diff --git a/ref/gl/exports.txt b/ref/gl/exports.txt
index b79f9600..c37cfd3c 100644
--- a/ref/gl/exports.txt
+++ b/ref/gl/exports.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 GetRefAPI
-GetRefHumanReadableName
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ref/gl/gl2_shim/wscript b/ref/gl/gl2_shim/wscript
deleted file mode 100644
index a53aee64..00000000
--- a/ref/gl/gl2_shim/wscript
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-import os
-
-def options(opt):
-	pass
-
-def configure(conf):
-	conf.define('REF_DLL', 1)
-
-def build(bld):
-	source = bld.path.ant_glob( [ '*.c' ] )
-	includes = [ '.' ]
-	libs = [ 'engine_includes', 'sdk_includes', 'werror' ]
-	bld.env.LDFLAGS += ['-fPIC']
-	bld.env.CFLAGS += ['-fPIC']
-	bld.stlib(
-		source    = source,
-		target    = 'gl2_shim',
-		includes  = includes,
-		use       = libs,
-		subsystem = bld.env.MSVC_SUBSYSTEM
-	)
diff --git a/ref/gl/vgl_shim/wscript b/ref/gl/vgl_shim/wscript
index 3e2d7208..e7228285 100644
--- a/ref/gl/vgl_shim/wscript
+++ b/ref/gl/vgl_shim/wscript
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@ def configure(conf):
 	conf.define('REF_DLL', 1)
 
 def build(bld):
-	source = bld.path.ant_glob( [ '*.c' ] )
-	includes = [ '.' ]
-	libs = [ 'engine_includes', 'sdk_includes', 'werror' ]
 	bld.env.LDFLAGS += ['-fPIC']
 	bld.env.CFLAGS += ['-fPIC']
-	bld.stlib(
-		source    = source,
-		target    = 'vgl_shim',
-		includes  = includes,
-		use       = libs,
-		subsystem = bld.env.MSVC_SUBSYSTEM
-	)
+	bld.stlib(source = bld.path.ant_glob('*.c'),
+		target = 'vgl_shim',
+		use = 'engine_includes sdk_includes werror',
+		includes = '.')
diff --git a/ref/gl/wscript b/ref/gl/wscript
index 825f4a56..ffcc8845 100644
--- a/ref/gl/wscript
+++ b/ref/gl/wscript
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ def options(opt):
 	return
 
 def configure(conf):
-	# check for dedicated server build
-	if conf.options.DEDICATED:
-		return
-
 	conf.define_cond('SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT', conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT)
 
 	conf.env.GL_STATIC = conf.options.GL_STATIC
diff --git a/ref/soft/wscript b/ref/soft/wscript
index 3f6ef8e7..f6529c35 100644
--- a/ref/soft/wscript
+++ b/ref/soft/wscript
@@ -12,14 +12,8 @@ def options(opt):
 	return
 
 def configure(conf):
-	# check for dedicated server build
-	if conf.options.DEDICATED:
-		return
-
-	if conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT:
-		conf.env.append_unique('DEFINES', 'SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT')
-
-	conf.env.append_unique('DEFINES', 'REF_DLL')
+	conf.define_cond('SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT', conf.options.SUPPORT_BSP2_FORMAT)
+	conf.define('REF_DLL', 1)
 
 def build(bld):
 	libs = [ 'engine_includes', 'werror' ]
@@ -29,10 +23,7 @@ def build(bld):
 	else:
 		libs += [ 'public', 'M' ]
 
-	if bld.env.DEDICATED:
-		return
-
-	bld.shlib(source   = bld.path.ant_glob(['*.c']),
+	bld.shlib(source   = bld.path.ant_glob('*.c'),
 		target   = 'ref_soft',
 		includes = '.',
 		use      = libs,