diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e2e1b97..a96ffad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ project(
   VERSION 0.1.0
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
-add_subdirectory(lib_vector_search)
-
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 include(ExportCompileCommands)
@@ -14,8 +12,6 @@ include(sccache)
 
 add_executable(VectorSearch main.cpp)
 
-target_link_libraries(VectorSearch lib_vector_search)
-
 target_compile_features(VectorSearch PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
 
 set_target_properties(
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/CMakeLists.txt b/lib_vector_search/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 570b0ab..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
-
-project(
-  lib_vector_search
-  VERSION 0.1.0
-  LANGUAGES CXX)
-
-add_library(
-  lib_vector_search STATIC src/word_list_generator.cpp src/timer.cpp
-                           src/linear_finder.cpp src/parallel_finder.cpp)
-
-target_include_directories(lib_vector_search
-                           PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-
-target_compile_features(lib_vector_search PUBLIC cxx_std_20)
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/include/finder.h b/lib_vector_search/include/finder.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9543adf..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/include/finder.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-using std::string, std::string_view, std::vector;
-
-class Finder {
-public:
-  virtual ~Finder() = default;
-  virtual vector<const string *> find_prefix(string_view search_term) const = 0;
-};
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/include/linear_finder.h b/lib_vector_search/include/linear_finder.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e9f3419..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/include/linear_finder.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "finder.h"
-
-class LinearFinder : public Finder {
-private:
-  const vector<string> &word_list_;
-
-public:
-  LinearFinder(const vector<string> &word_list);
-  vector<const string *> find_prefix(string_view search_term) const override;
-};
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/include/parallel_finder.h b/lib_vector_search/include/parallel_finder.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 556a167..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/include/parallel_finder.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "finder.h"
-
-class ParallelFinder : public Finder {
-private:
-  const size_t thread_count_;
-  const vector<string> &word_list_;
-
-public:
-  ParallelFinder(const vector<string> &word_list, size_t thread_count);
-  vector<const string *> find_prefix(string_view search_term) const override;
-};
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/include/timer.h b/lib_vector_search/include/timer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 45226e4..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/include/timer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <chrono>
-#include <string>
-
-class Timer {
-private:
-  std::string name_;
-  std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> start_;
-
-public:
-  Timer(std::string_view name);
-
-  void start();
-  void stop();
-};
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h b/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 86c4b47..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/include/word_list_generator.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-class WordListGenerator {
-private:
-  static const std::string charset_;
-
-public:
-  std::vector<std::string> generate();
-};
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/src/linear_finder.cpp b/lib_vector_search/src/linear_finder.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f6c76c1..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/src/linear_finder.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include "linear_finder.h"
-
-LinearFinder::LinearFinder(const vector<string> &word_list)
-    : word_list_(word_list) {}
-
-vector<const string *>
-LinearFinder::find_prefix(string_view search_term) const {
-  vector<const string *> matching_words;
-
-  for (const auto &current_word : word_list_) {
-    if (current_word.starts_with(search_term)) {
-      matching_words.push_back(&current_word);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return matching_words;
-}
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/src/parallel_finder.cpp b/lib_vector_search/src/parallel_finder.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d83b97a..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/src/parallel_finder.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#include "parallel_finder.h"
-
-#include <mutex>
-#include <thread>
-
-using std::mutex, std::thread, std::lock_guard;
-
-ParallelFinder::ParallelFinder(const vector<string> &word_list,
-                               size_t thread_count)
-    : word_list_(word_list), thread_count_(thread_count) {}
-
-vector<const string *>
-ParallelFinder::find_prefix(string_view search_term) const {
-  vector<const string *> result;
-  mutex result_mutex;
-
-  vector<thread> threads;
-  for (size_t thread_index = 0; thread_index < thread_count_; ++thread_index) {
-    const size_t first_word_index =
-        thread_index * (word_list_.size() / thread_count_);
-    const size_t last_word_index =
-        (thread_index == thread_count_ - 1)
-            ? word_list_.size()
-            : (thread_index + 1) * (word_list_.size() / thread_count_);
-
-    threads.emplace_back(
-        [](const vector<string> &word_list, const string_view &search_term,
-           vector<const string *> &result, size_t start_index, size_t end_index,
-           mutex &result_mutex) {
-          for (size_t index = start_index; index < end_index; ++index) {
-            const auto &current_word = word_list[index];
-            if (current_word.starts_with(search_term)) {
-              const lock_guard<mutex> lock(result_mutex);
-              result.push_back(&current_word);
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        cref(word_list_), cref(search_term), ref(result), first_word_index,
-        last_word_index, ref(result_mutex));
-  }
-
-  for (auto &thread : threads) {
-    thread.join();
-  }
-
-  return result;
-}
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/src/timer.cpp b/lib_vector_search/src/timer.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 43987b5..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/src/timer.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#include "timer.h"
-
-#include <chrono>
-#include <iostream>
-
-Timer::Timer(std::string_view name) : name_(name) { start(); };
-
-void Timer::start() { start_ = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now(); }
-
-void Timer::stop() {
-  auto end = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-
-  auto duration =
-      std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(end - start_);
-
-  std::cout << name_ << " took " << duration << std::endl;
-}
diff --git a/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp b/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 5863567..0000000
--- a/lib_vector_search/src/word_list_generator.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#include "word_list_generator.h"
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <cmath>
-#include <random>
-
-const std::string WordListGenerator::charset_ = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
-
-std::vector<std::string> WordListGenerator::generate() {
-  const size_t multiplier = 10;
-
-  std::vector<std::string> result;
-  result.reserve(multiplier * std::pow(charset_.length(), 4));
-
-  for (auto char_1 : charset_) {
-    for (auto char_2 : charset_) {
-      for (auto char_3 : charset_) {
-        for (auto char_4 : charset_) {
-          for (auto i = 0; i < multiplier; ++i) {
-            result.emplace_back(
-                std::initializer_list<char>({char_1, char_2, char_3, char_4}));
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  std::random_device random_device;
-  std::mt19937 random_number_generator(random_device());
-
-  std::shuffle(result.begin(), result.end(), random_number_generator);
-
-  return result;
-}
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index f9c356e..33025f4 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,66 +1,7 @@
-#include "linear_finder.h"
-#include "parallel_finder.h"
-#include "timer.h"
-#include "word_list_generator.h"
-
-#include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <thread>
-
-using std::string, std::string_view, std::vector, std::thread, std::cout,
-    std::endl;
-
-vector<string> generate_word_list() {
-  cout << "\ngenerating word list" << endl;
-
-  Timer generator_timer("word list generator");
-  auto word_list = WordListGenerator().generate();
-  generator_timer.stop();
-
-  cout << "word list is " << word_list.size() << " element(s) long" << endl;
-
-  return word_list;
-}
-
-void test_linear_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
-  cout << "\nrunning linear finder" << endl;
-
-  Timer constructor_timer("linear finder constructor");
-  LinearFinder linear_finder(word_list);
-  constructor_timer.stop();
-
-  Timer find_timer("linear finder find");
-  auto result = linear_finder.find_prefix("ABCD");
-  find_timer.stop();
-
-  cout << "result list is " << result.size() << " element(s) long" << endl;
-}
-
-void test_parallel_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
-  cout << "\nrunning parallel finder" << endl;
-
-  const size_t thread_count = thread::hardware_concurrency();
-
-  cout << "using " << thread_count << " threads" << endl;
-
-  Timer constructor_timer("parallel finder constructor");
-  ParallelFinder parallel_finder(word_list, thread_count);
-  constructor_timer.stop();
-
-  Timer find_timer("parallel finder find");
-  auto result = parallel_finder.find_prefix("ABCD");
-  find_timer.stop();
-
-  cout << "result list is " << result.size() << " element(s) long" << endl;
-}
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  cout << "\n== VectorSearch ==" << endl;
+  std::cout << "VectorSearch" << std::endl;
 
-  auto word_list = generate_word_list();
-
-  test_linear_finder(word_list);
-  test_parallel_finder(word_list);
-
-  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  return 0;
 }