diff --git a/scripts/Readme.md b/scripts/Readme.md
index 9faafce..ddb6b84 100644
--- a/scripts/Readme.md
+++ b/scripts/Readme.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ A custom version of the vendor:stb/truetype is maintained by this library:
 * Added ability to set the stb_truetype allocator for `STBTT_MALLOC` and `STBTT_FREE`.
 * Changed procedure signatures to pass the font_info struct by immutable ptr (#by_ptr) when the C equivalent has their parameter as `const*`.
 
-All other dependencies are provided directly into the thirdparty directory. However they can be cloned from their corresponding github repos:
+All other dependencies are provided directly into the thirdparty directory (EXCEPT sokol-tools, its cloned). However they can be cloned from their corresponding github repos:
 
 [harfbuzz](https://github.com/Ed94/odin_harfbuzz) is configured to pull & build the C++ library, it will use the MSVC toolchain (you can change it to use meson instead of preferred).  
 [sokol](https://github.com/floooh/sokol) built using `build_sokol_library.ps1`.  
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Build sokol manually if not using a fresh clone.
 
 #### Note on dependency packages
 
-All other dependencies are provided directly into the thirdparty directory. However they can be cloned from their corresponding github repos:
+All other dependencies are provided directly into the thirdparty directory (EXCEPT sokol-tools, its cloned). However they can be cloned from their corresponding github repos:
 
 [harfbuzz](https://github.com/Ed94/odin_harfbuzz) is configured to pull & build the C++ library, it will use the gcc toolchain (you can change it to use meson instead of preferred).  
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/.gitignore b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index bfe2935..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.vscode/
-.zig-cache/
-zig-out/
-*.pyc
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/LICENSE b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 396f640..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2019 Andre Weissflog
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/README.md b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 4128d4d..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# sokol-tools-bin
-Binaries and fips integration for https://github.com/floooh/sokol-tools
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/linux/readme.txt b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/linux/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c315007..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/linux/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Precompiled binaries for Linux go here (64-bit statically linked).
-
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/linux/sokol-shdc b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/linux/sokol-shdc
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diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/osx/readme.txt b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/osx/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ff18fea..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/osx/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Precompiled binaries for macOS go here.
-
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/osx/sokol-shdc b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/osx/sokol-shdc
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diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/win32/readme.txt b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/win32/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f0ec175..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/win32/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Precompiled binaries for Windows (64-bit) go here.
-
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/win32/sokol-shdc.exe b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/bin/win32/sokol-shdc.exe
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diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/build.zig b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/build.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 06f3bf8..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/build.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-//! Helper code to invoke sokol-shdc from the Zig build system.
-//! See https://github.com/floooh/sokol-zig for an example
-//! of how to use sokol-tools-bin as a lazy dependency and
-//! compile shaders (search for `shdc.compile` in the sokol-zig build.zig)
-const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
-const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-const Build = std.Build;
-
-pub const Options = struct {
-    dep_shdc: *Build.Dependency,
-    input: Build.LazyPath,
-    output: Build.LazyPath,
-    slang: Slang,
-    format: Format = .sokol_zig,
-    tmp_dir: ?Build.LazyPath = null,
-    defines: ?[][]const u8 = null,
-    module: ?[]const u8 = null,
-    reflection: bool = false,
-    bytecode: bool = false,
-    dump: bool = false,
-    genver: ?[]const u8 = null,
-    ifdef: bool = false,
-    noifdef: bool = false,
-    save_intermediate_spirv: bool = false,
-    no_log_cmdline: bool = true,
-};
-
-pub fn compile(b: *Build, opts: Options) !*Build.Step.Run {
-    const shdc_path = try getShdcLazyPath(opts.dep_shdc);
-    const args = try optsToArgs(opts, b, shdc_path);
-    var step = b.addSystemCommand(args);
-    step.addFileArg(opts.input);
-    return step;
-}
-
-/// target shader languages
-/// NOTE: make sure that field names match the cmdline arg string
-pub const Slang = packed struct(u10) {
-    glsl410: bool = false,
-    glsl430: bool = false,
-    glsl300es: bool = false,
-    glsl310es: bool = false,
-    hlsl4: bool = false,
-    hlsl5: bool = false,
-    metal_macos: bool = false,
-    metal_ios: bool = false,
-    metal_sim: bool = false,
-    wgsl: bool = false,
-};
-
-fn slangToString(slang: Slang, a: Allocator) ![]const u8 {
-    var strings: [16][]const u8 = undefined;
-    var num_strings: usize = 0;
-    inline for (std.meta.fields(Slang)) |field| {
-        if (@field(slang, field.name)) {
-            strings[num_strings] = field.name;
-            num_strings += 1;
-        }
-    }
-    return std.mem.join(a, ":", strings[0..num_strings]);
-}
-
-/// the code-generation target language
-/// NOTE: make sure that the item names match the cmdline arg string
-pub const Format = enum {
-    sokol,
-    sokol_impl,
-    sokol_zig,
-    sokol_nim,
-    sokol_odin,
-    sokol_rust,
-    sokol_d,
-    sokol_jai,
-};
-
-fn formatToString(f: Format) []const u8 {
-    return @tagName(f);
-}
-
-fn getShdcLazyPath(dep_shdc: *Build.Dependency) !Build.LazyPath {
-    const intel = builtin.cpu.arch.isX86();
-    const opt_sub_path: ?[]const u8 = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
-        .windows => "bin/win32/sokol-shdc.exe",
-        .linux => if (intel) "bin/linux/sokol-shdc" else "bin/linux_arm64/sokol-shdc",
-        .macos => if (intel) "bin/osx/sokol-shdc" else "bin/osx_arm64/sokol-shdc",
-        else => null,
-    };
-    if (opt_sub_path) |sub_path| {
-        return dep_shdc.path(sub_path);
-    } else {
-        return error.ShdcUnsupportedPlatform;
-    }
-}
-
-fn optsToArgs(opts: Options, b: *Build, tool_path: Build.LazyPath) ![]const []const u8 {
-    const a = b.allocator;
-    var arr: std.ArrayListUnmanaged([]const u8) = .empty;
-    try arr.append(a, tool_path.getPath(b));
-    try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "-o", opts.output.getPath(b) });
-    try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "-l", try slangToString(opts.slang, a) });
-    try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "-f", formatToString(opts.format) });
-    if (opts.tmp_dir) |tmp_dir| {
-        try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "--tmpdir", tmp_dir.getPath(b) });
-    }
-    if (opts.defines) |defines| {
-        try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "--defines", try std.mem.join(a, ":", defines) });
-    }
-    if (opts.module) |module| {
-        try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "--module", b.dupe(module) });
-    }
-    if (opts.reflection) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--reflection");
-    }
-    if (opts.bytecode) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--bytecode");
-    }
-    if (opts.dump) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--dump");
-    }
-    if (opts.genver) |genver| {
-        try arr.appendSlice(a, &.{ "--genver", b.dupe(genver) });
-    }
-    if (opts.ifdef) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--ifdef");
-    }
-    if (opts.noifdef) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--noifdef");
-    }
-    if (opts.save_intermediate_spirv) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--save-intermediate-spirv");
-    }
-    if (opts.no_log_cmdline) {
-        try arr.append(a, "--no-log-cmdline");
-    }
-    // important: keep this last
-    try arr.append(a, "-i");
-    return arr.toOwnedSlice(a);
-}
-
-pub fn build(b: *Build) void {
-    _ = b;
-}
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/build.zig.zon b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/build.zig.zon
deleted file mode 100644
index ced1d9e..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/build.zig.zon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-.{
-    .name = .sokolshdc,
-    .fingerprint = 0xe0596dde0e9962af,
-    .version = "0.1.0",
-    .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
-    .paths = .{ "bin", "build.zig", "build.zig.zon" },
-}
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/fips-files/generators/SokolShader.py b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/fips-files/generators/SokolShader.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f29dfd..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/fips-files/generators/SokolShader.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#   SokolShader.py
-#
-#   Fips code-generator script for invoking sokol-shdc during the build.
-#
-#   Use the cmake macro 'sokol_shader([glsl-file] [shader-dialects])' inside a
-#   fips target (fips_begin_* / fips_end_*) to hook the code-generation
-#   build job into the build process.
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Version = 5
-
-import os, platform, subprocess
-import genutil as util
-from mod import log
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-def find_shdc():
-    shdc_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    shdc_path += '/../../bin/'
-    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-        shdc_path += 'win32/'
-    elif platform.system() == 'Darwin':
-        if platform.machine() == 'arm64':
-            shdc_path += 'osx_arm64/'
-        else:
-            shdc_path += 'osx/'
-    elif platform.system() == 'Linux':
-        if platform.machine() in ['aarch64', 'arm64']:
-            shdc_path += 'linux_arm64/'
-        else:
-            shdc_path += 'linux/'
-    else:
-        log.error('Unknown host system {}'.format(platform.system()))
-    return shdc_path + 'sokol-shdc'
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-def generate(input, out_src, out_hdr, args):
-    errfmt = 'msvc' if args['compiler']=='MSVC' else 'gcc'
-    if util.isDirty(Version, [input], [out_hdr]):
-        print('## sokol-shdc: {} {} {}'.format(input, out_hdr, str(args)))
-        cmd = [find_shdc(),
-                '--input', input,
-                '--output', out_hdr,
-                '--slang', args['slang'],
-                '--genver', str(Version),
-                '--errfmt', errfmt,
-                '--format', 'sokol']
-        if 'defines' in args:
-            cmd.extend(['--defines', args['defines']])
-        if 'module' in args:
-            cmd.extend(['--module', args['module']])
-        if 'reflection' in args:
-            if args['reflection']:
-                cmd.extend(['--reflection'])
-        if 'debuggable' in args and args['debuggable']:
-            pass
-        else:
-            cmd.extend(['--bytecode'])
-        res = subprocess.call(cmd)
-        if res != 0:
-            log.error('sokol-shdc returned with error code {}'.format(res))
diff --git a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/fips-files/include.cmake b/thirdparty/sokol-tools/fips-files/include.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a7879d..0000000
--- a/thirdparty/sokol-tools/fips-files/include.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-macro(sokol_shader shd slang)
-    set(args "{slang: '${slang}', compiler: '${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}' }")
-    fips_generate(TYPE SokolShader FROM ${shd} HEADER ${shd}.h OUT_OF_SOURCE ARGS ${args})
-endmacro()
-
-# special version which doesn't generate binary output, this allows shaders to be debugged
-macro(sokol_shader_debuggable shd slang)
-    set(args "{slang: '${slang}', compiler: '${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}', debuggable: true }")
-    fips_generate(TYPE SokolShader FROM ${shd} HEADER ${shd}.h OUT_OF_SOURCE ARGS ${args})
-endmacro()
-
-macro(sokol_shader_variant shd slang module defines)
-    set(args "{slang: '${slang}', compiler: '${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}', defines: '${defines}', module: '${module}' }")
-    fips_generate(TYPE SokolShader FROM ${shd} HEADER ${shd}.${module}.h OUT_OF_SOURCE ARGS ${args})
-endmacro()
-
-macro(sokol_shader_with_reflection shd slang)
-    set(args "{slang: '${slang}', compiler: '${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}', reflection: true }")
-    fips_generate(TYPE SokolShader FROM ${shd} HEADER ${shd}.h OUT_OF_SOURCE ARGS ${args})
-endmacro()
-
-macro(sokol_shader_variant_with_reflection shd slang module defines)
-    set(args "{slang: '${slang}', compiler: '${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}', defines: '${defines}', module: '${module}', reflection: true }")
-    fips_generate(TYPE SokolShader FROM ${shd} HEADER ${shd}.${module}.h OUT_OF_SOURCE ARGS ${args})
-endmacro()