diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bab8615..bd931ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
 # zfltk
 A Zig wrapper for the FLTK gui library.
 
-## Running the examples
+## Building the package from source
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/MoAlyousef/zfltk
 cd zfltk
-zig build run-simple
-zig build run-capi
-zig build run-editor
-zig build run-input
-zig build run-image
-zig build run-mixed
+zig build
 ```
 
+To build the examples, pass `-Dzfltk-build-examples=true` to your `zig build` command.
+
 ## Usage
-### Official Zig package manager:
-If you're using the official package manager:
+zfltk supports the zig package manager. You can add it as a dependency to your project in your build.zig.zon:
 ```zig
-// in your build.zig.zon
 .{
     .name = "app",
     .version = "0.0.1",
@@ -72,58 +67,6 @@ Then you can run:
 zig build run
 ```
 
-### Via vendoring
-You can either use git clone or git submodules:
-```
-# via git submodule
-git submodule add https://github.com/moalyousef/zfltk
-cd zfltk
-cd ..
-```
-```
-# via git clone
-git clone https://github.com/moalyousef/zfltk
-cd zfltk
-cd ..
-```
-then you will need a build.zig file as follows:
-```zig
-const std = @import("std");
-const Sdk = @import("zfltk/build.zig");
-const Build = std.Build;
-
-pub fn build(b: *Build) !void {
-    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
-    const mode = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
-
-    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
-        .name = "app",
-        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
-        .optimize = mode,
-        .target = target,
-    });
-
-    const sdk = try Sdk.init(b);
-    const zfltk_module = sdk.getZfltkModule(b);
-    exe.root_module.addImport("zfltk", zfltk_module);
-    try sdk.link(exe);
-    
-    b.installArtifact(exe);
-
-    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
-    if (b.args) |args| {
-        run_cmd.addArgs(args);
-    }
-
-    const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
-    run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
-}
-```
-Then you can run:
-```
-zig build run
-```
-
 ## Dependencies 
 
 This repo tracks cfltk, the C bindings to FLTK. It (along with FLTK) is statically linked to your application.
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 663cdf8..64f5ccb 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ pub const SdkOpts = struct {
     system_jpeg: bool = false,
     system_png: bool = false,
     system_zlib: bool = false,
-    use_zig_cc: bool = false,
     use_fltk_config: bool = false,
+    build_examples: bool = false,
     fn finalOpts(self: SdkOpts) utils.FinalOpts {
         return utils.FinalOpts{
             .use_wayland = self.use_wayland,
             .system_jpeg = self.system_jpeg,
             .system_png = self.system_png,
             .system_zlib = self.system_zlib,
-            .use_zig_cc = self.use_zig_cc,
+            .build_examples = self.build_examples,
             .use_fltk_config = self.use_fltk_config,
         };
     }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn initWithOpts(b: *Build, opts: SdkOpts) !*Sdk {
     final_opts.system_jpeg = b.option(bool, "zfltk-system-libjpeg", "link system libjpeg") orelse opts.system_jpeg;
     final_opts.system_png = b.option(bool, "zfltk-system-libpng", "link system libpng") orelse opts.system_png;
     final_opts.system_zlib = b.option(bool, "zfltk-system-zlib", "link system zlib") orelse opts.system_zlib;
-    final_opts.use_zig_cc = b.option(bool, "zfltk-use-zigcc", "use zig cc and zig c++ to build FLTK and cfltk") orelse opts.use_zig_cc;
+    final_opts.build_examples = b.option(bool, "zfltk-build-examples", "Build zfltk examples") orelse opts.build_examples;
     final_opts.use_fltk_config = b.option(bool, "zfltk-use-fltk-config", "use fltk-config instead of building fltk from source") orelse opts.use_fltk_config;
     const install_prefix = b.install_prefix;
     const finalize_cfltk = b.step("finalize cfltk install", "Installs cfltk");
@@ -79,23 +79,25 @@ pub fn build(b: *Build) !void {
     const mode = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
     const sdk = try Sdk.init(b);
     const zfltk_module = sdk.getZfltkModule(b);
-    const examples_step = b.step("examples", "build the examples");
-    b.default_step.dependOn(examples_step);
+    if (sdk.opts.build_examples) {
+        const examples_step = b.step("examples", "build the examples");
+        b.default_step.dependOn(examples_step);
 
-    for (utils.examples) |example| {
-        const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
-            .name = example.output,
-            .root_source_file = b.path(example.input),
-            .optimize = mode,
-            .target = target,
-        });
-        exe.root_module.addImport("zfltk", zfltk_module);
-        try sdk.link(exe);
-        examples_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
-        b.installArtifact(exe);
+        for (utils.examples) |example| {
+            const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+                .name = example.output,
+                .root_source_file = b.path(example.input),
+                .optimize = mode,
+                .target = target,
+            });
+            exe.root_module.addImport("zfltk", zfltk_module);
+            try sdk.link(exe);
+            examples_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
+            b.installArtifact(exe);
 
-        const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
-        const run_step = b.step(b.fmt("run-{s}", .{example.output}), example.description.?);
-        run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+            const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+            const run_step = b.step(b.fmt("run-{s}", .{example.output}), example.description.?);
+            run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/build_utils.zig b/build_utils.zig
index f9ecb37..63b4643 100644
--- a/build_utils.zig
+++ b/build_utils.zig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub const FinalOpts = struct {
     system_jpeg: bool = false,
     system_png: bool = false,
     system_zlib: bool = false,
-    use_zig_cc: bool = false,
+    build_examples: bool = false,
     use_fltk_config: bool = false,
 };
 
@@ -51,17 +51,6 @@ pub const examples = &[_]Example{
 };
 
 pub fn cfltk_build_from_source(b: *Build, finalize_cfltk: *Build.Step, install_prefix: []const u8, opts: FinalOpts) !void {
-    const zig_exe = b.graph.zig_exe;
-    var zig_cc_buf: [250]u8 = undefined;
-    var zig_cpp_buf: [250]u8 = undefined;
-    const use_zig_cc = switch (opts.use_zig_cc) {
-        false => "",
-        true => try std.fmt.bufPrint(zig_cc_buf[0..], "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER={s};cc", .{zig_exe}),
-    };
-    const use_zig_cpp = switch (opts.use_zig_cc) {
-        false => "",
-        true => try std.fmt.bufPrint(zig_cpp_buf[0..], "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER={s};c++", .{zig_exe}),
-    };
     const target = b.host.result;
     var buf: [1024]u8 = undefined;
     const sdk_lib_dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(buf[0..], "{s}/cfltk/lib", .{install_prefix});
@@ -95,8 +84,6 @@ pub fn cfltk_build_from_source(b: *Build, finalize_cfltk: *Build.Step, install_p
                 cmake_src_path,
                 "-GNinja",
                 "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-                use_zig_cc,
-                use_zig_cpp,
                 cmake_inst_path,
                 "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=OFF",
                 which_png,
@@ -115,8 +102,6 @@ pub fn cfltk_build_from_source(b: *Build, finalize_cfltk: *Build.Step, install_p
                 "-S",
                 cmake_src_path,
                 "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-                use_zig_cc,
-                use_zig_cpp,
                 cmake_inst_path,
                 "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=OFF",
                 which_png,
@@ -136,8 +121,6 @@ pub fn cfltk_build_from_source(b: *Build, finalize_cfltk: *Build.Step, install_p
                     "-S",
                     cmake_src_path,
                     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-                    use_zig_cc,
-                    use_zig_cpp,
                     cmake_inst_path,
                     "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=OFF",
                     which_png,
@@ -158,8 +141,6 @@ pub fn cfltk_build_from_source(b: *Build, finalize_cfltk: *Build.Step, install_p
                     "-S",
                     cmake_src_path,
                     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-                    use_zig_cc,
-                    use_zig_cpp,
                     cmake_inst_path,
                     "-DFLTK_BUILD_TEST=OFF",
                     which_png,