diff --git a/modules/lang/cc/README.org b/modules/lang/cc/README.org
index 644ef67a9..a7f1ef2e3 100644
--- a/modules/lang/cc/README.org
+++ b/modules/lang/cc/README.org
@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ generated glue code for iOS mobile apps.
 
 ** Installation
 ~irony-server~ is required to use irony-mode's features auto-completion (among
-other things). To install it, run ~M-x irony-install-server~.
+other things).
 
-This is all you need on Linux.
+To install it, run ~M-x irony-install-server~, which requires ~cmake~ and
+~libclang~.
 
 *** MacOS
-libclang is required to build irony-server. On MacOS, the best way I know of to
-get it is:
-
 #+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle (if (doom-system-os 'macos) "yes")
-brew install llvm  # may take a while!
+brew install cmake
+brew install llvm  # 1gb+ installer: may take a while!
+#+END_SRC
+
+*** Arch Linux
+#+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle (if (doom-system-os 'arch) "yes")
+sudo pacman --needed --noconfirm -S clang cmake
 #+END_SRC
diff --git a/modules/lang/cc/packages.el b/modules/lang/cc/packages.el
index ead0e03c8..f0a6ba78e 100644
--- a/modules/lang/cc/packages.el
+++ b/modules/lang/cc/packages.el
@@ -18,42 +18,3 @@
   (package! company-irony)
   (package! company-irony-c-headers))
 
-;;
-(def-bootstrap! cc
-  ;; NOTE Untested
-  (require! :lang cc t)
-  (require 'irony)
-  (unless (expand-file-name "bin/irony-server" irony-server-install-prefix)
-    (pcase (doom-system-os)
-      ('arch
-       (let (pkgs)
-         (unless (executable-find "cmake")
-           (push "cmake" pkgs))
-         (unless (file-exists-p "/usr/lib/libclang.so")
-           (push "clang" pkgs))
-         (when pkgs
-           (sudo "pacman --noconfirm -S %s" pkgs))))
-      ('debian) ;; TODO
-      ('macos
-       (unless (executable-find "cmake")
-         (sh "brew install cmake"))
-       (unless (file-exists-p "/usr/loacl/opt/llvm/lib/libclang.dylib")
-         ;; Since installing llvm is a _huge_ undertaking for homebrew, we force
-         ;; you to install it manually.
-         (error "libclang.so not found. Run `brew install llvm` first, then retry"))))
-    (let ((default-directory (concat (file-name-as-directory temporary-file-directory)
-                                     (file-name-as-directory (format "build-irony-server-%s" (irony-version))))))
-      (irony-install-server
-       (format (concat "%s "
-                       (when IS-MAC "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH=ON ")
-                       "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='%s' "
-                       "%s && %s --build . "
-                       "--use-stderr --config Release --target install")
-               (shell-quote-argument irony-cmake-executable)
-               (shell-quote-argument (expand-file-name irony-server-install-prefix))
-               (shell-quote-argument irony-server-source-dir)
-               (shell-quote-argument irony-cmake-executable)))
-      (when IS-MAC
-        (sh (format "install_name_tool -change @rpath/libclang.dylib %s %s"
-                    "/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib/libclang.dylib"
-                    (expand-file-name "bin/irony-server" irony-server-install-prefix)))))))