diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3d344fc6decfde839ebb2ea92f2f3f680a72530..3211a15d4ddeeb9fe0ffa834482aa4e8ad486621 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -678,10 +678,8 @@ set(BUILD_ZIG2_ARGS
   -femit-bin="${ZIG2_C_SOURCE}"
   -target "${ZIG_HOST_TARGET_TRIPLE}"
   --dep "build_options"
-  --dep "aro"
   "-Mroot=src/main.zig"
   "-Mbuild_options=${ZIG_CONFIG_ZIG_OUT}"
-  "-Maro=lib/compiler/aro/aro.zig"
 )
 
 add_custom_command(
diff --git a/bootstrap.c b/bootstrap.c
index bc7ba46ed72a0f2221b89d423f9f63185abc2341..50297f34fdc429cdc75f1f338c4a9cd7d5aea5ab 100644
--- a/bootstrap.c
+++ b/bootstrap.c
@@ -202,10 +202,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             "--name", "zig2", "-femit-bin=zig2.c",
             "-target", host_triple,
             "--dep", "build_options",
-            "--dep", "aro",
             "-Mroot=src/main.zig",
             "-Mbuild_options=config.zig",
-            "-Maro=lib/compiler/aro/aro.zig",
             NULL,
         };
         print_and_run(child_argv);
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index e1bc5ff81c92e252d23bf92e1ff2c783f7805d6d..3063c0712e6700d9436bf87fa710184857c39196 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -790,12 +790,6 @@ fn addCompilerMod(b: *std.Build, options: AddCompilerModOptions) *std.Build.Modu
         .valgrind = options.valgrind,
     });
 
-    const aro_mod = b.createModule(.{
-        .root_source_file = b.path("lib/compiler/aro/aro.zig"),
-    });
-
-    compiler_mod.addImport("aro", aro_mod);
-
     return compiler_mod;
 }