diff --git a/dial.go b/dial.go
index 95a24c9..a5e062f 100644
--- a/dial.go
+++ b/dial.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package hopp
 
 import "net"
+import "errors"
 import "context"
 import "crypto/tls"
-import "github.com/quic-go/quic-go"
 
 // Dial opens a connection to a server. The network must be one of "quic",
 // "quic4", (IPv4-only) "quic6" (IPv6-only), or "unix". For now, "quic4" and
@@ -31,12 +31,7 @@ func (diale Dialer) Dial(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (Conn, er
 }
 
 func (diale Dialer) dialQUIC(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (Conn, error) {
-	// sorry i fucking lied to you about the network parameter. for all
-	// quic-go's bullshit bloat, it doesnt even support that. not even when
-	// instantiating a transport. go figure :/
-	conn, err := quic.DialAddr(ctx, address, tlsConfig(diale.TLSConfig), quicConfig())
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	return AdaptB(quicMultiConn { underlying: conn }), nil
+	return nil, errors.New("quic is not yet implemented")
 }
 
 func (diale Dialer) dialUnix(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (Conn, error) {
@@ -60,15 +55,6 @@ func tlsConfig(conf *tls.Config) *tls.Config {
 	return conf
 }
 
-func quicConfig() *quic.Config {
-	return &quic.Config {
-		// TODO: perhaps we might want to put something here
-		// the quic config shouldn't be exported, just set up
-		// automatically. we can't have that strangely built quic-go
-		// package be part of the API, or any third-party packages for
-		// that matter. it must all be abstracted away.
-	}
-}
 
 func quicNetworkToUDPNetwork(network string) (string, error) {
 	switch network {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1acc120..0b443b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,18 +5,4 @@ go 1.23.0
 require (
 	git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/go-util v0.9.1
 	github.com/gomarkdown/markdown v0.0.0-20241205020045-f7e15b2f3e62
-	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.48.2
-)
-
-require (
-	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 // indirect
-	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210407192527-94a9f03dee38 // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.23.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2f2e05a..bb15dd1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,60 +1,4 @@
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-github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
-github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
-github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
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-github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.48.2 h1:wsKXZPeGWpMpCGSWqOcqpW2wZYic/8T3aqiOID0/KWE=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.48.2/go.mod h1:yBgs3rWBOADpga7F+jJsb6Ybg1LSYiQvwWlLX+/6HMs=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
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-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842/go.mod h1:XtvwrStGgqGPLc4cjQfWqZHG1YFdYs6swckp8vpsjnc=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 h1:zY54UmvipHiNd+pm+m0x9KhZ9hl1/7QNMyxXbc6ICqA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/net v0.28.0 h1:a9JDOJc5GMUJ0+UDqmLT86WiEy7iWyIhz8gz8E4e5hE=
-golang.org/x/net v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yqtgsTWOOnlGLG9GFRrK3++bGOUEkNBoHZc8MEDWPNg=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
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-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
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diff --git a/listen.go b/listen.go
index 09f1a03..723dea5 100644
--- a/listen.go
+++ b/listen.go
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package hopp
 
 import "net"
-import "context"
+import "errors"
 import "crypto/tls"
-import "github.com/quic-go/quic-go"
 
 // Listener is an object which listens for incoming HOPP connections.
 type Listener interface {
@@ -30,19 +29,8 @@ func Listen(network, address string) (Listener, error) {
 // The network must be one of "quic", "quic4", (IPv4-only) or "quic6"
 // (IPv6-only).
 func ListenQUIC(network, address string, tlsConf *tls.Config) (Listener, error) {
-	tlsConf   = tlsConfig(tlsConf)
-	quicConf := quicConfig()
-	udpNetwork, err := quicNetworkToUDPNetwork(network)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	addr, err := net.ResolveUDPAddr(udpNetwork, address)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	udpListener, err := net.ListenUDP(udpNetwork, addr)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	quicListener, err := quic.Listen(udpListener, tlsConf, quicConf)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	return &listenerQUIC {
-		underlying: quicListener,
-	}, nil
+	// tlsConf   = tlsConfig(tlsConf)
+	return nil, errors.New("quic is not yet implemented")
 }
 
 // ListenUnix listens for incoming HOPP connections using a Unix domain socket
@@ -58,24 +46,6 @@ func ListenUnix(network, address string) (Listener, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-type listenerQUIC struct {
-	underlying *quic.Listener
-}
-
-func (this *listenerQUIC) Accept() (Conn, error) {
-	conn, err := this.underlying.Accept(context.Background())
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	return AdaptB(quicMultiConn { underlying: conn }), nil
-}
-
-func (this *listenerQUIC) Close() error {
-	return this.underlying.Close()
-}
-
-func (this *listenerQUIC) Addr() net.Addr {
-	return this.underlying.Addr()
-}
-
 type listenerUnix struct {
 	underlying *net.UnixListener
 }
diff --git a/quicwrap.go b/quicwrap.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 45b00b3..0000000
--- a/quicwrap.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package hopp
-
-import "net"
-import "context"
-import "github.com/quic-go/quic-go"
-
-var _ MultiConn = quicMultiConn { }
-type quicMultiConn struct {
-	underlying quic.Connection
-}
-
-func (conn quicMultiConn) Close() error {
-	return conn.underlying.CloseWithError(0, "good bye")
-}
-
-func (conn quicMultiConn) LocalAddr() net.Addr {
-	return conn.underlying.LocalAddr()
-}
-
-func (conn quicMultiConn) RemoteAddr() net.Addr {
-	return conn.underlying.RemoteAddr()
-}
-
-func (conn quicMultiConn) AcceptStream(ctx context.Context) (Stream, error) {
-	strea, err := conn.underlying.AcceptStream(ctx)
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	return quicStream { underlying: strea }, nil
-}
-
-func (conn quicMultiConn) OpenStream() (Stream, error) {
-	strea, err := conn.underlying.OpenStream()
-	if err != nil { return nil, err }
-	return quicStream { underlying: strea }, nil
-}
-
-type quicStream struct {
-	underlying quic.Stream
-}
-
-func (strea quicStream) Read(buffer []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	return strea.underlying.Read(buffer)
-}
-
-func (strea quicStream) Write(buffer []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	return strea.underlying.Read(buffer)
-}
-
-func (strea quicStream) Close() error {
-	return strea.underlying.Close()
-}
-
-func (strea quicStream) ID() int64 {
-	return int64(strea.underlying.StreamID())
-}