diff --git a/src/cmd/fetch.zig b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
index fe0a6f868276c6ce080c0ad6be365ad0ff2429d3..ceffd32800e5283984bc2a7f5d0a7dff7eae1da9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd/fetch.zig
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ const common = @import("./../common.zig");
 pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
     //
     const dir = try fs.path.join(gpa, &.{ ".zigmod", "deps" });
+    const should_update = !(args.len >= 1 and std.mem.eql(u8, args[0], "--no-update"));
 
     const top_module = try common.collect_deps_deep(dir, "zig.mod", .{
-        .log = true,
-        .update = true,
+        .log = should_update,
+        .update = should_update,
     });
 
     //
diff --git a/src/common.zig b/src/common.zig
index a5c6202fbe829caef2ecc8d2a0e4763e0a1ee384..94a5f9c39c0840c76d5e80e0024ab65532e44af9 100644
--- a/src/common.zig
+++ b/src/common.zig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub const CollectOptions = struct {
     update: bool,
 };
 
-pub fn collect_deps_deep(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8, comptime options: CollectOptions) !u.Module {
+pub fn collect_deps_deep(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8, options: CollectOptions) !u.Module {
     const m = try u.ModFile.init(gpa, mpath);
     const moduledeps = &std.ArrayList(u.Module).init(gpa);
     try moduledeps.append(try collect_deps(dir, mpath, options));
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn collect_deps_deep(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8, comptime options: C
     };
 }
 
-pub fn collect_deps(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8, comptime options: CollectOptions) anyerror!u.Module {
+pub fn collect_deps(dir: []const u8, mpath: []const u8, options: CollectOptions) anyerror!u.Module {
     const m = try u.ModFile.init(gpa, mpath);
     const moduledeps = &std.ArrayList(u.Module).init(gpa);
     for (m.deps) |d| {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn collect_pkgs(mod: u.Module, list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module)) anyerror!void
     }
 }
 
-fn get_moddir(basedir: []const u8, d: u.Dep, parent_name: []const u8, comptime options: CollectOptions) ![]const u8 {
+fn get_moddir(basedir: []const u8, d: u.Dep, parent_name: []const u8, options: CollectOptions) ![]const u8 {
     const p = try fs.path.join(gpa, &.{ basedir, try d.clean_path() });
     const pv = try fs.path.join(gpa, &.{ basedir, try d.clean_path_v() });
     const tempdir = try fs.path.join(gpa, &.{ basedir, "temp" });
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ fn get_moddir(basedir: []const u8, d: u.Dep, parent_name: []const u8, comptime o
     }
 }
 
-fn get_module_from_dep(list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module), d: u.Dep, dir: []const u8, parent_name: []const u8, comptime options: CollectOptions) !void {
+fn get_module_from_dep(list: *std.ArrayList(u.Module), d: u.Dep, dir: []const u8, parent_name: []const u8, options: CollectOptions) !void {
     const moddir = try get_moddir(dir, d, parent_name, options);
     switch (d.type) {
         .system_lib => {