diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 49d1053..304d6cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 **/.zig-cache/
 **/.zig-out/
 .idea/
-src/deps/mailbox/.zig-cache/
-src/deps/mailbox/.zig-out/
 src/deps/zig-datetime/.zig-cache/
 src/deps/zig-datetime/.zig-out/
 src/deps/zig-network/.zig-cache/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 93ce087..bddf62e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "src/deps/mailbox"]
-	path = src/deps/mailbox
-	url = https://github.com/g41797/mailbox
-[submodule "src/deps/zig-datetime"]
-	path = src/deps/zig-datetime
-	url = https://github.com/frmdstryr/zig-datetime
 [submodule "src/deps/zig-network"]
 	path = src/deps/zig-network
 	url = https://github.com/ikskuh/zig-network
diff --git a/_notes.txt b/_notes.txt
index 3e1581e..b00571f 100644
--- a/_notes.txt
+++ b/_notes.txt
@@ -381,4 +381,13 @@ Zig loops
     https://gencmurat.com/en/posts/zig-loops/
 
 Listening ports
-    sudo netstat --tcp --udp --listening --programs --numeric
\ No newline at end of file
+    sudo netstat --tcp --udp --listening --programs --numeric
+
+Import
+    zig fetch --save-exact  https://github.com/g41797/mailbox/archive/master.tar.gz
+
+    zig fetch --save=zig-datetime git+https://github.com/frmdstryr/zig-datetime
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index a859ca3..30b8083 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
 
+    const zig_datetime = b.dependency("zig-datetime", .{
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = optimize,
+    });
 
     const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
         .name = "syslog",
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
 
+    lib.root_module.addImport("zig-datetime", zig_datetime.module("zig-datetime"));
+
     // This declares intent for the library to be installed into the standard
     // location when the user invokes the "install" step (the default step when
     // running `zig build`).
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
 
+    lib_unit_tests.root_module.addImport("zig-datetime", zig_datetime.module("zig-datetime"));
     lib_unit_tests.root_module.addImport("mailbox", mailbox.module("mailbox"));
 
     const run_lib_unit_tests = b.addRunArtifact(lib_unit_tests);
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index db12946..407859c 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
             .url = "https://github.com/g41797/mailbox/archive/master.tar.gz",
             .hash = "12208d8777b69f62cccf70b4372d8c31a22bb022881279713d424689d6555532d389",
         },
+        .@"zig-datetime" = .{
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/frmdstryr/zig-datetime#70aebf28fb3e137cd84123a9349d157a74708721",
+            .hash = "122077215ce36e125a490e59ec1748ffd4f6ba00d4d14f7308978e5360711d72d77f",
+        },
     },
     .paths = .{
         "build.zig",
diff --git a/src/deps/zig-datetime b/src/deps/zig-datetime
deleted file mode 160000
index 70aebf2..0000000
--- a/src/deps/zig-datetime
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 70aebf28fb3e137cd84123a9349d157a74708721
diff --git a/src/timestamp.zig b/src/timestamp.zig
index c8cd172..c1bc340 100644
--- a/src/timestamp.zig
+++ b/src/timestamp.zig
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const string = @import("shortstring.zig");
 const ShortString = string.ShortString;
-pub const datetime = @import("deps/zig-datetime/src/datetime.zig");
-pub const timezones = @import("deps/zig-datetime/src/timezones.zig");
+pub const zig_dt = @import("zig-datetime");
+pub const datetime = zig_dt.datetime;
+pub const timezones = zig_dt.timezones;
 //---------------------------------
 
 // TIMESTAMP        = NILVALUE / FULL-DATE "T" FULL-TIME