diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f3834b..900a841 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 zig-cache/
 *.bc
 *.ll
-*.o
diff --git a/src/codegen.zig b/src/codegen.zig
index b0d652a..37e39ac 100644
--- a/src/codegen.zig
+++ b/src/codegen.zig
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const ast = @import("ast.zig");
 const llvm = @import("llvm.zig");
 
-fn sliceify(non_slice: ?[*]const u8) []const u8 {
-    if (non_slice == null) return "";
-    return non_slice.?[0..std.mem.len(u8, non_slice.?)];
-}
-
 pub const Codegen = struct {
     allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
 
@@ -67,8 +62,9 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
     }
 
     pub fn gen(self: *Codegen, root: *ast.Node) !void {
+        //std.debug.warn("cgen: init native target\n");
+        //_ = llvm.LLVMInitializeNativeTarget();
         std.debug.warn("cgen: start gen\n");
-        _ = llvm.LLVMInitializeNativeTarget();
 
         var mod = llvm.LLVMModuleCreateWithName(c"awoo").?;
         defer llvm.LLVMDisposeModule(mod);
@@ -79,65 +75,15 @@ pub const Codegen = struct {
         }
 
         var err: ?[*]u8 = null;
-        defer llvm.LLVMDisposeMessage(err);
-
         _ = llvm.LLVMVerifyModule(
             mod,
             llvm.LLVMVerifierFailureAction.LLVMAbortProcessAction,
             &err,
         );
+        llvm.LLVMDisposeMessage(err);
 
         if (llvm.LLVMWriteBitcodeToFile(mod, c"awoo.bc") != 0) {
-            std.debug.warn("error writing bitcode to file: {}\n", sliceify(err));
-
-            // TODO return error value
-            @panic("compile error");
-        }
-
-        //llvm.InitializeAllTargetInfos();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllTargets();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllTargetMCs();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllAsmParsers();
-        //llvm.InitializeAllAsmPrinters();
-
-        var engine: llvm.LLVMExecutionEngineRef = undefined;
-        if (llvm.LLVMCreateExecutionEngineForModule(&engine, mod, &err) != 0) {
-            std.debug.warn("failed to create execution engine: {}\n", sliceify(err));
-
-            // TODO return error value
-            @panic("compile error");
-        }
-
-        var machine = llvm.LLVMGetExecutionEngineTargetMachine(engine);
-        defer llvm.LLVMDisposeTargetMachine(machine);
-
-        var target = llvm.LLVMGetTargetMachineTarget(machine);
-        var target_data = llvm.LLVMCreateTargetDataLayout(machine);
-        var data_layout = llvm.LLVMCopyStringRepOfTargetData(target_data);
-        llvm.LLVMSetDataLayout(mod, data_layout);
-
-        var outpath = try std.mem.dupe(self.allocator, u8, "output.o");
-        var outpath_cstr = try std.cstr.addNullByte(self.allocator, outpath);
-
-        var desc = llvm.LLVMGetTargetDescription(target);
-        var features = llvm.LLVMGetTargetMachineFeatureString(machine);
-        var triple = llvm.LLVMGetTargetMachineTriple(machine);
-
-        std.debug.warn("target: {}\n", sliceify(desc));
-        std.debug.warn("triple: {}\n", sliceify(triple));
-        std.debug.warn("features: {}\n", sliceify(features));
-
-        if (llvm.LLVMTargetMachineEmitToFile(
-            machine,
-            mod,
-            outpath_cstr.ptr,
-            llvm.LLVMCodeGenFileType.LLVMObjectFile,
-            &err,
-        ) != 0) {
-            std.debug.warn("failed to emit to file: {}\n", sliceify(err));
-
-            // TODO return error value
-            @panic("compile error");
+            std.debug.warn("error writing bitcode to file\n");
         }
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/llvm.zig b/src/llvm.zig
index b8427ae..f849857 100644
--- a/src/llvm.zig
+++ b/src/llvm.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ pub const llvm = @cImport({
     @cInclude("llvm-c/Core.h");
     @cInclude("llvm-c/ExecutionEngine.h");
     @cInclude("llvm-c/Target.h");
-    @cInclude("llvm-c/TargetMachine.h");
     @cInclude("llvm-c/Analysis.h");
     @cInclude("llvm-c/BitWriter.h");
 
@@ -16,4 +15,17 @@ pub const llvm = @cImport({
 
 usingnamespace llvm;
 
+//pub const LLVMModuleRef = llvm.LLVMModuleRef;
+//pub const LLVMInt32Type = llvm.LLVMInt32Type;
+//pub const LLVMModuleCreateWithName = llvm.LLVMModuleCreateWithName;
+//pub const LLVMFunctionType = llvm.LLVMFunctionType;
+//pub const LLVMAddFunction = llvm.LLVMAddFunction;
+//
+//pub const LLVMBasicBlockRef = llvm.LLVMBasicBlockRef;
+//pub const LLVMAppendBasicBlock = llvm.LLVMAppendBasicBlock;
+//
+//pub const LLVMBuilderRef = llvm.LLVMBuilderRef;
+//pub const LLVMCreateBuilder = llvm.LLVMCreateBuilder;
+//pub const LLVMPositionBuilderAtEnd = llvm.LLVMPositionBuilderAtEnd;
+
 pub const LLVMTypeList = std.ArrayList(llvm.LLVMTypeRef);