diff --git a/.gx/lastpubver b/.gx/lastpubver
deleted file mode 100644
index 45baa94feca15ccd86bbd4be92e755037e081ccc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gx/lastpubver
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.9.3: QmTbxNB1NwDesLmKTscr4udL2tVP7MaxvXnD1D9yX7g3PN
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 923835bc58df99d95eab11e30efe6e7b55de6737..5163d693fc757ec0c13d134e9d4cabd6cc7c85d7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ script:
 
 cache:
   directories:
-    - $GOPATH/src/gx
     - $GOPATH/pkg/mod
     - $HOME/.cache/go-build
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e6bdd2c9bdd26b92b8bab04039c2dacdb435ccfd..554bed32589bc52380d25951818dcfeabc19c459 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 all: deps
 
-gx:
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
-	go get github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
-
-covertools:
+deps:
 	go get github.com/mattn/goveralls
 	go get golang.org/x/tools/cmd/cover
-
-deps: gx covertools
-	gx --verbose install --global
-	gx-go rewrite
-
-publish:
-	gx-go rewrite --undo
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c564628660d5fc3925cbd2807a8cddfae2c25f96..9d065f909aeb03213da98833ce4f1456071f5ab7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-base32 v0.0.3 h1:tw5+NhuwaOjJCC5Pp82QuXbrmLzWg7uxlMFp
 github.com/multiformats/go-base32 v0.0.3/go.mod h1:pLiuGC8y0QR3Ue4Zug5UzK9LjgbkL8NSQj0zQ5Nz/AA=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.0.1 h1:PN9/v21eLywrFWdFNsFKaU04kLJzuYzmrJR+ubhT9qA=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multibase v0.0.1/go.mod h1:bja2MqRZ3ggyXtZSEDKpl0uO/gviWFaSteVbWT51qgs=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.12 h1:i2PQZWlsq8asUZwPS5w7VMCoUKEz/k/XG6WH30gsTU8=
-github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.12/go.mod h1:2+oRiLVLqXx+yxM/RIdhLstp1q2WMJAlQ4kdLkS3un0=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.13 h1:06x+mk/zj1FoMsgNejLpy6QTvJqlSt/BhLEy87zidlc=
 github.com/multiformats/go-multihash v0.0.13/go.mod h1:VdAWLKTwram9oKAatUcLxBNUjdtcVwxObEQBtRfuyjc=
-github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.4 h1:CplQWhUouUgTZ53vNFE8VoWr2VjaKXci+xyrKyyFuSw=
-github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.4/go.mod h1:3Ls8CIEsrijN6+B7PbrXRPxHRPuXSrVKRY101jdMZYE=
 github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.5 h1:XVZwSo04Cs3j/jS0uAEPpT3JY6DzMcVLLoWOSnCxOjg=
 github.com/multiformats/go-varint v0.0.5/go.mod h1:3Ls8CIEsrijN6+B7PbrXRPxHRPuXSrVKRY101jdMZYE=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0 h1:7c1g84S4BPRrfL5Xrdp6fOJ206sU9y293DDHaoy0bLI=
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c98a77ee2dac8eac3a67129b8301727902a0fd79..f7abd941a651630ed1bd0068f359b15662391431 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,28 +3,8 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
   },
-  "gx": {
-    "dvcsimport": "github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
-  },
-  "gxDependencies": [
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmerPMzPk1mJVowm8KgmoknWa4yCYvvugMPsgWmDNUvDLW",
-      "name": "go-multihash",
-      "version": "1.0.9"
-    },
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmekxXDhCxCJRNuzmHreuaT3BsuJcsjcXWNrtV9C8DRHtd",
-      "name": "go-multibase",
-      "version": "0.3.0"
-    }
-  ],
-  "gxVersion": "0.8.0",
   "language": "go",
   "license": "MIT",
   "name": "go-cid",
-  "releaseCmd": "git commit -a -m \"gx publish $VERSION\"",
   "version": "0.9.3"
 }
-