diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f13cfd14..7710407c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -997,10 +997,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "log",
- "maplit",
- "ncurses",
  "signal-hook",
- "term_size",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
 ]
@@ -2067,17 +2064,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "socket2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ncurses"
-version = "5.101.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5e2c5d34d72657dc4b638a1c25d40aae81e4f1c699062f72f467237920752032"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -3373,16 +3359,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "term_size"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e4129646ca0ed8f45d09b929036bafad5377103edd06e50bf574b353d2b08d9"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.1.2"
diff --git a/external/cursive-flexi-logger-view b/external/cursive-flexi-logger-view
index 7f998c82..e95298b6 160000
--- a/external/cursive-flexi-logger-view
+++ b/external/cursive-flexi-logger-view
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7f998c82d171e6de783b3250006ae8e2b6316597
+Subproject commit e95298b6db6d971d1fdc13439d1c7edd48b744de
diff --git a/veilid-cli/build.rs b/veilid-cli/build.rs
index 8bd75067..fa57d860 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/build.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/build.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@ fn main() {
         .src_prefix("../veilid-server/")
         .run()
         .expect("compiling schema");
-    #[cfg(unix)]
-    {
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ncursesw");
-    }
 }