diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 254c59f..810eeb9 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -28,19 +28,16 @@
  */ 
 
 use std::{
-	io::{ self, Write },
+	io::{ Error, Write },
 	process::{ Command, exit, Stdio },
 	path::PathBuf,
 };
 
 use bindgen::{ Builder, CargoCallbacks, MacroTypeVariation };
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
 	let mut header = String::new();
 
-	/* bindgen has a dependency on clang for now */
-	Command::new("clang").spawn().expect("Missing dependency: clang");
-	
 	/* Locate sysexits.h using cpp(1) */
 	let mut process = Command::new("cpp")
 		.arg("-M")
@@ -54,8 +51,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), io::Error> {
 
 	let output = process.wait_with_output()?.stdout;
 
-	let headers = String::from_utf8(output).unwrap_or_else( |_| {
-		eprintln!("Output from cpp(1) is invalid UTF-8.");
+	let headers = String::from_utf8(output).unwrap_or_else( |e| {
+		Error::other(e.to_string());
 		/* Exit with status 1 because we’re bootstrapping sysexits.h, silly! */
 		exit(1); 
 	});