diff --git a/tools/deploy/import.ts b/tools/deploy/import.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 63234ae7..00000000
--- a/tools/deploy/import.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-
-import fs from 'fs';
-import vm from 'vm';
-import * as pathlib from './path.js';
-
-export function imp(files: string[], code : string) {
-    const script = new vm.Script(code);
-
-    const results = [];
-    for (const file of files) {
-        const parsed = pathlib.parse(file);
-        const delta = script.runInNewContext({path: parsed, ...parsed});
-        if (delta) {
-            const result = pathlib.path(parsed, delta);
-            const dest = pathlib.format(result);
-            results.push({src: file, dst: dest});
-        } else {
-            throw new Error(`result of eval on ${file} falsy`);
-        }
-    }
-    return results;
-}
diff --git a/tools/deploy/index.ts b/tools/deploy/index.ts
index 24a0def3..ce84417c 100644
--- a/tools/deploy/index.ts
+++ b/tools/deploy/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import program from 'commander';
 import {run} from './lang.js';
 import {find} from './find.js';
 import {link} from './deploy.js';
-import {imp} from './import.js';
+import * as script from './script.js';
+import * as pathlib from './path.js';
 import fs from 'fs';
 
 function collect(value : string, previous : string[]) {
@@ -27,8 +28,17 @@ program
             throw new Error(`one of -e or -m must be provided`);
         }
 
-        const result = imp(files, code);
-        link(result, outputDir, 'copy');
+        const aq = new script.ActionQueue;
+        const scr = new script.Script(code);
+
+        for (const file of files) {
+            const src = pathlib.path(file);
+            const dst = pathlib.path(src, scr.runOnFile(src));
+            aq.copy(src, dst);
+        }
+
+        // TODO: output
+        aq.run('copy');
     });
 
 program