diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fa94293..4146bfc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2321,15 +2321,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "xmlparser",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rt-helper"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "ash",
- "color-eyre",
- "gpu-allocator",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e416214..d675659 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 resolver = "2"
 
-members = ["crates/rt-helper", "crates/shaders-shared", "crates/vk-rs"]
+members = ["crates/shaders-shared", "crates/vk-rs"]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 ash = { version = "0.37.3" }
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ glam = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["libm"] }
 bytemuck = "1.21.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+parking_lot = "0.12.3"
 
 spirv-builder = { git = "https://github.com/Rust-GPU/rust-gpu.git" }
 spirv-std = { git = "https://github.com/Rust-GPU/rust-gpu.git" }
diff --git a/crates/rt-helper/Cargo.toml b/crates/rt-helper/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f31bf4..0000000
--- a/crates/rt-helper/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "rt-helper"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-
-[dependencies]
-ash.workspace = true
-gpu-allocator.workspace = true
-color-eyre.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/rt-helper/src/lib.rs b/crates/rt-helper/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 139597f..0000000
--- a/crates/rt-helper/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-