diff --git a/builder.cpp b/builder.cpp
index 412c43a..7f36717 100644
--- a/builder.cpp
+++ b/builder.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "dbc.hpp"
 #include "watcher.hpp"
 #include "game_engine.hpp"
-#include "coro.hpp"
 #include <chrono>                     // for milliseconds
 #include <efsw/efsw.hpp>
 #include <fmt/chrono.h>
@@ -27,7 +26,9 @@ using namespace nlohmann;
 
 #define BUF_MAX 1024
 
-Builder::Builder(GUI &g, GameEngine &engine) : gui(g), game(engine) {
+Builder::Builder(GUI &g, GameEngine &engine)
+  : gui(g), game(engine)
+{
   std::ifstream infile(".tarpit.json");
   json config = json::parse(infile);
 
@@ -35,13 +36,12 @@ Builder::Builder(GUI &g, GameEngine &engine) : gui(g), game(engine) {
   config["build_cmd"].template get_to<string>(build_cmd);
 }
 
-Task<unsigned> Builder::run_build() {
+void Builder::run_build() {
   std::regex err_re("(.*?):([0-9]+):([0-9]+):\\s*(.*?):\\s*(.*)\n*");
 
   char buffer[BUF_MAX]; // BUF_MAX is a define already?
   std::ofstream stats_out;
 
-  co_await Pass{};
 
   stats_out.open("stats.csv", std::ios::out | std::ios::app);
   std::time_t tstamp = std::time(nullptr);
@@ -49,18 +49,15 @@ Task<unsigned> Builder::run_build() {
   dbc::check(stats_out.good(), "Error opening stats.csv file.");
   dbc::pre("simple test", [&]() { return stats_out.good(); });
 
-  co_yield 1;
 
   // need to catch the error message when the command is bad
   FILE *build_out = popen(build_cmd.c_str(), "r");
   dbc::check(build_out != nullptr, "Failed to run command.");
 
-  co_yield 2;
 
   game.start_round();
 
   while(fgets(buffer, BUF_MAX, build_out) != nullptr) {
-    co_yield 3;
     string line(buffer);  // yeah, that's probably a problem
 
     std::smatch err;
@@ -87,10 +84,8 @@ Task<unsigned> Builder::run_build() {
         gui.you_died();
       }
     }
-    co_yield 4;
   }
 
-  co_yield 3;
 
   game.end_round();
 
@@ -104,8 +99,6 @@ Task<unsigned> Builder::run_build() {
 
   stats_out.close();
   dbc::post("a post test", [&]() { return !stats_out.is_open(); });
-
-  co_return 1000;
 }
 
 void Builder::run() {
@@ -127,8 +120,6 @@ void Builder::run() {
     gui.output(format("Watching directory {} for changes...", git_path));
     efsw::WatchID wid = fileWatcher->addWatch(git_path, listener, true);
 
-    auto build_task = run_build();
-
     int rc = gui.main_loop(game, [&] {
       fileWatcher->watch();
 
@@ -136,19 +127,15 @@ void Builder::run() {
         gui.building();
         gui.output(format("CHANGES! Running build {}", build_cmd));
 
-        if(!build_task.done()) {
-          unsigned point = build_task();
-        } else {
-          if(game.is_dead()) {
-            gui.output("!!!! YOU DIED! !!!! Learn to code luser.");
-            game.reset();
-          }
-
-          listener->reset_state();
-          gui.output("^^^^^^^^^^^ END ^^^^^^^^^^^");
-          build_task.destroy();
-          build_task = run_build();
+        run_build();
+
+        if(game.is_dead()) {
+          gui.output("!!!! YOU DIED! !!!! Learn to code luser.");
+          game.reset();
         }
+
+        listener->reset_state();
+        gui.output("^^^^^^^^^^^ END ^^^^^^^^^^^");
       }
 
       return 0;
diff --git a/builder.hpp b/builder.hpp
index 96b0b12..ace5c38 100644
--- a/builder.hpp
+++ b/builder.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "gui.hpp"
 #include "game_engine.hpp"
-#include "coro.hpp"
 
 using std::string;
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class Builder {
 
   Builder(GUI &g, GameEngine &engine);
 
-  Task<unsigned> run_build();
+  void run_build();
 
   void run();
 };
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e81e092..ae63084 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ executable('escape_turings_tarpit',
     'builder.cpp',
     'sfmlgui.cpp',
     'escape_turings_tarpit.cpp'],
-  dependencies: dependencies,
-  cpp_args: '-fcoroutines')
+  dependencies: dependencies)
 
 executable('regtest', 'regtest.cpp',
   dependencies: [fmt])