diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3c5a552..3a0208f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: clang-format
       types_or: [c++, c, cuda]
-  - repo: local
-    hooks:
-      - id: clang-tidy
-        name: clang-tidy
-        language: system
-        entry: clang-tidy -p build/compile_commands.json -extra-arg=-std=c++20
-        files: cpp
-        exclude: "^build/"
   - repo: https://github.com/cmake-lint/cmake-lint
     rev: 1.4.3
     hooks:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a20162..13e451c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### main/HEAD
 * Add new Cursor::move overload to accept two integers
 * Handle bug in border rendering crashing with no lines of text
+* Removed zig build system
 
 ### v4.0.7
 * Added unit testing in `tests/` directory
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4cc975..ae7f78c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ Documentation is mostly provided in the `docs/` directory, where every header
 file has a partner mardown file to describe it's methods usecases.
 
 ### How to use
-As of `v4.0.0`, rawterm can be imported with cmake fetchcontent. Add the
-following passage to your CMakeLists.txt file then link to the `rawterm`
-library using `target_link_libraries`
+Add the following passage to your CMakeLists.txt file then link to the
+`rawterm` library using `target_link_libraries`
 
 ```cmake
 include(FetchContent)
@@ -19,14 +18,6 @@ fetchcontent_declare(
 fetchcontent_makeavailable(rawterm)
 ```
 
-Alternatively, if you use `zig` as your build system, you can run
-
-```console
-zig fetch --save=rawterm git+https://github.com/ttibsi/rawterm
-```
-
-This has only been tested with zig 0.13.0
-
 #### Example
 A minimal hello world example looks like this:
 
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index a32edc7..0000000
--- a/build.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-
-const examples = [_][]const u8{
-    "examples/cells.cpp",
-    "examples/colors.cpp",
-    "examples/cursor_position.cpp",
-    "examples/hello_world.cpp",
-    "examples/keys.cpp",
-    "examples/raw_escapes.cpp",
-    "examples/red_blue_panes.cpp",
-};
-
-
-pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
-    const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
-    const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
-    const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
-        .name = "rawterm",
-        .target = target,
-        .optimize = optimize,
-    });
-
-    lib.linkLibCpp();
-    lib.root_module.addIncludePath(b.path(""));
-    lib.addCSourceFiles(.{
-        .flags = &.{"-Wall", "-Wextra", "-std=c++20"},
-        .files = &.{
-            "rawterm/color.cpp",
-            "rawterm/core.cpp",
-            "rawterm/cursor.cpp",
-            "rawterm/extras/extras.cpp",
-            "rawterm/screen.cpp",
-            "rawterm/text.cpp",
-        }
-    });
-    b.installArtifact(lib);
-
-    for (examples) |example| {
-        const exec = b.addExecutable(.{
-            // .name = "hello-world",
-            .name = std.fs.path.stem(example),
-            .target = b.host,
-        });
-
-        exec.linkLibrary(lib);
-        exec.root_module.addIncludePath(b.path(""));
-        exec.addCSourceFile(.{
-            .file = b.path(example),
-            .flags = &.{ "-std=c++20" }
-        });
-
-        b.installArtifact(exec);
-    }
-
-    // Tests
-    const test_bin = b.addExecutable(.{
-        .name = "test-exe",
-        .target = b.host,
-    });
-
-    test_bin.linkLibrary(lib);
-    test_bin.root_module.addIncludePath(b.path(""));
-    test_bin.addCSourceFiles(.{
-        .flags = &.{"-g", "-Wall", "-Wextra", "-std=c++20"},
-        .files = &.{
-            "color_test.cpp",
-            "core_test.cpp",
-            "cursor_test.cpp",
-            "main.cpp",
-            "screen_test.cpp",
-            "text_test.cpp",
-        }
-    });
-
-    b.installArtifact(test_bin);
-}