diff --git a/.deny.toml b/.deny.toml
index 8a379fa55..7a575fc25 100644
--- a/.deny.toml
+++ b/.deny.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 db-path = "~/.cargo/advisory-db"
 db-urls = ["https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db"]
 ignore = [
-  # pyoxidizer is stuck on an old ring version
-  "RUSTSEC-2025-0009",
-  "RUSTSEC-2025-0010",
   # burn depends on an unmaintained package 'paste'
   "RUSTSEC-2024-0436",
 ]
@@ -19,10 +16,8 @@ allow = [
   "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
   "ISC",
   "MPL-2.0",
-  "Unicode-DFS-2016",
   "BSD-2-Clause",
   "BSD-3-Clause",
-  "OpenSSL",
   "CC0-1.0",
   "Unlicense",
   "Zlib",
diff --git a/build/configure/src/rust.rs b/build/configure/src/rust.rs
index 717d086ea..1ff0fc97c 100644
--- a/build/configure/src/rust.rs
+++ b/build/configure/src/rust.rs
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ pub fn check_minilints(build: &mut Build) -> Result<()> {
     let files = inputs![
         glob![
             "**/*.{py,rs,ts,svelte,mjs,md}",
-            "{node_modules,qt/bundle/PyOxidizer,ts/.svelte-kit}/**"
+            "{node_modules,ts/.svelte-kit}/**"
         ],
         "Cargo.lock"
     ];
diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index a057b5c10..c963aec02 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -190,13 +190,10 @@ in the collection2.log file will also be printed on stdout.
 
 If ANKI_PROFILE_CODE is set, Python profiling data will be written on exit.
 
-# Binary Bundles
+# Installer/launcher
 
-Anki's official binary packages are created with `./ninja bundle`. The bundling
-process was created specifically for the official builds, and is provided as-is;
-we are unfortunately not able to provide assistance with any issues you may run
-into when using it. You'll need to run
-`git submodule update --checkout qt/bundle/PyOxidizer` first.
+- The anki-release package is created/published with the scripts in qt/release.
+- The installer/launcher is created with the build scripts in qt/launcher/{platform}.
 
 ## Mixing development and study
 
diff --git a/qt/launcher/release/pyproject.toml b/qt/launcher/release/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9af7e2fb6..000000000
--- a/qt/launcher/release/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-[project]
-name = "anki-release"
-version = "0.1.2"
-description = "A package to lock Anki's dependencies"
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
-dependencies = [
-  "anki==0.1.2",
-  "aqt==0.1.2",
-  "anki-audio==0.1.0 ; sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "attrs==25.3.0",
-  "beautifulsoup4==4.12.3",
-  "blinker==1.9.0",
-  "certifi==2025.4.26",
-  "charset-normalizer==3.4.2",
-  "click==8.1.8 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
-  "click==8.2.1 ; python_full_version >= '3.10'",
-  "colorama==0.4.6 ; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "decorator==5.2.1",
-  "distro==1.9.0 ; sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'win32'",
-  "flask==3.1.1",
-  "flask-cors==6.0.0",
-  "idna==3.10",
-  "importlib-metadata==8.7.0 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
-  "itsdangerous==2.2.0",
-  "jinja2==3.1.6",
-  "jsonschema==4.24.0",
-  "jsonschema-specifications==2025.4.1",
-  "markdown==3.8",
-  "markupsafe==3.0.2",
-  "mock==5.2.0",
-  "orjson==3.10.18",
-  "pip-system-certs==4.0",
-  "protobuf==6.31.1",
-  "psutil==7.0.0 ; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "pyqt6==6.7.1",
-  "pyqt6-qt6==6.7.3",
-  "pyqt6-sip==13.10.2",
-  "pyqt6-webengine==6.7.0",
-  "pyqt6-webengine-qt6==6.7.3",
-  "pyqt6-webenginesubwheel-qt6==6.7.3",
-  "pysocks==1.7.1",
-  "pywin32==310 ; sys_platform == 'win32'",
-  "referencing==0.36.2",
-  "requests==2.32.3",
-  "rpds-py==0.25.1",
-  "send2trash==1.8.3",
-  "soupsieve==2.7",
-  "types-click==7.1.8",
-  "types-decorator==5.2.0.20250324",
-  "types-flask==1.1.6",
-  "types-flask-cors==6.0.0.20250520",
-  "types-jinja2==2.11.9",
-  "types-markdown==3.8.0.20250415",
-  "types-markupsafe==1.1.10",
-  "types-orjson==3.6.2",
-  "types-protobuf==6.30.2.20250516",
-  "types-pywin32==310.0.0.20250516",
-  "types-requests==2.32.0.20250602",
-  "types-waitress==3.0.1.20241117",
-  "types-werkzeug==1.0.9",
-  "typing-extensions==4.14.0",
-  "urllib3==2.4.0",
-  "waitress==3.0.2",
-  "werkzeug==3.1.3",
-  "wrapt==1.17.2",
-  "zipp==3.23.0 ; python_full_version < '3.10'",
-]
-
-[[tool.uv.index]]
-name = "testpypi"
-url = "https://test.pypi.org/simple/"
-publish-url = "https://test.pypi.org/legacy/"
-explicit = true
-
-[build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
-build-backend = "hatchling.build"
-
-# hatch throws an error if nothing is included
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-include = ["no-such-file"]
diff --git a/qt/release/publish-release.sh b/qt/release/publish.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from qt/release/publish-release.sh
rename to qt/release/publish.sh
diff --git a/qt/release/update-release.sh b/qt/release/update.sh
similarity index 97%
rename from qt/release/update-release.sh
rename to qt/release/update.sh
index 5fe815c7d..126214248 100755
--- a/qt/release/update-release.sh
+++ b/qt/release/update.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-test -f update-release.sh || {
+test -f update.sh || {
   echo "run from release folder"
   exit 1
 }