diff --git a/plugins/Cardinal/GL/glew.h b/plugins/Cardinal/GL/glew.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..416b573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Cardinal/GL/glew.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#pragma once
+#undef DEBUG
+#include "OpenGL.hpp"
diff --git a/plugins/Cardinal/Makefile b/plugins/Cardinal/Makefile
index 7dca47e..7910393 100644
--- a/plugins/Cardinal/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Cardinal/Makefile
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ EXTRA_LIBS += Rack/dep/lib/libspeexdsp.a
 
 ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
 EXTRA_LIBS += Rack/dep/lib/libarchive_static.a
-EXTRA_LIBS += Rack/dep/lib/libglew32.a
 else
 EXTRA_LIBS += Rack/dep/lib/libarchive.a
-EXTRA_LIBS += Rack/dep/lib/libGLEW.a
 endif
 
 EXTRA_LIBS += Rack/dep/lib/libzstd.a
diff --git a/plugins/Cardinal/dep.cpp b/plugins/Cardinal/dep.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c105dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Cardinal/dep.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// This source file compiles those nice implementation-in-header little libraries
+
+#include <common.hpp> // for fopen_u8
+
+#include "OpenGL.hpp"
+
+#define BLENDISH_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include <blendish.h>
+
+#define NANOSVG_IMPLEMENTATION
+#define NANOSVG_ALL_COLOR_KEYWORDS
+#include <nanosvg.h>