diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 8aa2988..58e6d61 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -2,20 +2,9 @@ version: '3'
 
 vars:
   SERVER: bl@flo-homeserver
-  REMOTE_MACHINE: bl@flo-homeserver
   PKG: main
   BINARY_DIR: ./bin
   DEV_BINARY_DIR: ./local
-  SHORT_SHA:
-    sh: git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo nogit
-  BRANCH:
-    sh: git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo local
-  DIRTY:
-    sh: if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then if git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet; then echo clean; else echo dirty; fi; else echo clean; fi
-  RANDOM_WORDS:
-    sh: if [ -f build/words.txt ]; then awk 'BEGIN{srand()} /^[[:lower:]]+$/ && length($0) >= 4 && length($0) <= 10 { words[++n]=$0 } END { if (n < 1) { print "word-list"; exit } print words[int(rand()*n)+1] "-" words[int(rand()*n)+1] }' build/words.txt; else echo word-list; fi
-  VERSION_STR: "version [{{.SHORT_SHA}}-{{.BRANCH}}/{{.RANDOM_WORDS}}]. git is [{{.DIRTY}}]."
-  LD_FLAGS: "-X '{{.PKG}}.Version={{.VERSION_STR}}'"
   BINARY_API: "{{.BINARY_DIR}}/go-api"
   DEV_BINARY_API: "{{.DEV_BINARY_DIR}}/go-api/"
 
@@ -32,10 +21,16 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - go tool task clean-api
       - mkdir -p {{.BINARY_DIR}}
-      - echo "building {{.BINARY_API}} with version {{.VERSION_STR}}"
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "{{.LD_FLAGS}}" -o {{.BINARY_API}} ./cmd/api
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.BINARY_API}} ./cmd/api
 
-  # ── DEV Build ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  deploy:
+    desc: build api, stage files, and deploy api to remote server
+    deps: [build]
+    cmds:
+      - ssh {{.SERVER}} "rm -rf /tmp/go-api-deploy && mkdir -p /tmp/go-api-deploy"
+      - rsync -avz --delete {{.BINARY_API}} {{.SERVER}}:/tmp/go-api-deploy/
+      - ssh -t {{.SERVER}} "sudo rsync -a --delete --exclude='.env' --exclude='config.json' --exclude='data/' --chown=go-api:go-api /tmp/go-api-deploy/ /opt/go-api/ && sudo systemctl restart go-api"
+      - ssh {{.SERVER}} "rm -rf /tmp/go-api-deploy"
 
   dev-build:
     desc: runs DEV for vet, fmt, and build DEV api
@@ -46,21 +41,7 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - go tool task dev-clean-api
       - mkdir -p {{.DEV_BINARY_API}}
-      - echo "building DEV {{.DEV_BINARY_API}} with version {{.VERSION_STR}}"
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "{{.LD_FLAGS}}" -o {{.DEV_BINARY_API}}/go-api ./cmd/api
-
-  # ── Deploy individual ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-  deploy-api:
-    desc: build api, stage files, and deploy api to remote server
-    deps: [build-api]
-    cmds:
-      - ssh {{.REMOTE_MACHINE}} "rm -rf /tmp/go-api-deploy && mkdir -p /tmp/go-api-deploy"
-      - rsync -avz --delete {{.BINARY_API}} {{.REMOTE_MACHINE}}:/tmp/go-api-deploy/
-      - ssh -t {{.REMOTE_MACHINE}} "sudo rsync -a --delete --exclude='.env' --exclude='config.json' --exclude='data/' --chown=go-api:go-api /tmp/go-api-deploy/ /opt/go-api/ && sudo systemctl restart go-api"
-      - ssh {{.REMOTE_MACHINE}} "rm -rf /tmp/go-api-deploy"
-
-  # ── DEV START individual ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o {{.DEV_BINARY_API}}/go-api ./cmd/api
 
   dev-start-api:
     desc: build api, create dirs, and start DEV api binary
@@ -75,8 +56,6 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - go run ./cmd/api
 
-  # ── Helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
   vet:
     cmds:
       - go vet ./...