diff --git a/build_dxvk.sh b/build_dxvk.sh
index 1d2fd86c..303d7f04 100755
--- a/build_dxvk.sh
+++ b/build_dxvk.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,17 @@ meson --prefix="$TOP"/dxvk/dist.$TYPE --cross-file build-$TYPE.txt build.$TYPE
 
 cd build.$TYPE
 
-meson configure -Dprefix="$TOP"/dxvk/dist.$TYPE
-meson configure -Dbuildtype=release
+meson configure -Dprefix="$TOP"/dxvk -Dbuildtype=release
 
 ninja
-ninja install
+
+#build on Arch Linux and deploy into git, see build_proton.sh
+mkdir -p "$TOP"/dxvk.$TYPE
+cp src/dxgi/dxgi.dll "$TOP"/dxvk.$TYPE/
+strip "$TOP"/dxvk.$TYPE/dxgi.dll
+cp src/d3d11/d3d11.dll "$TOP"/dxvk.$TYPE/
+strip "$TOP"/dxvk.$TYPE/d3d11.dll
+echo "build_dxvk: $TYPE build done"
 
 #mark as built
-touch "$TOP"/dxvk/proton.$TYPE.built
+#touch "$TOP"/dxvk/proton.$TYPE.built
diff --git a/build_proton.sh b/build_proton.sh
index b2671933..7678c3ec 100755
--- a/build_proton.sh
+++ b/build_proton.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ cp -a vrclient.dll.fake "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/fakedlls/vrclient.dll
 
 #build dxvk
 
+#Debian 9 is too old to build dxvk, so I gave up and I'm building it on my Arch
+#Linux box and checking the binaries into Git instead. Blech. --aeikum
+cd "$TOP"
+cp "dxvk.win64/dxgi.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
+cp "dxvk.win64/d3d11.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
+cp "dxvk.win32/dxgi.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
+cp "dxvk.win32/d3d11.dll" "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
+
 #unfortunately the Steam runtime chroot is too old to build dxvk, so
 #we have to build it in the host system
 
@@ -156,21 +164,21 @@ cp -a vrclient.dll.fake "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/fakedlls/vrclient.dll
 #  update-alternatives --config i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
 #  update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++
 #  update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc
-cd "$TOP"
-if [ ! -e dxvk/proton.win64.built ]; then
-    PATH="$TOP"/glslang/bin/:"$PATH" bash ./build_dxvk.sh win64
-fi
-if [ ! -e dxvk/proton.win32.built ]; then
-    PATH="$TOP"/glslang/bin/:"$PATH" bash ./build_dxvk.sh win32
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk
-cp -a dxvk/dist.win32/bin/dxgi.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
-cp -a dxvk/dist.win32/bin/d3d11.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
-
-mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk
-cp -a dxvk/dist.win64/bin/dxgi.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
-cp -a dxvk/dist.win64/bin/d3d11.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
+#cd "$TOP"
+#if [ ! -e dxvk/proton.win64.built ]; then
+#    PATH="$TOP"/glslang/bin/:"$PATH" bash ./build_dxvk.sh win64
+#fi
+#if [ ! -e dxvk/proton.win32.built ]; then
+#    PATH="$TOP"/glslang/bin/:"$PATH" bash ./build_dxvk.sh win32
+#fi
+#
+#mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk
+#cp -a dxvk/dist.win32/bin/dxgi.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
+#cp -a dxvk/dist.win32/bin/d3d11.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib/wine/dxvk/
+#
+#mkdir -p "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk
+#cp -a dxvk/dist.win64/bin/dxgi.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
+#cp -a dxvk/dist.win64/bin/d3d11.dll "$DST_DIR"/lib64/wine/dxvk/
 
 echo "Packaging..."
 cd "$TOP"