diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cabe7ea..4bf0d8d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ OBJ += out/obj/util.o
 OBJ += out/obj/pipeline.o
 OBJ += out/obj/threadlist.o
 OBJ += out/obj/threadpool.o
-OBJ += out/obj/argv_split.o
-OBJ += out/obj/which.o
 out/bin/sci: $(OBJ) | $(BINDIR)
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS)
 
diff --git a/include/argv_split.h b/include/argv_split.h
deleted file mode 100644
index f8de895..0000000
--- a/include/argv_split.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * sci - a simple ci system
-   Copyright (C) 2024 Asger Gitz-Johansen
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-#ifndef SCI_ARGV_SPLIT_H
-#define SCI_ARGV_SPLIT_H
-
-char** create_argv_shell(const char* str, int* argc_out);
-void argv_free(char** argv);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index 57095ab..d85d8e2 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -41,4 +41,11 @@ void per_line(const char* file, line_handler handler);
 
 char* join(const char* a, const char* b);
 
+const char* skip_arg(const char* cp);
+char* skip_spaces(const char* str);
+int count_argc(const char* str);
+char** argv_split(const char* str, int* argc_out);
+void argv_free(char** argv);
+int which(const char* program_name, char* out_full_program, int max_path);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/which.h b/include/which.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c76ac45..0000000
--- a/include/which.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * sci - a simple ci system
-   Copyright (C) 2024 Asger Gitz-Johansen
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-#ifndef SCI_WHICH_H
-#define SCI_WHICH_H
-
-int which(const char* program_name, char* out_full_program, int max_path);
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/argv_split.c b/src/argv_split.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 66751a3..0000000
--- a/src/argv_split.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * sci - a simple ci system
-   Copyright (C) 2024 Asger Gitz-Johansen
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-#include "argv_split.h"
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-static const char* skip_arg(const char* cp) {
-	while(*cp && !isspace(*cp))
-		cp++;
-	return cp;
-}
-
-static char* skip_spaces(const char* str) {
-	while(isspace(*str))
-		str++;
-	return(char*)str;
-}
-
-static int count_argc(const char* str) {
-	int count = 0;
-	while(*str) {
-		str = skip_spaces(str);
-		if(!*str)
-			continue;
-		count++;
-		str = skip_arg(str);
-	}
-	return count;
-}
-
-void argv_free(char** argv) {
-	for(char** p = argv; *p; p++) {
-		free(*p);
-		*p = NULL;
-	}
-	free(argv);
-}
-
-char** create_argv_shell(const char* str, int* argc_out) {
-	int argc = count_argc(str);
-	char** result = calloc(argc+1, sizeof(*result));
-	if(result == NULL)
-		return result;
-	if(argc_out)
-		*argc_out = argc+1;
-	char** argvp = result;
-	while(*str) {
-		str = skip_spaces(str);
-		if(!*str)
-			continue;
-		const char* p = str;
-		str = skip_arg(str);
-		char* t = strndup(p, str-p);
-		if(t == NULL) {
-			perror("strndup");
-			argv_free(result);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		*argvp++ = t;
-	}
-	*argvp = NULL;
-	return result;
-}
-// sci-release https://git.gtz.dk/agj/sci/archive/main.tar.gz manual "scripts/wget-and-sci.sh sci"
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 1833fa0..aa8fd3f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-#include "argv_split.h"
 #include "cli.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "notify.h"
 #include "pipeline.h"
 #include "threadpool.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include "which.h"
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <spawn.h>
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ void executor(void* data) {
     char* id = join("SCI_PIPELINE_ID=", pipeline_id);
     char* envp[] = { path, name, url, trigger, id, NULL };
     int argc;
-    char** argv = create_argv_shell(e->command, &argc);
+    char** argv = argv_split(e->command, &argc);
     log_trace("executing pipeline %s with argv:", e->name);
     for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
         log_trace("  \"%s\"", argv[i]);
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index e49ac71..bc08701 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-#include "util.h"
 #include "log.h"
+#include "util.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 char* trim(const char* const str) {
@@ -61,3 +62,91 @@ char* join(const char* a, const char* b) {
     sprintf(result, "%s%s", a, b);
     return result;
 }
+
+const char* skip_arg(const char* cp) {
+	while(*cp && !isspace(*cp))
+		cp++;
+	return cp;
+}
+
+char* skip_spaces(const char* str) {
+	while(isspace(*str))
+		str++;
+	return(char*)str;
+}
+
+int count_argc(const char* str) {
+	int count = 0;
+	while(*str) {
+		str = skip_spaces(str);
+		if(!*str)
+			continue;
+		count++;
+		str = skip_arg(str);
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
+void argv_free(char** argv) {
+	for(char** p = argv; *p; p++) {
+		free(*p);
+		*p = NULL;
+	}
+	free(argv);
+}
+
+char** argv_split(const char* str, int* argc_out) {
+	int argc = count_argc(str);
+	char** result = calloc(argc+1, sizeof(*result));
+	if(result == NULL)
+		return result;
+	if(argc_out)
+		*argc_out = argc+1;
+	char** argvp = result;
+	while(*str) {
+		str = skip_spaces(str);
+		if(!*str)
+			continue;
+		const char* p = str;
+		str = skip_arg(str);
+		char* t = strndup(p, str-p);
+		if(t == NULL) {
+			perror("strndup");
+			argv_free(result);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		*argvp++ = t;
+	}
+	*argvp = NULL;
+	return result;
+}
+
+int which(const char* program_name, char* out_full_program, int max_path) {
+    assert(out_full_program);
+    assert(max_path > 0);
+    // sanity check - maybe program_name is actually a full-path to begin with
+    if(access(program_name, X_OK) == 0) {
+        snprintf(out_full_program, max_path, "%s", program_name);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    char* path = getenv("PATH");
+    if (path == NULL) {
+        log_error("PATH environment variable not found.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    char* path_cpy = strdup(path);
+    char* dir = strtok(path_cpy, ":");
+    char full_path[PATH_MAX];
+    while(dir != NULL) {
+        snprintf(full_path, sizeof(full_path), "%s/%s", dir, program_name);
+        if(access(full_path, X_OK) == 0) {
+            snprintf(out_full_program, max_path, "%s", full_path);
+            free(path_cpy);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        dir = strtok(NULL, ":");
+    }
+    log_error("'%s' not found in PATH", program_name);
+    free(path_cpy);
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/src/which.c b/src/which.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e7c8b4..0000000
--- a/src/which.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * sci - a simple ci system
-   Copyright (C) 2024 Asger Gitz-Johansen
-
-    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
-
-    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-#include "log.h"
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <linux/limits.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-int which(const char* program_name, char* out_full_program, int max_path) {
-    assert(out_full_program);
-    assert(max_path > 0);
-    // sanity check - maybe program_name is actually a full-path to begin with
-    if(access(program_name, X_OK) == 0) {
-        snprintf(out_full_program, max_path, "%s", program_name);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    char* path = getenv("PATH");
-    if (path == NULL) {
-        log_error("PATH environment variable not found.");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    char* path_cpy = strdup(path);
-    char* dir = strtok(path_cpy, ":");
-    char full_path[PATH_MAX];
-    while(dir != NULL) {
-        snprintf(full_path, sizeof(full_path), "%s/%s", dir, program_name);
-        if(access(full_path, X_OK) == 0) {
-            snprintf(out_full_program, max_path, "%s", full_path);
-            free(path_cpy);
-            return 0;
-        }
-        dir = strtok(NULL, ":");
-    }
-    log_error("'%s' not found in PATH", program_name);
-    free(path_cpy);
-    return -1;
-}