diff --git a/completions/shsh.fish b/completions/shsh.fish
index 991c595..785c196 100644
--- a/completions/shsh.fish
+++ b/completions/shsh.fish
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command install" -l noconfirm -d "do n
 complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command install" -l ssh -d "use ssh protocal instead of https"
 complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command install" -l plain -d "build a plain package from the ground up"
 complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command install" -l gh-release -d "download binary from github release assets"
-complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command install" -l archpkg -d "install the package as an Arch/AUR package"
 
 complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command uninstall" -l quiet -d "be quiet even if package does not exists"
 complete -f -c shsh -n "__fish_shsh_using_command uninstall" -l use-rc -d "uninstall all packages not present in SHSHRC"
diff --git a/libexec/shsh b/libexec/shsh
index b945657..f44f80c 100755
--- a/libexec/shsh
+++ b/libexec/shsh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ for arg; do
       ;;
     --version)
       cat << EOF
-shsh (shell script handler) v3.0.0
+shsh (shell script handler) v3.0.1
 
 Copyright (c) 2014 Juan Ibiapina, 2020 Tin Lai (@soraxas)
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
diff --git a/libexec/shsh-_env-var b/libexec/shsh-_env-var
index c24de08..ce0151f 100644
--- a/libexec/shsh-_env-var
+++ b/libexec/shsh-_env-var
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export SHSH_PREFIX="${SHSH_PREFIX:=$SHSH_ROOT/cellar}"
 export SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH="${SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH:=$SHSH_PREFIX/packages}"
 export SHSH_INSTALL_BIN="${SHSH_INSTALL_BIN:=$SHSH_PREFIX/bin}"
 export SHSH_INSTALL_MAN="${SHSH_INSTALL_MAN:=$SHSH_PREFIX/man}"
-export SHSH_INSTALL_ARCHPKG_ROOT="${SHSH_INSTALL_ARCHPKG_ROOT:=$SHSH_ROOT/cellar/archpkg_root}"
 _xdg_config_home="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:=$HOME/.config}"
 export SHSHRC="${SHSHRC:=$_xdg_config_home/shshrc}"
 
@@ -47,4 +46,4 @@ export PATH="${bin_path}:${PATH}"
 export UTILS_FUNC="$bin_path/shsh-_utils"
 
 export SHSH_JUNEST_ROOT="$SHSH_ROOT/cellar/arch_junest_root"
-export SHSH_JUNEST_BIN="$SHSH_JUNEST_ROOT/junest_bin"
\ No newline at end of file
+export SHSH_JUNEST_BIN="$SHSH_JUNEST_ROOT/junest_bin"
diff --git a/libexec/shsh-_utils b/libexec/shsh-_utils
index 7f4f3d4..3f77ee2 100755
--- a/libexec/shsh-_utils
+++ b/libexec/shsh-_utils
@@ -340,14 +340,9 @@ EOF
       # fi
       _folder_namespace="$1"
       _folder_target="$1"
-      [ "$operation" = "archpkg" ] && _folder_namespace="_archpkg"
       info_echo "> Going to use '$_folder_namespace/$_folder_target' as the install folder"
       ;;
   esac
-  if [ -n "$operation" ] && [ "$operation" != "archpkg" ] && [ "$_folder_namespace" = "_archpkg" ]; then
-    error_echo "> The '_archpkg' namespace is reserved and cannot be used."
-    exit 1
-  fi
   _folder_full="$_folder_namespace/$_folder_target"
   export _folder_namespace
   export _folder_target
@@ -401,24 +396,6 @@ if ! command_exists jq; then
   }
 fi
 
-get_archlinux_makepkg() {
-  _makepkg_path="$(shsh package-path _bootstrap/archmakepkg)" || true
-
-  if [ -z "$_makepkg_path" ]; then
-    # bootstrap custom makepkg
-    info_echo "> Installing custom arch makepkg"
-
-    # no linking
-    shsh install soraxas/archlinux-makepkg-stripped _bootstrap/archmakepkg -v BINS='' >/dev/null 2>&1
-    _makepkg_path="$(shsh package-path _bootstrap/archmakepkg)" || true
-    if [ -z "$_makepkg_path" ]; then
-      error_echo "> error in bootstrapping makepkg"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
-  echo "$_makepkg_path/makepkg"
-}
-
 parse_hooks_and_setvar() {
   echo_if_verbose ">> parsing install command: '$*'"
   # shellcheck disable=SC2116,SC2028
diff --git a/libexec/shsh-install b/libexec/shsh-install
index 9ee42eb..b799252 100755
--- a/libexec/shsh-install
+++ b/libexec/shsh-install
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #                    flag implies --plain
 #                    TODO: currently it is bias towards linux and amd64;
 #                          to-be generalised towards detecting current arch.
-#       --arch[pkg] install the <package> as Arch package (or AUR)
 #       -f, --force  force the installation even if the package exists
 #       --ssh        use ssh protocal instead of https
 #
@@ -90,17 +89,10 @@ if [ "$#" != 0 ]; then
       --ssh)
         use_ssh="true"
         ;;
-      --arch|--archpkg)
-        archpkg="true"
-        ;;
       --nocleanup)
         no_cleanup="true"
         export no_cleanup
         ;;
-      --noconfirm)
-        SHSH_ARCHPKG_NOCONFIRM="true"
-        export SHSH_ARCHPKG_NOCONFIRM
-        ;;
       -f|--force)
         force_install="true"
         ;;
@@ -146,10 +138,6 @@ fi
 
 ############################################################
 
-if [ -n "$2" ] && [ -n "$archpkg" ]; then
-  error_echo "> Arch/AUR package cannot use custom folder name."
-  exit 1
-fi
 
 # custom folder name
 parse_install_folder "$2" "$operation" && package="$_folder_full"
@@ -158,15 +146,13 @@ parse_install_folder "$2" "$operation" && package="$_folder_full"
 ##########################################
 if [ -n "$plain_package" ]; then
   operation="plain"
-elif [ -n "$archpkg" ]; then
-  operation="archpkg"
 else
   operation="gitclone"
 fi
 
 case "$operation" in
   #########
-  plain|archpkg)
+  plain)
     if [ -z "$package" ]; then
       # extract ref if it exists
       ref=""
@@ -255,10 +241,6 @@ case "$operation" in
     # plain package or github-release
     mkdir -p "${SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH}/$package"
     ;;
-  archpkg)
-    mkdir -p "${SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH}/$package"
-    shsh-_install-archpkg "$1" "$package"
-    ;;
   gitclone)
     # only perform link if clone is successful (and package not exists before)
     if ! shsh-_clone "$use_ssh" "$site" "$gitrepo" "$ref" "$package"; then
@@ -284,11 +266,7 @@ fi
 # add successfully installed package to shshrc
 if [ -e "$SHSHRC" ]; then
   set +e  # allow non-zero exit status in pattern matching
-  if [ "$operation" = "archpkg" ]; then
-    _target_package="$1"
-  else
-    _target_package="$package"
-  fi
+  _target_package="$package"
   shshrc_get_existing_install_cmd "$_target_package"
   new_statement="shsh install $original_args"
 
diff --git a/libexec/shsh-list b/libexec/shsh-list
index 1e97664..262c129 100755
--- a/libexec/shsh-list
+++ b/libexec/shsh-list
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ for package_path in "${SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH}"/*/*; do
         else
           extra_info="gh-release: unknown (missing jq)"
         fi
-      elif [ "$username" = "_archpkg" ]; then
-        extra_info="Arch-package: $package"
       else
         # is a plain package
         extra_info="plain package"
diff --git a/libexec/shsh-uninstall b/libexec/shsh-uninstall
index adf9c38..ec671c5 100755
--- a/libexec/shsh-uninstall
+++ b/libexec/shsh-uninstall
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ fi
 shsh-_unlink-man "$package"
 shsh-_unlink-bins "$package"
 shsh-_unlink-completions "$package"
-shsh-_unlink-archpkg "$package"
 [ -n "$SHSH_HOOK_UNINSTALL" ] && execute_hooks "uninstall-hook" "$SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH/$package" "$SHSH_HOOK_UNINSTALL"
 
 rm -rf "${SHSH_PACKAGES_PATH:?}/$package"
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-cleanup.1 b/man/man1/shsh-cleanup.1
index 9f4e041..ac3dc12 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-cleanup.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-cleanup.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,cleanup \/\fR[\fI\,-d|--dry\/\fR]
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-commands.1 b/man/man1/shsh-commands.1
index 7dfc999..5f72c4d 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-commands.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-commands.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,commands\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-completions.1 b/man/man1/shsh-completions.1
index 0952759..bbe0b9e 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-completions.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-completions.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,completions <command>\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-edit.1 b/man/man1/shsh-edit.1
index 5f82cde..3f1048c 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-edit.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-edit.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,edit\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-get.1 b/man/man1/shsh-get.1
index a9c1448..b9a7103 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-get.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-get.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,get <package>\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-help.1 b/man/man1/shsh-help.1
index 0e32133..1a5cfcc 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-help.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-help.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,help \/\fR[\fI\,--usage\/\fR] \fI\,COMMAND\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-init.1 b/man/man1/shsh-init.1
index baa69c3..b6c2872 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-init.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-init.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B eval
 \fI\,"$(shsh init SHELL)"\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-install.1 b/man/man1/shsh-install.1
index d72c92b..749d87e 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-install.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-install.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,install \/\fR[\fI\,site\/\fR]\fI\,/<package>\/\fR[\fI\,@ref\/\fR] [\fI\,<folder>/<folder>\/\fR]
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ flag implies \fB\-\-plain\fR
 TODO: currently it is bias towards linux and amd64;
 .IP
 to\-be generalised towards detecting current arch.
-.HP
-\fB\-\-arch[pkg]\fR install the <package> as Arch package (or AUR)
 .TP
 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
 force the installation even if the package exists
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-junest.1 b/man/man1/shsh-junest.1
index c8c47c7..580064c 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-junest.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-junest.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,junest \/\fR[\fI\,-h|--help\/\fR] \fI\,<sub_command>\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-link.1 b/man/man1/shsh-link.1
index 5dc34bc..6236011 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-link.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-link.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,link \/\fR[\fI\,--no-deps\/\fR] \fI\,<directory> <package> \/\fR[\fI\,-h|--hook <hook>\/\fR] [\fI\,-v|--variable <VAR>=<VAL>\/\fR]
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-list.1 b/man/man1/shsh-list.1
index 22c0840..8b6ba9f 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-list.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-list.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,list \/\fR[\fI\,-d|--details\/\fR]
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-outdated.1 b/man/man1/shsh-outdated.1
index 57751e7..e67e1aa 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-outdated.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-outdated.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,outdated \/\fR[\fI\,-q|--quiet\/\fR]
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-package-path.1 b/man/man1/shsh-package-path.1
index 08ce1b7..dfb4592 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-package-path.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-package-path.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B source
 \fI\,"$(shsh package-path <package>)/file.sh"\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-refresh.1 b/man/man1/shsh-refresh.1
index 91f2ba6..9d1492f 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-refresh.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-refresh.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,refresh <package> \/\fR[\fI\,--verbose\/\fR] [\fI\,-a|--all\/\fR]
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-self-upgrade.1 b/man/man1/shsh-self-upgrade.1
index 73257c5..8b2a528 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-self-upgrade.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-self-upgrade.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,self-upgrade\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-uninstall.1 b/man/man1/shsh-uninstall.1
index d0cf441..9d493b4 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-uninstall.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-uninstall.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,uninstall <package>\/\fR
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh-upgrade.1 b/man/man1/shsh-upgrade.1
index 1078047..6a62ac4 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh-upgrade.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh-upgrade.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,upgrade <package> \/\fR[\fI\,-f|--force\/\fR]
diff --git a/man/man1/shsh.1 b/man/man1/shsh.1
index 8b24b06..e09f1de 100644
--- a/man/man1/shsh.1
+++ b/man/man1/shsh.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.0" "User Commands"
+.TH SHSH "1" "May 2023" "shell script handler v3.0.1" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.0
+shsh \- manual page for shsh v3.0.1
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B shsh
 \fI\,<command> \/\fR[\fI\,<command args>\/\fR] [\fI\,--verbose\/\fR] [\fI\,--help\/\fR]
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ flag implies \fB\-\-plain\fR
 TODO: currently it is bias towards linux and amd64;
 .IP
 to\-be generalised towards detecting current arch.
-.HP
-\fB\-\-arch[pkg]\fR install the <package> as Arch package (or AUR)
 .TP
 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
 force the installation even if the package exists