diff --git a/docs/commands/README.md b/docs/commands/README.md
index 2bba4abfda6887598a2cdd0bc668745efd9250b9..3611ec6f82bfef621d5ff8bd91f270e4bc5c7d66 100644
--- a/docs/commands/README.md
+++ b/docs/commands/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ Running `zigmod` with no commands will print this list.
 
 - [`aq`](aq.md)
 - [`aq add`](aq_add.md)
-- [`aq update`](aq_update.md)
-- [`aq modfile`](aq_modfile.md)
 - [`aq showjson`](aq_showjson.md)
diff --git a/docs/commands/aq_modfile.md b/docs/commands/aq_modfile.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 198c6d8defbb2438b37b139141d64b9a9a3c95fe..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/commands/aq_modfile.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-## `aq modfile` command
-```
-zigmod aq modfile <version>
-```
-
-This is a temporary command that can print the corresponding `zig.mod` yaml for a new version.
-
-If on the details page for a package version, the string `<version>` is expecting is the path of the url after the domain. So for the version https://aquila.red/1/nektro/iana-tlds/v0.2, the version ID is `1/nektro/iana-tlds/v0.2`.
-
-### Example Output
-`$ zigmod aq modfile 1/nektro/iana-tlds/v0.2`
-```
-  - src: http https://aquila.red/1/nektro/iana-tlds/v0.2.tar.gz _ 0 2
-    version: sha256-d2e50438ad3ab45ee56b13f285234bed0738c2cb7c1c7023da8489b48ecf876f
-```
diff --git a/docs/commands/aq_update.md b/docs/commands/aq_update.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 466e13830383c5f909799ba8394c747087eaf614..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docs/commands/aq_update.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-## `aq update` command
-```
-zigmod aq update
-```
-
-This command takes no arguments and will check your `zig.mod` file for direct dependencies that have new versions available. If found it will print the respective version ID string that you can then pass to [`aq modfile`](aq_modfile.md) to get the relevant yaml text to update in your `zig.mod`.
-
-In the next version of the manifest format, this process will be done automatically without the need for `aq modfile`.
diff --git a/src/cmd/aq.zig b/src/cmd/aq.zig
index 19fb6ec899e38ff254502a8653c7b368e75f0551..61bbedc48cafb22a243c6039b2873c228cd99020 100644
--- a/src/cmd/aq.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/aq.zig
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ const u = @import("./../util/index.zig");
 
 pub const commands = struct {
     pub const add = @import("./aquila/add.zig");
-    pub const update = @import("./aquila/update.zig");
-    pub const modfile = @import("./aquila/modfile.zig");
     pub const showjson = @import("./aquila/showjson.zig");
 };
 
@@ -28,8 +26,6 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
             \\The subcommands available are:
             \\  - add       Append this package to your dependencies
             \\  - showjson  Print debug api data to stdout
-            \\  - update    Check your zig.mod dependencies for new versions
-            \\  - modile    Print the zig.mod text for a new version
         });
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/cmd/aquila/modfile.zig b/src/cmd/aquila/modfile.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index a4dfe0de574bddbc931bee5f0472655c088ac04a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/cmd/aquila/modfile.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
-
-const u = @import("./../../util/index.zig");
-const aq = @import("./../aq.zig");
-
-//
-//
-
-pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
-    const pkg_id_v = args[0];
-
-    const url = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ aq.server_root, pkg_id_v });
-    const val = try aq.server_fetch(url);
-
-    const v = val.get("vers").?;
-    const maj = v.get("real_major").?.Int;
-    const min = v.get("real_minor").?.Int;
-    const hash = v.get("tar_hash").?.String;
-
-    std.debug.print("  - src: http {s}/{s}.tar.gz _ {d} {d}\n", .{ aq.server_root, pkg_id_v, maj, min });
-    std.debug.print("    version: {s}\n", .{hash});
-}
diff --git a/src/cmd/aquila/update.zig b/src/cmd/aquila/update.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 409c3f784c2b3f49a85fec8446559b529c58a47a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/cmd/aquila/update.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-const std = @import("std");
-const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
-
-const u = @import("./../../util/index.zig");
-const aq = @import("./../aq.zig");
-
-//
-//
-
-pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
-    _ = args;
-
-    const mod = try u.ModFile.init(gpa, "zig.mod");
-
-    for (mod.deps) |d| {
-        try check_dep(d);
-    }
-    for (mod.devdeps) |d| {
-        try check_dep(d);
-    }
-}
-
-fn check_dep(dep: u.Dep) !void {
-    if (dep.type != .http) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (!std.mem.startsWith(u8, dep.path, aq.server_root)) {
-        return;
-    }
-    var pkg_id_v = std.mem.split(url_to_pkgid(dep.path), "/");
-    const host = pkg_id_v.next().?;
-    const user = pkg_id_v.next().?;
-    const pkg = pkg_id_v.next().?;
-    const vers = try vers_get_pieces(pkg_id_v.next().?);
-
-    const url = try std.mem.join(gpa, "/", &.{ aq.server_root, host, user, pkg });
-    const val = try aq.server_fetch(url);
-
-    const versions = val.get("versions").?.Array;
-    const latest = versions[versions.len - 1];
-
-    const rmaj = latest.get("real_major").?.Int;
-    const rmin = latest.get("real_minor").?.Int;
-
-    if (rmaj == vers[0] and rmin == vers[1]) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    std.log.info("found new version: {s}/{s}/{s}/v{d}.{d}", .{ host, user, pkg, rmaj, rmin });
-}
-
-fn url_to_pkgid(url: []const u8) []const u8 {
-    var res = url;
-    res = u.trim_prefix(res, aq.server_root);
-    res = u.trim_suffix(res, ".tar.gz");
-    return res;
-}
-
-fn vers_get_pieces(v: []const u8) ![2]i64 {
-    var it = std.mem.split(v[1..], ".");
-    const maj = it.next().?;
-    const min = it.next().?;
-    return [_]i64{
-        try std.fmt.parseInt(i64, maj, 10),
-        try std.fmt.parseInt(i64, min, 10),
-    };
-}