diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 360e786..2413bc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -221,14 +221,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pacdef_main"
-version = "1.0.0-beta4"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "pacdef_core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "path-absolutize"
 version = "3.0.14"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62bacc6..9b896f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["package-manager", "linux", "declarative", "cli"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
 
 [workspace]
-members = ["crates/pacdef_main", "crates/pacdef_macros", "crates/pacdef_core"]
+members = ["crates/pacdef_macros", "crates/pacdef_core"]
 
 [dependencies]
 alpm = "2.2"
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_main/Cargo.toml b/crates/pacdef_main/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 221df85..0000000
--- a/crates/pacdef_main/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "pacdef_main"
-version = "1.0.0-beta4"
-edition = "2021"
-description = "main program for pacdef"
-license = "GPLv3"
-repository = "https://github.com/steven-omaha/pacdef"
-readme = "README.md"
-keywords = ["package-manager", "linux", "declarative", "cli"]
-categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "pacdef"
-path = "main.rs"
-
-[dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0"
-pacdef_core = { path = "../pacdef_core", version = "1.0.0-beta4" }
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_main/README.md b/crates/pacdef_main/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index d500a01..0000000
--- a/crates/pacdef_main/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# pacdef_main
-
-main program for pacdef
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_main/main.rs b/crates/pacdef_main/main.rs
index d2793a1..02bf36c 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_main/main.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_main/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
-Main program for `pacdef`. All internal logic happens in `pacdef_core`.
+Main program for `pacdef`. All internal logic happens in [`pacdef_core`].
 */
 
 #![warn(