diff --git a/libui_windows_386.res.o b/libui_windows_386.res.o
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diff --git a/libui_windows_amd64.res.o b/libui_windows_amd64.res.o
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diff --git a/link_windows_386.go b/link_windows_386.go
index 776b481..d617a20 100644
--- a/link_windows_386.go
+++ b/link_windows_386.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 package ui
 
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: ${SRCDIR}/libui_windows_386.a ${SRCDIR}/libui_windows_386.res.o
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: ${SRCDIR}/libui_windows_386.a
 // /* note the order; also note the lack of uuid */
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -luser32 -lkernel32 -lusp10 -lgdi32 -lcomctl32 -luxtheme -lmsimg32 -lcomdlg32 -ld2d1 -ldwrite -lole32 -loleaut32 -loleacc -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
 import "C"
diff --git a/link_windows_amd64.go b/link_windows_amd64.go
index ad2d1a2..73c94af 100644
--- a/link_windows_amd64.go
+++ b/link_windows_amd64.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 package ui
 
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: ${SRCDIR}/libui_windows_amd64.a ${SRCDIR}/libui_windows_amd64.res.o
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: ${SRCDIR}/libui_windows_amd64.a
 // /* note the order; also note the lack of uuid */
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -luser32 -lkernel32 -lusp10 -lgdi32 -lcomctl32 -luxtheme -lmsimg32 -lcomdlg32 -ld2d1 -ldwrite -lole32 -loleaut32 -loleacc -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
 import "C"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b908e0a..dd1443a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import "C"
 // make sure main() runs on the first thread created by the OS
 // if main() calls Main(), things will just work on macOS, where the first thread created by the OS is the only thread allowed to be the main GUI thread
 // we might as well lock the OS thread for the other platforms here too (though on those it doesn't matter *which* thread we lock to)
+// TODO describe the source of this trick
 func init() {
 	runtime.LockOSThread()
 }
diff --git a/static.rc b/static.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index ca23375..0000000
--- a/static.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/* 5 june 2016 */
-#pragma code_page(65001)
-1 24 "static.manifest"
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