diff --git a/src/shblg.sh b/src/shblg.sh
index 8e436ba..61ef7db 100755
--- a/src/shblg.sh
+++ b/src/shblg.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ usage () {
     exit 1
 }
 
-# check if a file has changed since last generating
-#
-newer () {
-    # TODO account for dependencies that have change
-    [ ! -e "$2" ] || [ "$1" -nt "$2" ]
-}
-
 while getopts ":o:i:h" opt; do
     case "$opt" in
         o)
@@ -36,29 +29,22 @@ process () {
     dirpath="${1%"${1##*/}"}"
     out_file="${OUTPUT_DIR}${path}"
 
+    printf "%s ...\n" "$path"
 
     [ -d "$1" ] && {
-
         mkdir -p "$out_file"
         for f in "$1"/*; do
             process "$f"
         done
-
         return 0
-    } || [ -x "$1" ] && {
-        newer "$1" "$out_file" && (
-                # execute the file
-                cd $dirpath
-                printf "#!%s\n" "$path"
-                "$1" > "$out_file"
-            )
+    } || [ -x "$1" ] && (
+        # execute the file
+        cd "$dirpath"
+        "$1" > "${out_file}"
         return 0
-    } || {
-        newer "$1" "$out_file" && (
-            # just copy the file as is
-            printf "%s\n" "$path"
-            cp "$1" "$out_file"
-        )
+    ) || {
+        # just copy the file as is
+        cp "$1" "$out_file"
         return 0
     }
 }