diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 143ef814e5a6dbdb5b506b5abcf7908716309b5f..8d4bb2c385265f09b5a8a436f30a0edd4f17755d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@ set(namespace "fggl")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES)
 
-option(FGGL_CONAN "Should we use conan to find missing dependencies?" OFF)
 option(FGGL_EXAMPLES "Should we build examples or just the library" ON)
 option(FGGL_TESTS "Should we enable the testing suite?" ON)
 option(FGGL_DOCS "Should we build documentation?" ON)
 
-set(CONAN_BUILD_TYPE "Debug")
-
 if(DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
   set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
       CACHE STRING "")
@@ -26,10 +23,6 @@ project(fggl
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 if (CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
-
-	# slightly cleaner conan support
-    include(cmake/conan-wrangler.cmake)
-
 	# testing support
 	include(CTest)
 
@@ -45,7 +38,6 @@ if (CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
 
 endif()
 
-
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 
diff --git a/cmake/conan-wrangler.cmake b/cmake/conan-wrangler.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c68e672a3c7f157d62f730373ea4dc9f2f58c83e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/cmake/conan-wrangler.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-##
-# Conan Wranger
-# Integrate Conan when needed, don't bother when it's not
-##
-
-if ( FGGL_CONAN )
-    if ( CONAN_EXPORTED )
-        include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
-        conan_basic_setup()
-    else()
-        list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-        list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
-
-        # download conan if not available
-        if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake")
-            message(STATUS "Downloading conan.cmake from https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan")
-            file(DOWNLOAD "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/master/conan.cmake"
-                    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake")
-        endif()
-
-        # download and enable dependencies
-        include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake)
-        conan_cmake_configure(
-                REQUIRES
-                    opengl/system
-                    openal/1.21.1
-                    assimp/5.2.2
-                    glfw/3.3.7
-                    glad/0.1.35
-                    glm/0.9.9.8
-                    spdlog/1.10.0
-                    freetype/2.11.1
-                    bullet3/3.22a
-                    yaml-cpp/0.7.0
-                    GENERATORS
-                    cmake_find_package
-                    cmake_find_package_multi
-                OPTIONS
-                    glfw:shared=True
-                    glad:gl_profile=core
-                    glad:gl_version=4.5
-                    glad:extensions="GL_ARB_get_program_binary,GL_ARB_shading_language_include"
-                BASIC_SETUP
-        )
-
-        if ( CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES )
-            foreach(TYPE ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
-                conan_cmake_autodetect( settings BUILD_TYPE ${TYPE} )
-                conan_cmake_install(
-                        PATH_OR_REFERENCE .
-                        BUILD missing
-                        SETTINGS ${settings}
-                )
-            endforeach()
-        else()
-            conan_cmake_autodetect( settings BUILD_TYPE ${TYPE} )
-            conan_cmake_install(
-                    PATH_OR_REFERENCE .
-                    BUILD missing
-                    SETTINGS ${settings}
-            )
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-endif()
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