diff --git a/bazel-google/Makefile b/bazel-google/Makefile
index c30deb4..0ec9558 100644
--- a/bazel-google/Makefile
+++ b/bazel-google/Makefile
@@ -42,15 +42,3 @@ build:
 	mv DEBIAN ../files/
 	cd .. && dpkg-deb --build files ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
 	cd .. && dpkg-deb --info ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
-
-# how to make a debian package "raw" just using tar and ar
-#
-# READ THIS AGAIN:
-#
-# A .deb file is just output from 'ar rcs'
-#
-tar-ar: control
-	cd DEBIAN && tar --ignore-failed-read -cvJf ../control.tar.xz .
-	cd files && tar -cvJf ../data.tar.xz .
-	ar rcs ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}_amd64.deb debian-binary control.tar.xz data.tar.xz
-	dpkg-deb --info ${BASENAME}_${VERSION}_amd64.deb
diff --git a/bazel-google/postinst b/bazel-google/postinst
index 0173b0b..7ab130a 100755
--- a/bazel-google/postinst
+++ b/bazel-google/postinst
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-#!/bin/sh -x
+#!/bin/sh
 
-apt update
-
-set +x
 echo
-echo Installing the default version of bazel needed for tensorflow
+echo To install the default version of bazel needed for tensorflow:
+echo
+echo Run: apt install bazel-5.3.0
 echo
-set -x
-
-apt install bazel-5.3.0
diff --git a/tensorflow/Makefile b/tensorflow/Makefile
index e96bfb8..f4ce787 100644
--- a/tensorflow/Makefile
+++ b/tensorflow/Makefile
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ help:
 
 all: download clean extract DEBIAN build
 
-# uses 'ar' to make a .deb file
-raw: download clean extract DEBIAN tar-ar
-
 build-deb:
-	apt install -y gcc g++ git gnupg make zip unzip
-	pip install tensorflow
+	# apt install -y gcc g++ git gnupg make zip unzip
+	# pip install tensorflow
+	# this actually seems to work:
+	pip install tf-nightly-cpu
 
 build:
 	apt install python3-dev python3-pip