diff --git a/arch-chroot-helper b/arch-chroot-helper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f9d4de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch-chroot-helper
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this is meant to be put in /usr/bin and allowed to use for for a user
+# cp /home/ppa/arch-ppa/arch-chroot-helper /usr/bin/; chown root.root /usr/bin/arch-chroot-helper; chmod 555 /usr/bin/arch-chroot-helper
+# then add this using visudo:
+# ppa  ALL= NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/arch-chroot-helper
+
+ccm_root='/scratch/.chroot64'
+
+prepare() {
+    if [ -d "${ccm_root}/root" ]; then
+        # this exists, so just update it
+        arch-nspawn "${ccm_root}/root" pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+        #yes | arch-nspawn "${ccm_root}/root" pacman -Scc
+    else
+        # does not exist, create it...
+        mkdir -p "${ccm_root}"
+        mkarchroot -C /etc/pacman.conf -M /etc/makepkg.conf "${ccm_root}/root" base-devel
+    fi
+}
+
+nuke() {
+    rm -rf "${ccm_root}"
+}
+
+make() {
+    set -e
+    prepare
+    makechrootpkg -c -u -r "${ccm_root}"
+}
+
+case $1 in
+    prepare)
+        prepare
+        exit $?
+        ;;
+    nuke)
+        nuke
+        exit $?
+        ;;
+    make)
+        make
+        exit $?
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Must specify command: prepare, nuke, make"
+        exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/ppa b/ppa
index 461b868..6fea6ec 100755
--- a/ppa
+++ b/ppa
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ basedir="$(pwd)"
 src_dir="${basedir}/src"
 repo_name=aur
 pkg_dir="${basedir}/$repo_name"
-ccm='sudo ccm64'
-ccm_root='/scratch/chroot64'
 aurweb='https://aur.archlinux.org'
 
 if [ `whoami` == 'root' ]; then
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ sign_packages() {
 build() {
     cd "$src_dir"
     if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
-        $ccm d
         failed=''
         # create .SRCINFO, so aurqueue can use it next
         for dir in "$@"
@@ -88,27 +85,31 @@ build() {
         for dir in $(aurqueue "$@")
         do
             cd $dir
-            $ccm s || failed="$failed $dir"
+            # delete any existing packages
+            grep '^pkgname = ' .SRCINFO | sed 's/^pkgname = //' | xargs -I {} sh -c 'rm -f {}*pkg.tar*'
+            sudo arch-chroot-helper make
+            if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+                # failed, append to failed string
+                failed="$failed $dir"
+            else
+                #list_of_packages="$(grep '^pkgname = ' .SRCINFO | sed 's/^pkgname = //' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')"
+                list_of_package_files="$(grep '^pkgname = ' .SRCINFO | sed 's/^pkgname = //' | xargs -I {} sh -c 'ls {}*pkg.tar*' 2>/dev/null | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')"
+                mv $list_of_package_files "$pkg_dir"
+                cd "$pkg_dir"
+                sign_packages $list_of_package_files
+                # repose appears to work the same with both $list_of_packages and $list_of_package_files
+                repose -f -z $repo_name $list_of_package_files
+                sign_packages $repo_name.db $repo_name.files
+            fi
             cd "$src_dir"
         done
 
-        # save packages
-        cd "$pkg_dir"
-        for pkg in "$ccm_root"/root/repo/*pkg.tar*
-        do
-            mv "$pkg" .
-            sign_packages "$(basename "$pkg")"
-        done
-        repose -f -z $repo_name
-        sign_packages $repo_name.db $repo_name.files
-
         if [ "$failed" == "" ]
         then
             # success!, nuke the chroot
-            echo $ccm n
+            echo sudo arch-chroot-helper nuke
         else
-            # some failures, just delete the packages
-            $ccm d
+            # some failures
             echo "failed packages:$failed"
         fi
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ build() {
 
 rebuild_db() {
     cd "$pkg_dir"
-    repose -f -z $repo_name
+    repose -v -f -z $repo_name
     sign_packages $repo_name.db $repo_name.files
 }
 
diff --git a/src/clean-chroot-manager/PKGBUILD b/src/clean-chroot-manager/PKGBUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index dbf69df..0000000
--- a/src/clean-chroot-manager/PKGBUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: graysky <graysky AT archlinux DOT us>
-
-pkgname=clean-chroot-manager
-pkgver=2.96
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc='Wrapper for managing clean chroot builds with local repo therein.'
-arch=('any')
-url='https://github.com/graysky2/clean-chroot-manager'
-license=('MIT')
-depends=('devtools>=20180528-1' 'rsync' 'libarchive>=3.3.3')
-conflicts=('clean_chroot_manager')
-replaces=('clean_chroot_manager')
-source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/graysky2/clean-chroot-manager/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('3bbe344f92914a490f61c6fcb95189f4c95dacee45da975bf9c530e8fe867806')
-install=ccm.install
-
-build() {
-  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
-  make
-}
-
-package() {
-  cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
-  make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
-  install -Dm644 MIT "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
-}
diff --git a/src/clean-chroot-manager/ccm.install b/src/clean-chroot-manager/ccm.install
deleted file mode 100644
index a45e3d5..0000000
--- a/src/clean-chroot-manager/ccm.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-## arg 1:  the new package version
-## arg 2:  the old package version
-
-post_upgrade() {
-	for test in 2.92-1 2.87-1 2.81-1 2.73-1 2.72-1 2.55-1 2.17-1 2.22-1 2.69-1 2.93-1; do
-		if [ "$(vercmp $2 $test)" -lt 1 ]; then
-			echo
-			echo '--> Please check ~/.config/clean-chroot-manager.conf against the'
-			echo '--> provided /usr/share/clean-chroot-manager/ccm.skel to ensure it is'
-			echo '--> updated as the script does not do this automatically.'
-			exit 0
-		else
-			/bin/true
-		fi
-	done
-}