diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/01_redox.patch b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/01_redox.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 093eb2f41..000000000
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/01_redox.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruwN source/build.zig source-new/build.zig
---- source/build.zig	2025-05-23 11:31:41
-+++ source-new/build.zig	2025-08-04 17:06:57
-@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
-                 try addCxxKnownPath(b, cfg, exe, b.fmt("libstdc++.{s}", .{lib_suffix}), null, need_cpp_includes);
-                 try addCxxKnownPath(b, cfg, exe, b.fmt("libgcc_eh.{s}", .{lib_suffix}), null, need_cpp_includes);
-             },
--            .haiku => {
-+            .haiku, .redox => {
-                 try addCxxKnownPath(b, cfg, exe, b.fmt("libstdc++.{s}", .{lib_suffix}), null, need_cpp_includes);
-             },
-             else => {},
-diff -ruwN source/lib/std/Target.zig source-new/lib/std/Target.zig
---- source/lib/std/Target.zig	2025-05-23 11:31:41
-+++ source-new/lib/std/Target.zig	2025-08-04 16:59:08
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
-         hurd,
-         linux,
-         plan9,
-+        redox,
-         rtems,
-         serenity,
-         zos,
-@@ -904,6 +905,7 @@
-             .fuchsia,
-             .hermit,
-             .plan9,
-+            .redox,
-             .serenity,
-             .zos,
-             .dragonfly,
-@@ -2435,6 +2437,16 @@
-                 else
-                     "/usr",
-             }) else none,
-+
-+            .redox => switch (cpu.arch) {
-+                .x86,
-+                => init("/usr/lib/ld.so.1"),
-+                .aarch64,
-+                .riscv64,
-+                .x86_64,
-+                => init("/usr/lib/ld64.so.1"),
-+                else => none,
-+            },
- 
-             .freebsd => switch (cpu.arch) {
-                 .arm,
-diff -ruwN source/test/llvm_targets.zig source-new/test/llvm_targets.zig
---- source/test/llvm_targets.zig	2025-05-23 11:31:41
-+++ source-new/test/llvm_targets.zig	2025-08-04 17:02:56
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .macos, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .netbsd, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .openbsd, .abi = .none },
-+    .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .redox, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .rtems, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .serenity, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .tvos, .abi = .none },
-@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .linux, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .netbsd, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .openbsd, .abi = .none },
-+    .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .redox, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .rtems, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .serenity, .abi = .none },
-     // .{ .cpu_arch = .riscv64, .os_tag = .uefi, .abi = .none },
-@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .linux, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .netbsd, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .openbsd, .abi = .none },
-+    .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .redox, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .rtems, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .solaris, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86, .os_tag = .uefi, .abi = .none },
-@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .macos, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .netbsd, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .openbsd, .abi = .none },
-+    .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .redox, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .rtems, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .serenity, .abi = .none },
-     .{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .solaris, .abi = .none },
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/recipe.toml
index c88b9070f..f5103b296 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/lang/zig/recipe.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-#TODO see https://github.com/ziglang/zig/wiki/Building-Zig-From-Source
+#TODO requires openat functions and posix_getdents to compile
 [source]
-tar = "https://ziglang.org/download/0.14.1/zig-0.14.1.tar.xz"
-patches = [
-    "01_redox.patch"
-]
+git = "https://github.com/willnode/zig"
+branch = "zig-0.15-redox"
 
 [build]
-dependencies = [
-    "llvm18" # need lld
-]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
-cookbook_cmake
+rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"/* ./
+export ZIG_BOOTSTRAP_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+export ZIG_BOOTSTRAP_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+export ZIG_BOOTSTRAP_TARGET_CC="${TARGET}-gcc"
+export ZIG_HOST_TARGET_TRIPLE="${TARGET%%-*}-redox"
+unset AR AS CC CXX LD LDFLAGS NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF RUSTFLAGS STRIP
+cc bootstrap.c -o ./bootstrap
+./bootstrap
+
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin"
+cp -v "zig2" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/bin/zig"
 """