diff --git a/scripts/make-sfx.sh b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
index deb7bee0..a1ee1a06 100755
--- a/scripts/make-sfx.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ gtar=$(command -v gtar || command -v gnutar) || true
 	sed()  { gsed  "$@"; }
 	find() { gfind "$@"; }
 	sort() { gsort "$@"; }
-	shuf() { gshuf "$@"; }
 	nproc() { gnproc; }
 	sha1sum() { shasum "$@"; }
 	unexpand() { gunexpand "$@"; }
@@ -157,9 +156,9 @@ stamp=$(
 	done | sort | tail -n 1 | sha1sum | cut -c-16
 )
 
-rm -rf sfx$CSN/*
-mkdir -p sfx$CSN build
-cd sfx$CSN
+rm -rf sfx/*
+mkdir -p sfx build
+cd sfx
 
 tmpdir="$(
 	printf '%s\n' "$TMPDIR" /tmp |
@@ -395,7 +394,7 @@ ts=$(date -u +%s)
 hts=$(date -u +%Y-%m%d-%H%M%S) # --date=@$ts (thx osx)
 
 mkdir -p ../dist
-sfx_out=../dist/copyparty-sfx$CSN
+sfx_out=../dist/copyparty-sfx
 
 echo cleanup
 find -name '*.pyc' -delete
@@ -554,7 +553,7 @@ gzres() {
 }
 
 
-zdir="$tmpdir/cpp-mksfx$CSN"
+zdir="$tmpdir/cpp-mksfx"
 [ -e "$zdir/$stamp" ] || rm -rf "$zdir"
 mkdir -p "$zdir"
 echo a > "$zdir/$stamp"
@@ -583,15 +582,7 @@ echo gen tarlist
 for d in copyparty partftpy magic j2 py2 py37 ftp; do find $d -type f || true; done |  # strip_hints
 sed -r 's/(.*)\.(.*)/\2 \1/' | LC_ALL=C sort |
 sed -r 's/([^ ]*) (.*)/\2.\1/' | grep -vE '/list1?$' > list1
-
-for n in {1..50}; do
-	(grep -vE '\.gz$' list1; grep -E '\.gz$' list1 | (shuf||gshuf) ) >list || true
-	s=$( (sha1sum||shasum) < list | cut -c-16)
-	grep -q $s "$zdir/h" 2>/dev/null && continue
-	echo $s >> "$zdir/h"
-	break
-done
-[ $n -eq 50 ] && exit
+(grep -vE '\.gz$' list1; grep -E '\.gz$' list1) >list
 
 echo creating tar
 tar -cf tar "${targs[@]}" --numeric-owner -T list
diff --git a/scripts/rls.sh b/scripts/rls.sh
index 613b53e0..e72eef0d 100755
--- a/scripts/rls.sh
+++ b/scripts/rls.sh
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ v=$1
 rm -f ../dist/copyparty-sfx*
 shift
 ./make-sfx.sh "$@"
-f=../dist/copyparty-sfx
-[ -e $f.py ] && s= || s=-gz
-# TODO: the -gz suffix is gone, can drop all the $s stuff probably
-
-$f$s.py --version >/dev/null
+../dist/copyparty-sfx.py --version >/dev/null
 
 while [ "$1" ]; do
     case "$1" in
@@ -46,27 +42,4 @@ while [ "$1" ]; do
     shift
 done
 
-[ $parallel -gt 1 ] && {
-    printf '\033[%s' s 2r H "0;1;37;44mbruteforcing sfx size -- press enter to terminate" K u "7m $* " K $'27m\n'
-    trap "rm -f .sfx-run; printf '\033[%s' s r u" INT TERM EXIT
-    touch .sfx-run
-    min=99999999
-    for ((a=0; a<$parallel; a++)); do
-        while [ -e .sfx-run ]; do
-            CSN=$a ./make-sfx.sh re "$@"
-            sz=$(wc -c <$f$a$s.py | awk '{print$1}')
-            [ $sz -ge $min ] && continue
-            mv $f$a$s.py $f$s.py.$sz
-            min=$sz
-        done &
-    done
-    read
-    exit
-}
-
-while true; do
-    mv $f$s.py $f$s.$(wc -c <$f$s.py | awk '{print$1}').py
-    ./make-sfx.sh re "$@"
-done
-
 # git tag -d v$v; git push --delete origin v$v