diff --git a/build.bash b/build.bash
index 7c278b6..41494c5 100755
--- a/build.bash
+++ b/build.bash
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ srcd="$(dirname $0)"
 mudir=$outd/mupdf
 muinc="-I $mudir/include -I $mudir/thirdparty/freetype/include"
 
-test -d "$mudir" || die muPDF not found, consult $(dirname $0)/BUILDING
 
 mkdir -p $outd/{$wsid,lablGL}
 :>$outd/ordered
@@ -39,12 +38,6 @@ isfresh() { test -r "$1.past" && . "$1.past" && test "$k" = "$2"; }
 mbt=${mbt:-native}
 mulibs="$mudir/build/$mbt/libmupdf.a" # $mudir/build/$mbt/libmupdf-third.a
 
-keycmd="(cd $mudir && make -q build=$mbt libs && echo); digest $mulibs"
-isfresh "$mulibs" "$(eval $keycmd)" || (
-    make -C "$mudir" build=$mbt -j $mjobs libs
-    echo "k='$(eval $keycmd)'" >$mudir/build/$mbt/libmupdf.a.past
-) && vecho "fresh mupdf"
-
 oincs() {
     local i=
     local incs1=
@@ -90,34 +83,6 @@ mflags() {
 }
 
 overs="$(ocamlc -vnum 2>/dev/null)" || overs=""
-test "$overs" = "4.08" || {
-    url=https://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-4.08/ocaml-4.08.0.tar.xz
-    txz=$outd/$(basename $url)
-    isfresh $txz $url || {
-        executable_p() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; }
-        if executable_p wget; then dl() { wget -q "$1" -O "$2"; }
-        elif executable_p curl; then dl() { curl -L "$1" -o "$2"; }
-        else die "no program to fetch remote urls found"
-        fi
-        dl $url $txz
-        echo "k=$url" >$txz.past
-    } && vecho "fresh $txz"
-    absprefix=$(cd $outd &>/dev/null; pwd -P)
-    export PATH=$absprefix/bin:$PATH
-    isfresh $absprefix/bin/ocamlc "$url" || (
-        tar xf $txz -C $outd
-        bn=$(basename $url)
-        cd $outd/${bn%.tar.xz}
-        ./configure --disable-vmthreads --disable-graph-lib \
-                    --disable-ocamldoc --enable-debugger=no \
-                    --disable-flat-float-array              \
-                    --prefix=$absprefix
-        make -j $mjobs world
-        make install
-        echo "k='$url'" >$absprefix/bin/ocamlc.past
-    ) && vecho "fresh ocamlc"
-    overs=$(ocamlc -vnum 2>/dev/null)
-}
 
 bocaml1() {
     grep -q "$3" $outd/ordered || {
@@ -227,7 +192,7 @@ bobjc() {
     } && vecho "fresh $o"
 }
 
-ver=$(cd $srcd && git describe --tags --dirty) || ver=unknown
+ver=@version@
 
 cmd="(. $srcd/genconfstr.sh >$outd/confstruct.ml)"
 keycmd="digest $srcd/genconfstr.sh $outd/confstruct.ml"
@@ -281,7 +246,7 @@ for m in ml_gl ml_glarray ml_raw; do
 done
 
 libs="str.cma unix.cma"
-clibs="-L$mudir/build/$mbt -lmupdf -lmupdf-third -lpthread"
+clibs="-lmupdf -lfreetype -lpthread"
 if $darwin; then
     mcomp=$(ocamlc -config | grep bytecomp_c_co | { read _ c; echo $c; })
     clibs="$clibs -framework Cocoa -framework OpenGL"