diff --git a/LICENSE/LICENSE.dwl b/LICENSE
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rename from LICENSE/LICENSE.dwl
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/LICENSE/LICENSE.dwm b/LICENSE.dwm
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rename from LICENSE/LICENSE.dwm
rename to LICENSE.dwm
diff --git a/LICENSE/LICENSE.sway b/LICENSE.sway
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rename from LICENSE/LICENSE.sway
rename to LICENSE.sway
diff --git a/LICENSE/LICENSE.tinywl b/LICENSE.tinywl
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rename from LICENSE/LICENSE.tinywl
rename to LICENSE.tinywl
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3126b6..578194f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 .POSIX:
 .SUFFIXES:
-.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
 
 include config.mk
 
 # flags for compiling
-DWLCPPFLAGS = -I$(INCLUDE) -DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L \
+DWLCPPFLAGS = -I. -DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L \
 	-DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(XWAYLAND)
 DWLDEVCFLAGS = -g -Wpedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
 	-Wno-unused-parameter -Wshadow -Wunused-macros -Werror=strict-prototypes \
@@ -17,31 +16,13 @@ PKGS      = wayland-server xkbcommon libinput $(XLIBS)
 DWLCFLAGS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(PKGS)` $(WLR_INCS) $(DWLCPPFLAGS) $(DWLDEVCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 LDLIBS    = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(PKGS)` $(WLR_LIBS) -lm $(LIBS)
 
-# macros to relevant path definitions
-define mkbin
-$(addprefix $(BIN)/,$1)
-endef
-define mkobj
-$(addprefix $(OBJ)/,$1)
-endef
-define mkinclude
-$(addprefix $(INCLUDE)/,$1)
-endef
-define mksrc
-$(addprefix $(SRC)/,$1)
-endef
-
-.PHONY: setup
-setup:
-	mkdir -p $(BIN) $(BUILD) $(INCLUDE) $(OBJ)
-
-all: setup $(call mkbin,dwl)
-$(BIN)/dwl: $(call mkobj,dwl.o util.o)
-	$(CC) $^ $(DWLCFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
-$(OBJ)/dwl.o: $(call mksrc,dwl.c client.h) config.mk $(call mkinclude,config.h cursor-shape-v1-protocol.h \
+all: dwl
+dwl: dwl.o util.o
+	$(CC) dwl.o util.o $(DWLCFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+dwl.o: dwl.c client.h config.h config.mk cursor-shape-v1-protocol.h \
 	pointer-constraints-unstable-v1-protocol.h wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h \
-	wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1-protocol.h xdg-shell-protocol.h)
-$(OBJ)/util.o: $(call mksrc,util.c util.h)
+	wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1-protocol.h xdg-shell-protocol.h
+util.o: util.c util.h
 
 # wayland-scanner is a tool which generates C headers and rigging for Wayland
 # protocols, which are specified in XML. wlroots requires you to rig these up
@@ -49,39 +30,39 @@ $(OBJ)/util.o: $(call mksrc,util.c util.h)
 WAYLAND_SCANNER   = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=wayland_scanner wayland-scanner`
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --variable=pkgdatadir wayland-protocols`
 
-$(INCLUDE)/cursor-shape-v1-protocol.h:
+cursor-shape-v1-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) enum-header \
 		$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/staging/cursor-shape/cursor-shape-v1.xml $@
-$(INCLUDE)/pointer-constraints-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
+pointer-constraints-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) enum-header \
 		$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/unstable/pointer-constraints/pointer-constraints-unstable-v1.xml $@
-$(INCLUDE)/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
+wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) enum-header \
 		protocols/wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.xml $@
-$(INCLUDE)/wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
+wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
 		protocols/wlr-output-power-management-unstable-v1.xml $@
-$(INCLUDE)/xdg-shell-protocol.h:
+xdg-shell-protocol.h:
 	$(WAYLAND_SCANNER) server-header \
 		$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml $@
 
-$(INCLUDE)/config.h:
-	cp $(SRC)/config.def.h $@
+config.h:
+	cp config.def.h $@
 clean:
-	rm -rf $(INCLUDE) $(OBJ) $(BUILD) $(BIN) 
+	rm -f dwl *.o *-protocol.h
 
 dist: clean
 	mkdir -p dwl-$(VERSION)
-	cp -R LICENSE Makefile CHANGELOG.md README.md src \
-		config.mk protocols dwl.1 dwl.desktop \
+	cp -R LICENSE* Makefile CHANGELOG.md README.md client.h config.def.h \
+		config.mk protocols dwl.1 dwl.c util.c util.h dwl.desktop \
 		dwl-$(VERSION)
 	tar -caf dwl-$(VERSION).tar.gz dwl-$(VERSION)
 	rm -rf dwl-$(VERSION)
 
-install: $(BIN)/dwl
+install: dwl
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/dwl
-	cp -f $(BIN)/dwl $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	cp -f dwl $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/dwl
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
 	cp -f dwl.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
@@ -93,5 +74,6 @@ uninstall:
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/dwl $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/dwl.1 \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(DATADIR)/wayland-sessions/dwl.desktop
 
-%.c %.o:
+.SUFFIXES: .c .o
+.c.o:
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DWLCFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
diff --git a/src/client.h b/client.h
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rename from src/client.h
rename to client.h
diff --git a/src/config.def.h b/config.def.h
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rename from src/config.def.h
rename to config.def.h
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 7d1dc14..eb08a05 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ PREFIX = /usr/local
 MANDIR = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 DATADIR = $(PREFIX)/share
 
-SRC = src
-BUILD = build
-OBJ = $(BUILD)/obj
-INCLUDE = $(BUILD)/include
-BIN = bin
-
 WLR_INCS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags wlroots-0.19`
 WLR_LIBS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs wlroots-0.19`
 
diff --git a/src/dwl.c b/dwl.c
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rename from src/dwl.c
rename to dwl.c
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d48cd6..0000000
--- a/flake.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "nodes": {
-    "nixpkgs": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1755922037,
-        "narHash": "sha256-wY1+2JPH0ZZC4BQefoZw/k+3+DowFyfOxv17CN/idKs=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "b1b3291469652d5a2edb0becc4ef0246fff97a7c",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-25.05",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "root": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "root": "root",
-  "version": 7
-}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ceb42f..0000000
--- a/flake.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-{
-  description = "DWL Development Shell";
-
-  inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.05";
-  };
-
-  outputs = {nixpkgs, ...}: let
-    system = "x86_64-linux";
-    enableXWayland = false;
-  in {
-    devShells."${system}".default = let
-      pkgs = import nixpkgs {
-        inherit system;
-      };
-      lib = nixpkgs.lib;
-      stdenv = pkgs.stdenv;
-    in
-      pkgs.mkShell {
-        packages = with pkgs;
-          [
-            # NativeBuildInputs
-            installShellFiles
-            pkg-config
-            wayland-scanner
-
-            # BuildInputs
-            libinput
-            xorg.libxcb
-            libxkbcommon
-            pixman
-            wayland
-            wayland-protocols
-            wlroots_0_19
-          ]
-          ++ lib.optionals enableXWayland
-          [
-            # XWayland
-            xorg.libX11
-            xorg.xcbutilwm
-            xwayland
-          ];
-
-        shellHook = let
-          makeFlags =
-            lib.strings.concatStringsSep " "
-            ([
-                "PKG_CONFIG=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}pkg-config"
-                "WAYLAND_SCANNER=wayland-scanner"
-                # "PREFIX=$(out)"
-                # "MANDIR=$(man)/share/man"
-              ]
-              ++ lib.optionals enableXWayland [
-                ''XWAYLAND="-DXWAYLAND"''
-                ''XLIBS="xcb xcb-icccm"''
-              ]);
-        in ''
-          TERM=xterm-256color
-          alias mk='${makeFlags} make'
-        '';
-      };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/util.c b/util.c
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rename from src/util.c
rename to util.c
diff --git a/src/util.h b/util.h
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rename from src/util.h
rename to util.h