diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 027c80a..474022f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ all_chars.txt
 **/fonts/**/*-Subset.*
 woff2/
 **/serve_*
-**/lexers.*
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 6cb5c98..0bcbf29 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ function soup_config {
 
 source ./pgvv/bin/activate
 
-if ! [[ -f lexers.out ]] || [[ "$(head -1 lexers.out)" != "$(pygmentize -V)" ]]; then
-    pygmentize -L lexer | grep '* ' >lexers.out
-    echo "Created pygments lexer cache at lexers.out"
-fi
-
 find acl.cool/site/ ytheleus.org/site/ -type f \( -name '*.dj' -o -name '*.html' \) -exec cat {} + >all_chars.txt
 cat common_chars.txt >>all_chars.txt
 
@@ -49,10 +44,7 @@ for font in \
     subset_ttf="${font%.ttf}-Subset.ttf"
     hb-subset "$font" \
         --output-file="$subset_ttf" \
-        --text-file=all_chars.txt \
-        --layout-features='*' \
-        --passthrough-tables \
-        --unicodes+="0x0435" # this is the cyrillic e. For some reason, alegreya's ff calt breaks without it
+        --keep-everything \
 
     woff2_compress "$subset_ttf"
 
diff --git a/syntax_wrapper.sh b/syntax_wrapper.sh
index b4ba4d1..a74245c 100755
--- a/syntax_wrapper.sh
+++ b/syntax_wrapper.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env sh
 
-if [ $# -lt 1 ] || ! grep -qw "$1" lexers.out; then
+if [ $# -lt 1 ] || ! pygmentize -L lexers | grep -qw "$1"; then
     recode utf8..html
 else
-    pygmentize -l $1 -f html | awk -F '<pre>' '{print substr($NF, 14)}'
+    pygmentize -l $1 -f html | head -c -13 | awk -F '<pre>' '{print $NF}'
 fi
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