diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index 3260285..ca88012 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -41,34 +41,18 @@ This will pull down the go sources and
 the repositories in the go.sum file using git clone`
 }
 
-// prints help to STDERR // TODO: move everything below this to go-args
-func (args) doBashHelp() {
-	if argv.BashAuto[1] != "''" {
-		// if this is not blank, then the user has typed something
-		return
-	}
-	if argv.BashAuto[0] != ARGNAME {
-		// if this is not the name of the command, the user already started doing something
-		return
-	}
-	if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
-		me.pp.WriteHelp(os.Stderr)
-		return
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "hello world")
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "")
-}
+/*
+	handles shell autocomplete
+*/
 
-func (args) doBashAuto() {
-	// argv.doBashHelp()
-	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
+func (a args) DoAutoComplete(argv []string) {
+	switch argv[0] {
 	case "arch":
 		fmt.Println("riscv64")
 	case "build":
 		fmt.Println("user devel release")
 	default:
-		if argv.BashAuto[0] == ARGNAME {
+		if argv[0] == ARGNAME {
 			// list the subcommands here
 			fmt.Println("arch build")
 		}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ab09067..0b44c7d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"go.wit.com/dev/alexflint/arg"
 	"go.wit.com/gui"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/fhelp"
 	"go.wit.com/lib/gui/shell"
@@ -26,18 +25,6 @@ var argv args
 func main() {
 	me = new(mainType)
 
-	gui.InitArg()
-	arg.MustParse(&argv)
-
-	if argv.Bash {
-		fhelp.DoBash(ARGNAME)
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-	if len(argv.BashAuto) != 0 {
-		argv.doBashAuto()
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-
 	if err := fhelp.ConfigureENV(); err != nil {
 		badExit(err)
 	}