diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1fd1db9b..a086fcb3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "docs"]
     path = docs
     url = https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox.wiki.git
-
-[submodule "brew_dist"]
-	path = brew_dist
-	url = https://github.com/ArchiveBox/homebrew-archivebox.git
 [submodule "pip_dist"]
 	path = pip_dist
 	url = https://github.com/ArchiveBox/pip-archivebox.git
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index b5d48115..b3271873 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR"
 # the order matters
 ./bin/build_docs.sh
 ./bin/build_pip.sh
-./bin/build_deb.sh
-./bin/build_brew.sh
 ./bin/build_docker.sh
 
 echo "[√] Done. Install the built package by running:"
diff --git a/bin/build_brew.sh b/bin/build_brew.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d73d92c4..00000000
--- a/bin/build_brew.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" > /dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-
-
-CURRENT_PLAFORM="$(uname)"
-REQUIRED_PLATFORM="Darwin"
-if [[ "$CURRENT_PLAFORM" != "$REQUIRED_PLATFORM" ]]; then
-   echo "[!] Skipping the Homebrew package build on $CURRENT_PLAFORM (it can only be run on $REQUIRED_PLATFORM)."
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-
-cd "$REPO_DIR/brew_dist"
-# make sure archivebox.rb is up-to-date with the dependencies
-git pull
-git status | grep 'up to date'
-
-echo
-echo "[+] Uninstalling any exisitng archivebox versions..."
-brew uninstall archivebox || true
-brew untap archivebox/archivebox || true
-brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies yt-dlp || true
-brew uninstall python-mutagen || true
-brew uninstall python-brotli || true
-
-pip3 uninstall archivebox || true
-pip3 uninstall mutagen || true
-pip3 uninstall brotli || true
-pip3 uninstall yt-dlp || true
-
-# echo "[*] Running Formula linters and test build..."
-# brew test-bot --tap=ArchiveBox/homebrew-archivebox archivebox/archivebox/archivebox || true
-# brew uninstall archivebox || true
-# brew untap archivebox/archivebox || true
-
-echo
-echo "[+] Installing and building hombrew bottle from https://github.com/ArchiveBox/homebrew-archivebox#main"
-brew tap archivebox/archivebox
-brew install --build-bottle archivebox
-brew bottle archivebox
-
-echo
-echo "[√] Finished. Make sure to commit the outputted .tar.gz and bottle files!"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build_deb.sh b/bin/build_deb.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4061e3ae..00000000
--- a/bin/build_deb.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-
-CURRENT_PLAFORM="$(uname)"
-REQUIRED_PLATFORM="Linux"
-if [[ "$CURRENT_PLAFORM" != "$REQUIRED_PLATFORM" ]]; then
-   echo "[!] Skipping the Debian package build on $CURRENT_PLAFORM (it can only be run on $REQUIRED_PLATFORM)."
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
-DEBIAN_VERSION="${DEBIAN_VERSION:-1}"
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-
-if [[ -f "$REPO_DIR/.venv/bin/activate" ]]; then
-    source "$REPO_DIR/.venv/bin/activate"
-else
-    echo "[!] Warning: No virtualenv presesnt in $REPO_DIR.venv"
-fi
-
-
-# Build python package lists
-# https://pdm-project.org/latest/usage/lockfile/
-echo "[+] Generating requirements.txt and pdm.lock from pyproject.toml..."
-pdm lock --group=':all' --production --lockfile pdm.lock --strategy="cross_platform"
-pdm sync --group=':all' --production --lockfile pdm.lock --clean || pdm sync --group=':all' --production --lockfile pdm.lock --clean
-pdm export --group=':all' --production --lockfile pdm.lock --without-hashes -o requirements.txt
-
-pdm lock --group=':all' --dev --lockfile pdm.dev.lock --strategy="cross_platform" 
-pdm sync --group=':all' --dev --lockfile pdm.dev.lock --clean || pdm sync --group=':all' --dev --lockfile pdm.dev.lock --clean
-pdm export --group=':all' --dev --lockfile pdm.dev.lock --without-hashes -o requirements-dev.txt
-
-
-
-# cleanup build artifacts
-rm -Rf build deb_dist dist archivebox-*.tar.gz
-
-
-# build source and binary packages
-# make sure the stdeb.cfg file is up-to-date with all the dependencies
-python3 setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command \
-    sdist_dsc --debian-version=$DEBIAN_VERSION \
-    bdist_deb
-
-# should output deb_dist/archivebox_0.5.4-1.{deb,changes,buildinfo,tar.gz}
diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 34256fad..491cadae 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -18,20 +18,16 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR"
 # ./bin/lint.sh
 # ./bin/test.sh
 
-# Run all the build scripts
-./bin/build_git.sh
-./bin/build_docs.sh
-./bin/build_pip.sh
-./bin/build_deb.sh
-./bin/build_brew.sh
-./bin/build_docker.sh
+# # Run all the build scripts
+# ./bin/build_git.sh
+# ./bin/build_docs.sh
+# ./bin/build_pip.sh
+# ./bin/build_docker.sh
 
 # Push relase to public repositories
 ./bin/release_git.sh
 ./bin/release_docs.sh
 ./bin/release_pip.sh
-./bin/release_deb.sh
-./bin/release_brew.sh
 ./bin/release_docker.sh
 
 VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
diff --git a/bin/release_brew.sh b/bin/release_brew.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 47b3bdca..00000000
--- a/bin/release_brew.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-
-
-CURRENT_PLAFORM="$(uname)"
-REQUIRED_PLATFORM="Darwin"
-if [[ "$CURRENT_PLAFORM" != "$REQUIRED_PLATFORM" ]]; then
-   echo "[!] Skipping the Homebrew package build on $CURRENT_PLAFORM (it can only be run on $REQUIRED_PLATFORM)."
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-./bin/build_brew.sh
-
-git add '*.bottle.tar.gz'
-git commit -m "add new release bottle"
-git pull
-git push
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/release_deb.sh b/bin/release_deb.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a470c4f3..00000000
--- a/bin/release_deb.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-
-CURRENT_PLAFORM="$(uname)"
-REQUIRED_PLATFORM="Linux"
-if [[ "$CURRENT_PLAFORM" != "$REQUIRED_PLATFORM" ]]; then
-   echo "[!] Skipping the Debian package build on $CURRENT_PLAFORM (it can only be run on $REQUIRED_PLATFORM)."
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
-DEBIAN_VERSION="${DEBIAN_VERSION:-1}"
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-
-echo "[+] Loading PGP keys from env vars and filesystem..."
-# https://github.com/ArchiveBox/debian-archivebox/settings/secrets/actions
-PGP_KEY_ID="${PGP_KEY_ID:-BC2D21B0D84E16C437300B8652423FBED1586F45}"
-[[ "${PGP_PUBLIC_KEY:-}" ]] && echo "$PGP_PUBLIC_KEY" > /tmp/archivebox_gpg.key.pub
-[[ "${PGP_PRIVATE_KEY:-}" ]] && echo "$PGP_PRIVATE_KEY" > /tmp/archivebox_gpg.key
-gpg --import /tmp/archivebox_gpg.key.pub || true
-gpg --import --allow-secret-key-import /tmp/archivebox_gpg.key || true
-echo "$PGP_KEY_ID:6:" | gpg --import-ownertrust || true
-
-echo "[*] Signing build and changelog with PGP..."
-debsign  --re-sign -k "$PGP_KEY_ID" "deb_dist/archivebox_${VERSION}-${DEBIAN_VERSION}_source.changes"
-
-# make sure you have this in ~/.dput.cf:
-#     [archivebox-ppa]
-#     fqdn: ppa.launchpad.net
-#     method: ftp
-#     incoming: ~archivebox/ubuntu/archivebox/
-#     login: anonymous
-#     allow_unsigned_uploads: 0
-
-
-echo "[^] Uploading to launchpad.net"
-dput -f archivebox "deb_dist/archivebox_${VERSION}-${DEBIAN_VERSION}_source.changes"
diff --git a/brew_dist b/brew_dist
deleted file mode 160000
index ec649467..00000000
--- a/brew_dist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit ec64946796d46a31e5a4d6449908b4060edb3079
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 640e0f79..1d6608bb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,13 +36,8 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Utilities",
     "Typing :: Typed",
 ]
-# platform = "py3-none-any"
-# package = "archivebox"
 
 
-# pdm install
-# pdm update --unconstrained
-# Last Bumped: 2024-09-18
 dependencies = [
     ############# Django / Core Libraries #############
     "setuptools>=74.1.0",
@@ -91,9 +86,6 @@ dependencies = [
     #################################################
 ]
 
-# pdm lock --group=':all' 
-# pdm install -G:all
-# pdm update --group=':all' --unconstrained
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 sonic = [
     # echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/valeriansaliou_sonic.gpg] https://packagecloud.io/valeriansaliou/sonic/debian/ bookworm main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/valeriansaliou_sonic.list
@@ -113,7 +105,7 @@ all = [
 [tool.uv]
 dev-dependencies = [
     ### BUILD
-    # "pdm",                           # usually installed by apt/brew, dont double-install with pip
+    "uv",
     "pip>=24.2",
     "setuptools>=75.1.0",
     "wheel>=0.44.0",
@@ -146,6 +138,7 @@ dev-dependencies = [
 [build-system]
 requires = ["pdm-backend"]
 build-backend = "pdm.backend"
+# https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/3957
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["archivebox"]
@@ -173,7 +166,7 @@ explicit_package_bases = true
 # disallow_incomplete_defs = true
 # disallow_untyped_defs = true
 # disallow_untyped_decorators = true
-# exclude = "pdm/(pep582/|models/in_process/.+\\.py)"
+# exclude = "tests/.*"
 plugins = ["mypy_django_plugin.main"]
 
 [tool.django-stubs]
@@ -203,12 +196,6 @@ pythonVersion = "3.10"
 pythonPlatform = "Linux"
 
 
-[tool.pdm.scripts]
-lint = "./bin/lint.sh"
-test = "./bin/test.sh"
-# all = {composite = ["lint mypackage/", "test -v tests/"]}
-
-
 [project.scripts]
 archivebox = "archivebox.cli:main"