diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 7f1ca05..9006ee7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ jobs:
   # the mega job containing all things we need to do, since setting up a single system is more efficient than installing the same stuff on multiple ones
   #
   exec-ci-tasks:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # general setup
       - name: checkout main branch
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88eed6f..cfca841 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@
 *.lock
 /bin/
 /obj/
-/vcpkg_installed/
 compile_commands.json
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 813539d..0000000
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
-	"dependencies": [
-		"glfw3",
-		"libarchive"
-	]
-}