diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
index ab81d63..f694975 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - '*'
 env:
-  CACHE_VERSION: 6
+  CACHE_VERSION: 7
   DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
   HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: 1
   PAWPAW_SKIP_LTO: 1
diff --git a/bootstrap-cardinal.sh b/bootstrap-cardinal.sh
index 73809a0..ab1ccff 100755
--- a/bootstrap-cardinal.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-cardinal.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ fi
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # run bootstrap dependencies
 
+export PAWPAW_SKIP_FFTW=1
+export PAWPAW_SKIP_GLIB=1
 export PAWPAW_SKIP_SAMPLERATE=1
 
 ./bootstrap-common.sh "${target}"
+./bootstrap-plugins.sh "${target}"
 
 # on Windows, we just build the whole thing
 if [ "${target}" = "win32" ] || [ "${target}" = "win64" ]; then
@@ -47,35 +50,3 @@ if [ "${WIN32}" -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# liblo
-
-LIBLO_EXTRAFLAGS="--enable-threads --disable-examples --disable-tools"
-
-if [ "${CROSS_COMPILING}" -eq 1 ]; then
-    LIBLO_EXTRAFLAGS+=" --disable-tests"
-fi
-
-# auto-detection fails
-if [ "${MACOS}" -eq 1 ]; then
-    LIBLO_EXTRAFLAGS+=" ac_cv_func_select=yes ac_cv_func_poll=yes ac_cv_func_setvbuf=yes"
-    if [ "${MACOS_UNIVERSAL}" -eq 1 ]; then
-        LIBLO_EXTRAFLAGS+=" ac_cv_c_bigendian=universal"
-    fi
-fi
-
-download liblo "${LIBLO_VERSION}" "${LIBLO_URL}"
-build_autoconf liblo "${LIBLO_VERSION}" "${LIBLO_EXTRAFLAGS}"
-
-# FIXME tests fail on macOS
-if [ "${CROSS_COMPILING}" -eq 0 ] && [ "${MACOS}" -eq 0 ]; then
-    run_make liblo "${LIBLO_VERSION}" check
-fi
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# wine bootstrap for python (needed for cross-compilation)
-
-if [ "${WIN32}" -eq 1 ] && [ -n "${EXE_WRAPPER}" ] && [ ! -d "${WINEPREFIX}" ]; then
-    wineboot -u
-fi
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bootstrap-plugins.sh b/bootstrap-plugins.sh
index 5e537d1..8f7585e 100755
--- a/bootstrap-plugins.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-plugins.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ if [ -z "${target}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# skip fluidsynth if glib is not wanted (fluidsynth requires glib)
+
+if [ -n "${PAWPAW_SKIP_GLIB}" ]; then
+    PAWPAW_SKIP_FLUIDSYNTH=1
+fi
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # run bootstrap dependencies
 
@@ -31,6 +38,8 @@ source setup/versions.sh
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # fftw
 
+if [ -z "${PAWPAW_SKIP_FFTW}" ]; then
+
 FFTW_EXTRAFLAGS="--disable-alloca --disable-fortran --with-our-malloc"
 
 # FIXME macos-universal proper optimizations
@@ -49,9 +58,13 @@ if [ "${CROSS_COMPILING}" -eq 0 ]; then
     run_make fftw "${FFTW_VERSION}" check
 fi
 
+fi # PAWPAW_SKIP_FFTW
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # fftwf
 
+if [ -z "${PAWPAW_SKIP_FFTW}" ]; then
+
 FFTWF_EXTRAFLAGS="${FFTW_EXTRAFLAGS} --enable-single"
 
 copy_download fftw fftwf "${FFTW_VERSION}"
@@ -61,6 +74,8 @@ if [ "${CROSS_COMPILING}" -eq 0 ]; then
     run_make fftwf "${FFTW_VERSION}" check
 fi
 
+fi # PAWPAW_SKIP_FFTW
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # pcre
 
@@ -72,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # libffi
 
+if [ -z "${PAWPAW_SKIP_GLIB}" ]; then
+
 if [ "${WIN32}" -eq 1 ]; then
     LIBFFI_EXTRAFLAGS="--disable-multi-os-directory --disable-raw-api"
 
@@ -79,9 +96,13 @@ if [ "${WIN32}" -eq 1 ]; then
     build_autoconf libffi "${LIBFFI_VERSION}" "${LIBFFI_EXTRAFLAGS}"
 fi
 
+fi # PAWPAW_SKIP_GLIB
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # glib
 
+if [ -z "${PAWPAW_SKIP_GLIB}" ]; then
+
 if [ "${MACOS}" -eq 1 ] || [ "${WIN32}" -eq 1 ]; then
     GLIB_EXTRAFLAGS="--disable-rebuilds"
 
@@ -108,6 +129,8 @@ if [ "${MACOS}" -eq 1 ] || [ "${WIN32}" -eq 1 ]; then
     build_autoconfgen glib ${GLIB_VERSION} "${GLIB_EXTRAFLAGS}"
 fi
 
+fi # PAWPAW_SKIP_GLIB
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # liblo
 
@@ -192,6 +215,8 @@ build_make mod-sdk "${MOD_SDK_VERSION}"
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # fluidsynth
 
+if [ -z "${PAWPAW_SKIP_FLUIDSYNTH}" ]; then
+
 FLUIDSYNTH_EXTRAFLAGS="-Denable-floats=ON"
 FLUIDSYNTH_EXTRAFLAGS+=" -Denable-alsa=OFF"
 FLUIDSYNTH_EXTRAFLAGS+=" -Denable-aufile=OFF"
@@ -229,6 +254,8 @@ if [ ! -e "${PAWPAW_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig/fluidsynth.pc-e" ]; then
     touch "${PAWPAW_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig/fluidsynth.pc-e"
 fi
 
+fi # PAWPAW_SKIP_FLUIDSYNTH
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # mxml