777
+  if not vim.uv.fs_stat(path) then
+    vim.uv.fs_mkdir(path, 0x1ff) -- 0777
   end
 
   return vim.fs.normalize(path).."/dep.log"
@@ -39,8 +37,8 @@ function logger:setup(path)
   logger.path = path or default_log_path()
   local pipe
 
-  logger.handle = assert(h.uv.fs_open(logger.path, "w", 0x1a4)) -- 0644
-  pipe = h.uv.new_pipe()
+  logger.handle = assert(vim.uv.fs_open(logger.path, "w", 0x1a4)) -- 0644
+  pipe = vim.uv.new_pipe() --[[@as uv.uv_pipe_t]]
   pipe:open(logger.handle)
 
   return pipe
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ function logger:cleanup(pipe, handle)
     pipe = nil
   end
   if handle then
-    h.uv.fs_close(logger.handle)
+    vim.uv.fs_close(logger.handle)
     handle = nil
   end
 end
diff --git a/lua/dep/modules/init.lua b/lua/dep/modules/init.lua
index fb05230..f34fba5 100644
--- a/lua/dep/modules/init.lua
+++ b/lua/dep/modules/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-local h = require('dep.helpers')
 local logger = require('dep.log')
 local module = require("dep.modules.module")
 
@@ -30,9 +29,9 @@ function modules:setup(speclist, overrides, config_path)
       "lua", (speclist.modules.prefix:gsub("%.", "/"))
     )
 
-    local handle = h.uv.fs_scandir(path)
+    local handle = vim.uv.fs_scandir(path)
     while handle do
-      local name = h.uv.fs_scandir_next(handle)
+      local name = vim.uv.fs_scandir_next(handle)
       if name then
         -- skip non-lua files
         if name:sub(#name - 3) ~= ".lua" then
diff --git a/lua/dep/package.lua b/lua/dep/package.lua
index f674a2c..072495a 100644
--- a/lua/dep/package.lua
+++ b/lua/dep/package.lua
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function package:new(spec, overrides)
 
   o.name = spec.as or o.name or spec_man.get_name(spec)
   o.url = spec.url or o.url or ("https://github.com/"..id..".git")
-  o.path = spec.path and vim.fs.normalize(spec.path) or spec.path
+  o.path = spec.path and "file://"..vim.fs.normalize(spec.path) or spec.path
   o.branch = spec.branch or o.branch
   o.dir = base_dir.."/"..o.name
   o.commit = spec.commit
diff --git a/lua/dep/proc.lua b/lua/dep/proc.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 14dd9fd..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/proc.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-local proc = {}
-
---- execute a process
----@param process string the program
----@param args string[] the args
----@param cwd string? the pwd
----@param env table env
----@param cb function callback
-function proc.exec(process, args, cwd, env, cb)
-  local buffer = {}
-
-  local function cb_output(_, data, _)
-    table.insert(buffer, table.concat(data))
-  end
-  local function cb_exit(_, exit_code, _)
-    local output = table.concat(buffer)
-    cb(exit_code ~= 0, output)
-  end
-  table.insert(args, 1, process)
-  vim.fn.jobstart(args, {
-    cwd = cwd,
-    env = env,
-    stdin = nil,
-    on_exit = cb_exit,
-    on_stdout = cb_output,
-    on_stderr = cb_output,
-  })
-end
-
-local git_env = { GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT = 0 }
-
-function proc.git_rev_parse(dir, arg, cb)
-  local args = { "rev-parse", "--short", arg }
-
-  proc.exec("git", args, dir, git_env, cb)
-end
-
-function proc.git_clone(dir, url, branch, cb)
-  local args = { "clone", "--depth=1", "--recurse-submodules", "--shallow-submodules", url, dir }
-
-  if branch then
-    args[#args + 1] = "--branch="..branch
-  end
-
-  proc.exec("git", args, nil, git_env, cb)
-end
-
-function proc.git_fetch(dir, remote, refspec, cb)
-  local args = { "fetch", "--depth=1", "--recurse-submodules", remote, refspec }
-
-  proc.exec("git", args, dir, git_env, cb)
-end
-
-function proc.git_reset(dir, treeish, cb)
-  local args = { "reset", "--hard", "--recurse-submodules", treeish, "--" }
-
-  proc.exec("git", args, dir, git_env, cb)
-end
-
-function proc.git_checkout(dir, branch, commit, cb)
-  local args = { "fetch", "--depth=2147483647", "origin", branch }
-  proc.exec("git", args, dir, git_env, function(err, message)
-    cb(err, message)
-
-    args = { "checkout", commit }
-    proc.exec("git", args, dir, git_env, cb)
-  end)
-end
-
-function proc.git_resolve_branch(url, branch, cb)
-  -- if the branch doesn't contain a * then return the branch
-  if not string.match(branch, "*") then
-    cb(false, branch)
-    return
-  end
-
-  local buffer = {}
-  local function cb_output(_, data, _)
-    if data[1] ~= "" then
-      buffer = data
-    end
-  end
-
-  vim.fn.jobstart({ "git", "ls-remote", "--tags", "--sort", "v:refname", url },
-    {
-      cwd = nil,
-      env = git_env,
-      stdin = nil,
-      on_stdout = cb_output,
-      on_stderr = cb_output,
-      on_exit = function(_, exit_code, _)
-        if exit_code ~= 0 then
-          return
-        end
-
-        -- get a list of all versions
-        local versions = {}
-        for _, v in pairs(buffer) do
-          local s, e = string.find(v, "refs/tags/.+")
-          if not s or not e then
-            goto continue
-          end
-
-          local tag = string.sub(v, s, e)
-          tag = tag:gsub("refs/tags/", ""):gsub("%^{}", "")
-
-          table.insert(versions, tag)
-          ::continue::
-        end
-
-        -- match the chosen version against all versions
-        for i = #versions, 1, -1 do
-          if branch == "*" then
-            cb(false, versions[i])
-            return
-          else
-            local r = string.match(versions[i], branch)
-            if r then
-              cb(false, r)
-              return
-            end
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    }
-  )
-end
-
-return proc
diff --git a/lua/dep/ui/format.lua b/lua/dep/ui/format.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 63e6068..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/ui/format.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-local logger = require("dep.log")
-
-local format = {}
-
---- format a boolean to a chunk with highlights
----@param b boolean
----@return chunk chunk
-function format.bool(b)
-  return { vim.inspect(b), b and "DiffAdd" or "DiffDelete" }
-end
-
---- format a number to a chunk with highlights
----@param n number
----@return chunk chunk
-function format.number(n)
-  return { vim.inspect(n), "Number" }
-end
-
---- format a log line with highlights
----@param log_line string log line
----@return chunk[] chunks
-function format.log_line(log_line)
-  -- make sure we don't do operations on nil values
-  if not log_line or log_line == "" then
-    return {}
-  end
-
-  -- error on any nil values, this should prevent us from parsing an incorrectly
-  -- formatted log line
-  local log_time, colon, log_path, log_path_ln, level, rest
-  local ok = pcall(function()
-    log_time = string.sub(log_line, string.find(log_line, "%[") + 1,
-      string.find(log_line, "%]") - 1)
-    colon = string.find(log_line, ":", 11)
-    log_path = string.sub(log_line, string.find(log_line, "%]") + 2,
-      colon - 1)
-    log_path_ln = string.sub(log_line, colon + 1,
-      string.find(log_line, ":", colon + 1) - 1)
-    level = string.sub(log_line, string.find(log_line, "%(") + 1,
-      string.find(log_line, "%)") - 1)
-    rest = string.sub(log_line, string.find(log_line, "%)") + 2)
-  end)
-  if not ok then
-    return {}
-  end
-
-  return {
-    { "[", "" },
-    { log_time, "Boolean" },
-    { "] ", "" },
-    { log_path, "String" },
-    { ":", "" },
-    { log_path_ln, "Number" },
-    { ": ", "" },
-    { rest, logger.stage_colors[level] or "" }
-  }
-end
-
-return format
diff --git a/lua/dep/ui/init.lua b/lua/dep/ui/init.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 12f9668..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/ui/init.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,207 +0,0 @@
-local h = require("dep.helpers")
-local page = require("dep.ui.page")
-local logger = require("dep.log")
-local format = require("dep.ui.format")
-
----@class ui
----@field bufnr number
----@field winnr number
----@field header_bufnr number
----@field header_winnr number
----@field pages page[]
-local ui = {}
-
--- the active page being displayed
-local active_page
-
--- all the pages
-local pages = {}
-
--- the header ext mark
-local header_ext_id
-
-local function page_packages(packager)
-  local p = page:new("Packages", "P")
-  for _, pkg in pairs(packager.get_packages()) do
-    p:new_line({
-      { pkg.id, "@conditional" },
-      { " loaded: ", "" },
-      format.bool(pkg.loaded),
-      { " lazy: ", "" },
-      format.bool(pkg.lazy)
-    })
-  end
-
-  return p
-end
-
-local function page_log()
-  local p = page:new("Log", "L")
-  local f = io.open(logger.path, "r")
-  if not f then
-    return
-  end
-
-  -- put the cursor at the bottom of the page after drawing
-  p.post_draw = function()
-    if ui.winnr then
-      vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(ui.winnr, { #p.content, 0 })
-    end
-  end
-
-  -- read in the contents of the file, and keep watching for updates
-  local function update_contents()
-    repeat
-      local line = f:read("*l")
-
-      -- if the line isn't empty we shouldn't draw it
-      if line then
-        p:new_line(format.log_line(line))
-      end
-    until not line
-  end
-
-  update_contents()
-
-  local fullpath = vim.api.nvim_call_function(
-    "fnamemodify", { logger.path, ":p" })
-  h.uv.new_fs_event():start(fullpath, {}, vim.schedule_wrap(function()
-    update_contents()
-
-    -- if the log is currently being displayed then make sure to draw it when
-    -- it updates
-    if active_page == p then
-      p:draw(ui.bufnr)
-    end
-  end))
-
-  return p
-end
-
---- set the current page
----@param p string|page page to set
-function ui.set_page(p)
-  if type(p) == "string" then
-    for _, v in ipairs(pages) do
-      if p == v.kb then
-        v:draw(ui.bufnr)
-        active_page = v
-        break
-      end
-    end
-  elseif type(p) == "table" then
-    p:draw(ui.bufnr)
-    active_page = p
-  end
-
-  -- color the header text
-  local txt = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_text(ui.header_bufnr, 0, 0, -1, -1, {})[1]
-  local start_range = (string.find(txt, active_page.name)) - 2
-  local end_range = #active_page.name + start_range + 2
-
-  if header_ext_id then
-    vim.api.nvim_buf_del_extmark(ui.header_bufnr, active_page.hlns, header_ext_id)
-  end
-  header_ext_id = vim.api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(ui.header_bufnr,
-    active_page.hlns, 0, start_range, {
-      hl_mode = "replace",
-      hl_group = "CurSearch",
-      end_col = end_range,
-    })
-end
-
-local setup
---- setup all the pages
----@param packager package the packager
-local function setup_pages(packager)
-  if setup then
-    return
-  end
-
-  local header_text = ""
-
-  table.insert(pages, page_packages(packager))
-  table.insert(pages, page_log())
-
-  for _, v in ipairs(pages) do
-    header_text = header_text.." "..v.name.." "
-
-    vim.keymap.set("n", v.kb, function()
-      ui.set_page(v)
-    end, { buffer = ui.bufnr })
-  end
-
-  -- set the header text
-  vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(ui.header_bufnr, 0, -1, false, { header_text })
-
-  -- add keymaps
-  vim.keymap.set("n", "q", function()
-    vim.api.nvim_win_close(ui.winnr, false)
-    ui.winnr = nil
-  end, { buffer = ui.bufnr })
-
-  setup = true
-end
-
---- setup the ui
----@param packager package
-function ui.open(packager)
-  if not ui.bufnr then
-    ui.bufnr = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
-  end
-  if not ui.header_bufnr then
-    ui.header_bufnr = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
-  end
-
-  local header_height = 1
-  local width = math.floor(vim.o.columns * 0.8)
-  local height = math.floor(vim.o.lines * 0.8) - header_height
-
-  if not ui.winnr then
-    ui.winnr = vim.api.nvim_open_win(ui.bufnr, true, {
-      relative = "editor",
-      row = (vim.o.lines - height) / 2,
-      col = (vim.o.columns - width) / 2,
-      width = width,
-      height = height,
-      border = "solid",
-      zindex = 998,
-    })
-  end
-
-  if not ui.header_winnr then
-    ui.header_winnr = vim.api.nvim_open_win(ui.header_bufnr, false, {
-      relative = "editor",
-      row = ((vim.o.lines - height) / 2) - (header_height * 2),
-      col = (vim.o.columns - width) / 2,
-      width = width,
-      height = header_height,
-      border = "solid",
-      zindex = 999,
-      focusable = false
-    })
-  end
-
-  vim.api.nvim_win_set_buf(ui.winnr, ui.bufnr)
-  vim.api.nvim_win_set_buf(ui.header_winnr, ui.header_bufnr)
-
-  -- make sure the header closes when the body does and vice versa
-  local function cb()
-    vim.api.nvim_win_close(ui.header_winnr, false)
-    ui.header_winnr = nil
-    vim.api.nvim_win_close(ui.winnr, false)
-    ui.winnr = nil
-  end
-  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("WinClosed", {
-    pattern = ui.winnr.."",
-    callback = cb
-  })
-  vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("WinClosed", {
-    pattern = ui.header_winnr.."",
-    callback = cb
-  })
-
-  setup_pages(packager)
-end
-
-return ui
diff --git a/lua/dep/ui/page.lua b/lua/dep/ui/page.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 85c568d..0000000
--- a/lua/dep/ui/page.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
----@class chunk: table
----@field [1] string text to be displayed
----@field [2] string neovim highlight group to use
-
----@class page
----@field name string name of the ui page
----@field kb string keybind of the page
----@field content chunk[]|chunk[][] all the chunks
----@field hlns number highlight namespace
----@field pre_draw function things to do prior to drawing to the buffer
----@field post_draw function things to do post drawing to the buffer
-local page = {}
-
---- create a new page
----@param name string the name of the page
----@param kb string keybind to change to the page
----@return page page
-function page:new(name, kb)
-  local o = {}
-  self.__index = self
-  setmetatable(o, self)
-
-  o.hlns = vim.api.nvim_create_namespace("DepUi")
-  o.name = name
-  o.kb = kb
-  o.content = {}
-
-  return o
-end
-
---- add a new line to the page
----@param line chunk|chunk[] new line
-function page:new_line(line)
-  table.insert(self.content, line)
-end
-
---- draw the page to the given buffer
----@param bufnr number buffer number
-function page:draw(bufnr)
-  -- try to run pre_draw steps
-  if self.pre_draw then
-    self.pre_draw()
-  end
-
-  -- ready all information for rendering
-  for i, chunk in ipairs(self.content) do
-    local linenr = i - 1
-    local text = ""
-    local hls = {}
-
-    if type(chunk[1]) == "table" then
-      local j = 0
-      for _, ch in ipairs(chunk) do
-        text = text..ch[1]
-        table.insert(hls, { ch[2], j, j + #ch[1] })
-        j = j + #ch[1]
-      end
-    elseif type(chunk[1]) == "string" then
-      text = chunk[1]
-      table.insert(hls, { chunk[2], 0, #text })
-    end
-
-    -- draw the text to the buffer
-    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(bufnr, linenr, -1, false, { text })
-
-    -- highlight the buffer
-    for _, hl in ipairs(hls) do
-      vim.api.nvim_buf_set_extmark(bufnr, self.hlns, linenr, hl[2], {
-        hl_mode = "replace",
-        hl_group = hl[1],
-        end_col = hl[3],
-        end_row = linenr
-      })
-    end
-
-  end
-
-  -- try to run post_draw steps
-  if self.post_draw then
-    self.post_draw()
-  end
-end
-
-return page
diff --git a/tests/dep_spec.lua b/tests/dep_spec.lua
index a89d198..23ee2a0 100644
--- a/tests/dep_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/dep_spec.lua
@@ -1,33 +1,6 @@
 ---@diagnostic disable: undefined-global, undefined-field
-local dep_ui_format = require("dep.ui.format")
 local dep_spec_man = require("dep.spec")
 
-describe("ui log formatting", function()
-  it("returns the proper chunks to print a formatted line", function()
-    assert.same(
-      {
-        { "[", "" },
-        { "11:22:33", "Boolean" },
-        { "] ", "" },
-        { "file.lua", "String" },
-        { ":", "" },
-        { "1", "Number" },
-        { ": ", "" },
-        { "some fancy message", "" }
-      },
-      dep_ui_format.log_line("[11:22:33] file.lua:1:(vim) some fancy message")
-    )
-
-    -- malformed log line
-    assert.same({},
-      dep_ui_format.log_line("11:22:33] file.lua:1:(vim) some fancy message"))
-
-    -- test nil values
-    assert.same({}, dep_ui_format.log_line(""))
-    assert.same({}, dep_ui_format.log_line(nil))
-  end)
-end)
-
 describe("package specification", function()
   it("gets the package's name", function()
     assert.equal(dep_spec_man.get_name({ "user/package" }), "package")