diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index b5130c5..f45184c 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 option('base_url', type: 'string', value: 'https://api.originsro.org')
-option('thread_pool', type: 'combo', description: '', choices: ['roar11', 'taskflow'], value: 'roar11')
diff --git a/src/config.hpp.in b/src/config.hpp.in
index 38783a0..707a64f 100644
--- a/src/config.hpp.in
+++ b/src/config.hpp.in
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#define THREADPOOL_ROAR11 1
-#define THREADPOOL_TASKFLOW 2
-
-#define THREADPOOL THREADPOOL_@THREAD_POOL_TYPE@
-
 namespace duck {
 
 constexpr const char g_base_url[] = "@BASE_URL@";
diff --git a/src/evloop.cpp b/src/evloop.cpp
index 4a5de03..f5e6501 100644
--- a/src/evloop.cpp
+++ b/src/evloop.cpp
@@ -2,37 +2,11 @@
 #include "html_fetch_task.hpp"
 #include "eventia/eventia.hpp"
 #include "eventia/timer.hpp"
-
-#include "orotool_config.hpp"
-#if THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_TASKFLOW
-#	include <taskflow/taskflow.hpp>
-#elif THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_ROAR11
-#	include "roar11/ThreadPool.hpp"
-#endif
-
+#include "roar11/ThreadPool.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 
-#if THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_TASKFLOW
-namespace tf {
-	class Taskflow;
-	class Subflow;
-} //namespace tf
-#elif THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_ROAR11
-namespace roar11 {
-	class ThreadPool;
-} //namespace roar11
-#endif
-
 namespace duck {
 namespace {
-#if THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_ROAR11
-	typedef roar11::ThreadPool threadpool_type;
-	typedef roar11::ThreadPool subpool_type;
-#elif THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_TASKFLOW
-	typedef tf::Taskflow threadpool_type;
-	typedef tf::Subflow subpool_type;
-#endif
-
 	//class KeepaliveTimer : public ev::timer {
 	//public:
 	//	KeepaliveTimer (ev::loop_ref& loop, RunningPool::subpool_type*) {
@@ -45,17 +19,10 @@ namespace {
 	//	}
 	//};
 
-#if THREADPOOL == THREADPOOL_TASKFLOW
-void join(tf::Executor& executor) {
-	executor.wait_for_all();
-	std::cout << "all tasks completed\n";
-}
-#else
-void join(threadpool_type& pool) {
+void join(roar11::ThreadPool& pool) {
 	pool.join();
 	std::cout << "all tasks completed\n";
 }
-#endif
 
 } //unnamed namespace
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 6c6e33d..a31eba4 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ sqlitecpp_dep = dependency('sqlitecpp', version: '>=3.0.0',
 
 ev_dep = dependency('libev', version: '>=4.31')
 threads_dep = dependency('threads')
-if get_option('thread_pool') == 'taskflow'
-  taskflow_dep = dependency('Cpp-Taskflow', version: '>=2.4.0', method: 'cmake')
-endif
 
 base_url = get_option('base_url').strip()
 if not base_url.endswith('/')
@@ -22,11 +19,6 @@ endif
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set('BASE_URL', base_url)
-if get_option('thread_pool') == 'roar11'
-  conf.set('THREAD_POOL_TYPE', 'ROAR11')
-elif get_option('thread_pool') == 'taskflow'
-  conf.set('THREAD_POOL_TYPE', 'TASKFLOW')
-endif
 project_config_file = configure_file(
 	input: 'config.hpp.in',
 	output: meson.project_name() + '_config.hpp',
@@ -39,9 +31,6 @@ lib_deps = [
   ev_dep,
   threads_dep,
 ]
-if get_option('thread_pool') == 'taskflow'
-  lib_deps += [taskflow_dep]
-endif
 
 executable(meson.project_name(),
   'main.cpp',