diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 33f05d8..703443f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends:
  coreutils,
  curl,
- gdisk,
  genisoimage,
  jq,
  mesa-utils,
- mtools,
  pciutils,
  procps,
  python3-minimal,
diff --git a/devshell.nix b/devshell.nix
index 45890f1..4b07a9d 100644
--- a/devshell.nix
+++ b/devshell.nix
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ mkShell {
         gawk
         gnugrep
         gnused
-        gptfdisk
         jq
-        mtools
         pciutils
         procps
         python3
diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index f511020..638bc24 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
   gawk,
   gnugrep,
   gnused,
-  gptfdisk,
   jq,
   mesa-demos,
-  mtools,
   pciutils,
   procps,
   python3,
@@ -38,9 +36,7 @@ let
     gawk
     gnugrep
     gnused
-    gptfdisk
     jq
-    mtools
     pciutils
     procps
     python3
diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 96097ca..bc125d6 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -915,20 +915,13 @@ function configure_bios() {
         fi
 
         # Check for OpenCore bootloader
-        # Backwards compatibility: If OpenCore.qcow2 exists, use legacy two-disk boot method
-        # If OpenCore.qcow2 is absent, assume OpenCore is integrated in the main disk
         if [ -e "${VMDIR}/OpenCore.qcow2" ]; then
             MAC_BOOTLOADER="${VMDIR}/OpenCore.qcow2"
-            MAC_BOOT_MODE="legacy"
         elif [ -e "${VMDIR}/ESP.qcow2" ]; then
             # Backwards compatibility for Clover
             MAC_BOOTLOADER="${VMDIR}/ESP.qcow2"
-            MAC_BOOT_MODE="legacy"
         else
-            # New method: OpenCore is integrated in the main disk's EFI partition
-            # No separate bootloader file needed
-            MAC_BOOTLOADER=""
-            MAC_BOOT_MODE="integrated"
+            MAC_MISSING="Bootloader"
         fi
 
         if [ -n "${MAC_MISSING}" ]; then
@@ -936,11 +929,7 @@ function configure_bios() {
             echo "       Use 'quickget' to download the required files."
             exit 1
         fi
-        if [ "${MAC_BOOT_MODE}" == "integrated" ]; then
-            BOOT_STATUS="EFI (macOS), OVMF ($(basename "${EFI_CODE}")), OpenCore (integrated), SecureBoot (${secureboot})."
-        else
-            BOOT_STATUS="EFI (macOS), OVMF ($(basename "${EFI_CODE}")), SecureBoot (${secureboot})."
-        fi
+        BOOT_STATUS="EFI (macOS), OVMF ($(basename "${EFI_CODE}")), SecureBoot (${secureboot})."
     elif [[ "${boot}" == *"efi"* ]]; then
         EFI_VARS="${VMDIR}/OVMF_VARS.fd"
 
@@ -1182,15 +1171,7 @@ function configure_storage() {
         # Only check disk image size if preallocation is off
         if [ "${preallocation}" == "off" ]; then
             DISK_CURR_SIZE=$(${STAT} -c%s "${disk_img}")
-            # For macOS with integrated OpenCore, the disk is pre-created with an EFI
-            # partition containing OpenCore (~500MB). Use a higher threshold (1GB) to
-            # distinguish between "just EFI" and "EFI + installed macOS".
-            if [ "${guest_os}" == "macos" ] && [ "${MAC_BOOT_MODE}" == "integrated" ]; then
-                DISK_MIN_SIZE_CHECK=$((1024 * 1024 * 1024))
-            else
-                DISK_MIN_SIZE_CHECK="${DISK_MIN_SIZE}"
-            fi
-            if [ "${DISK_CURR_SIZE}" -le "${DISK_MIN_SIZE_CHECK}" ]; then
+            if [ "${DISK_CURR_SIZE}" -le "${DISK_MIN_SIZE}" ]; then
                 echo "             Looks unused, booting from ${iso}${img}"
                 if [ -z "${iso}" ] && [ -z "${img}" ]; then
                     echo "ERROR! You haven't specified a .iso or .img image to boot from."
@@ -1608,7 +1589,6 @@ function vm_boot() {
     OS_RELEASE="Unknown OS"
     MACHINE_TYPE="${MACHINE_TYPE:-q35}"
     MAC_BOOTLOADER=""
-    MAC_BOOT_MODE=""
     MAC_MISSING=""
     MAC_DISK_DEV="${MAC_DISK_DEV:-ide-hd,bus=ahci.2}"
     NET_DEVICE="${NET_DEVICE:-virtio-net-pci}"
@@ -1973,36 +1953,19 @@ function vm_boot() {
 
     if [ "${guest_os}" == "macos" ]; then
         # shellcheck disable=SC2054
-        args+=(-device ahci,id=ahci)
+        args+=(-device ahci,id=ahci
+            -device ide-hd,bus=ahci.0,drive=BootLoader,bootindex=0
+            -drive id=BootLoader,if=none,format=qcow2,file="${MAC_BOOTLOADER}")
 
-        if [ -n "${MAC_BOOTLOADER}" ]; then
-            # Legacy mode: boot from separate OpenCore.qcow2
+        if [ -n "${img}" ]; then
             # shellcheck disable=SC2054
-            args+=(-device ide-hd,bus=ahci.0,drive=BootLoader,bootindex=0
-                -drive id=BootLoader,if=none,format=qcow2,file="${MAC_BOOTLOADER}")
-
-            if [ -n "${img}" ]; then
-                # shellcheck disable=SC2054
-                args+=(-device ide-hd,bus=ahci.1,drive=RecoveryImage
-                    -drive id=RecoveryImage,if=none,format=raw,file="${img}")
-            fi
-
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
-            args+=(-device ${MAC_DISK_DEV},drive=SystemDisk
-                -drive id=SystemDisk,if=none,format=qcow2,file="${disk_img}",${DRIVE_OPTIMISATIONS} ${STATUS_QUO})
-        else
-            # Integrated mode: OpenCore is in the main disk's EFI partition
-            # Boot directly from the main disk
-            # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
-            args+=(-device ${MAC_DISK_DEV},drive=SystemDisk,bootindex=0
-                -drive id=SystemDisk,if=none,format=qcow2,file="${disk_img}",${DRIVE_OPTIMISATIONS} ${STATUS_QUO})
-
-            if [ -n "${img}" ]; then
-                # shellcheck disable=SC2054
-                args+=(-device ide-hd,bus=ahci.0,drive=RecoveryImage
-                    -drive id=RecoveryImage,if=none,format=raw,file="${img}")
-            fi
+            args+=(-device ide-hd,bus=ahci.1,drive=RecoveryImage
+                -drive id=RecoveryImage,if=none,format=raw,file="${img}")
         fi
+
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
+        args+=(-device ${MAC_DISK_DEV},drive=SystemDisk
+            -drive id=SystemDisk,if=none,format=qcow2,file="${disk_img}",${DRIVE_OPTIMISATIONS} ${STATUS_QUO})
     elif [ "${guest_os}" == "kolibrios" ]; then
         # shellcheck disable=SC2054,SC2206
         args+=(-device ahci,id=ahci
diff --git a/quickget b/quickget
index 7bf122e..d553092 100755
--- a/quickget
+++ b/quickget
@@ -237,192 +237,6 @@ function require_qemu_img() {
     fi
 }
 
-function require_mtools() {
-    local MFORMAT=""
-    local MCOPY=""
-    local MMD=""
-    MFORMAT=$(command -v mformat)
-    MCOPY=$(command -v mcopy)
-    MMD=$(command -v mmd)
-    if [ ! -x "${MFORMAT}" ] || [ ! -x "${MCOPY}" ] || [ ! -x "${MMD}" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR! mtools not found. Please install mtools (mformat, mcopy, mmd)."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
-function require_sgdisk() {
-    local SGDISK=""
-    SGDISK=$(command -v sgdisk)
-    if [ ! -x "${SGDISK}" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR! sgdisk not found. Please install gptfdisk (gdisk package)."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
-# Create a raw disk image with GPT partition table and EFI partition containing OpenCore
-# Usage: create_macos_disk_with_opencore <output_disk> <disk_size> <opencore_dir>
-# The disk will have:
-#   - Partition 1: EFI System Partition (200MB FAT32) containing OpenCore
-#   - Remaining space: unallocated (macOS will create its partitions during install)
-function create_macos_disk_with_opencore() {
-    local DISK_PATH="${1}"
-    local DISK_SIZE="${2}"
-    local OPENCORE_DIR="${3}"
-    local TEMP_DISK=""
-    local EFI_OFFSET_BYTES=""
-    local SGDISK=""
-    local MFORMAT=""
-    local MMD=""
-    local MCOPY=""
-
-    require_sgdisk
-    require_mtools
-    require_qemu_img
-
-    SGDISK=$(command -v sgdisk)
-    MFORMAT=$(command -v mformat)
-    MMD=$(command -v mmd)
-    MCOPY=$(command -v mcopy)
-
-    echo " - Creating macOS disk with integrated OpenCore..."
-
-    # Create a temporary raw disk image
-    TEMP_DISK="${DISK_PATH}.raw"
-
-    # Create the raw disk image
-    if ! ${QEMU_IMG} create -f raw "${TEMP_DISK}" "${DISK_SIZE}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to create raw disk image."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Create GPT partition table with EFI partition
-    # Partition 1: EFI System Partition, 200MB starting at sector 2048 (1MiB offset)
-    # Using type EF00 (EFI System)
-    if ! ${SGDISK} --clear \
-                   --new=1:2048:+200M --typecode=1:EF00 --change-name=1:"EFI" \
-                   "${TEMP_DISK}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to create GPT partition table."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Calculate EFI partition offset in bytes (sector 2048 * 512 bytes/sector = 1MiB)
-    EFI_OFFSET_BYTES=$((2048 * 512))
-
-    # Format the EFI partition as FAT32 using mtools
-    # The -i option with @@offset allows operating on a partition within an image
-    if ! ${MFORMAT} -i "${TEMP_DISK}@@${EFI_OFFSET_BYTES}" -F -v "EFI" :: 2>/dev/null; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to format EFI partition."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Create the EFI directory structure
-    ${MMD} -i "${TEMP_DISK}@@${EFI_OFFSET_BYTES}" ::/EFI 2>/dev/null
-    # Note: Only create the top-level EFI directory; mcopy -s will create subdirectories
-
-    # Copy OpenCore files to the EFI partition
-    # mcopy -s recursively copies directories including their contents
-    # This preserves .kext bundle structure (directories with Contents/Info.plist)
-    if [ -d "${OPENCORE_DIR}/EFI/BOOT" ]; then
-        if ! LC_ALL='' ${MCOPY} -i "${TEMP_DISK}@@${EFI_OFFSET_BYTES}" -s "${OPENCORE_DIR}/EFI/BOOT" ::/EFI/; then
-            echo "ERROR! Failed to copy EFI/BOOT to disk."
-            rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-    if [ -d "${OPENCORE_DIR}/EFI/OC" ]; then
-        if ! LC_ALL='' ${MCOPY} -i "${TEMP_DISK}@@${EFI_OFFSET_BYTES}" -s "${OPENCORE_DIR}/EFI/OC" ::/EFI/; then
-            echo "ERROR! Failed to copy EFI/OC to disk."
-            rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-            return 1
-        fi
-    fi
-
-    # Convert the raw image to qcow2 format
-    if ! ${QEMU_IMG} convert -f raw -O qcow2 "${TEMP_DISK}" "${DISK_PATH}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to convert disk to qcow2 format."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Clean up temporary raw image
-    rm -f "${TEMP_DISK}"
-
-    echo " - macOS disk with integrated OpenCore created successfully."
-    return 0
-}
-
-# Download and extract OpenCore files from OSX-KVM repository
-# Usage: download_opencore <destination_dir>
-function download_opencore() {
-    local DEST_DIR="${1}"
-    local OPENCORE_URL="https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OpenCore/OpenCore.qcow2"
-    local TEMP_QCOW2=""
-    local TEMP_RAW=""
-    local MCOPY=""
-
-    require_qemu_img
-    require_mtools
-
-    MCOPY=$(command -v mcopy)
-    TEMP_QCOW2="${DEST_DIR}/OpenCore_temp.qcow2"
-    TEMP_RAW="${DEST_DIR}/OpenCore_temp.raw"
-
-    echo " - Downloading OpenCore bootloader..."
-    if ! web_get "${OPENCORE_URL}" "${DEST_DIR}" "OpenCore_temp.qcow2"; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to download OpenCore."
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Convert qcow2 to raw so we can extract files with mtools
-    echo " - Extracting OpenCore files..."
-    if ! ${QEMU_IMG} convert -f qcow2 -O raw "${TEMP_QCOW2}" "${TEMP_RAW}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to convert OpenCore image."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_QCOW2}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Create destination directory (mcopy will create BOOT and OC subdirs)
-    mkdir -p "${DEST_DIR}/EFI"
-
-    # The OpenCore.qcow2 from OSX-KVM is a disk image with an EFI partition
-    # The EFI partition starts at sector 2048 (1MiB offset)
-    local EFI_OFFSET=$((2048 * 512))
-
-    # Extract files using mtools
-    # Note: mcopy -s recursively copies directories, preserving the full structure
-    # including .kext bundles (which are directories containing Contents/Info.plist)
-    # LC_ALL='' prevents mtools from mangling directory names (BOOT -> BOOT_)
-    if ! LC_ALL='' ${MCOPY} -i "${TEMP_RAW}@@${EFI_OFFSET}" -s ::/EFI/BOOT "${DEST_DIR}/EFI/"; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to extract EFI/BOOT from OpenCore image."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_QCOW2}" "${TEMP_RAW}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-    if ! LC_ALL='' ${MCOPY} -i "${TEMP_RAW}@@${EFI_OFFSET}" -s ::/EFI/OC "${DEST_DIR}/EFI/"; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to extract EFI/OC from OpenCore image."
-        rm -f "${TEMP_QCOW2}" "${TEMP_RAW}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    # Clean up temporary files
-    rm -f "${TEMP_QCOW2}" "${TEMP_RAW}"
-
-    # Verify extraction was successful - check both boot file and a kext plist
-    if [ ! -f "${DEST_DIR}/EFI/BOOT/BOOTx64.efi" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to extract OpenCore boot file."
-        return 1
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f "${DEST_DIR}/EFI/OC/Kexts/Lilu.kext/Contents/Info.plist" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR! Failed to extract OpenCore kexts (Lilu.kext/Contents/Info.plist missing)."
-        return 1
-    fi
-
-    echo " - OpenCore files extracted successfully."
-    return 0
-}
-
 function is_valid_language() {
     local I18N=""
     local PASSED_I18N="${1}"
@@ -2481,9 +2295,6 @@ function get_macos() {
     local CHUNKCHECK=""
     local MLB="00000000000000000"
     local OS_TYPE="default"
-    local USE_INTEGRATED_OPENCORE=1
-    local OPENCORE_TEMP_DIR=""
-    local MCOPY=""
 
     case ${RELEASE} in
         lion|10.7)
@@ -2539,13 +2350,6 @@ function get_macos() {
         CHUNKCHECK="$(command -v chunkcheck)"
     fi
 
-    # Check if mtools and sgdisk are available for integrated OpenCore
-    MCOPY=$(command -v mcopy)
-    if [ ! -x "${MCOPY}" ] || [ ! -x "$(command -v mformat)" ] || [ ! -x "$(command -v mmd)" ] || [ ! -x "$(command -v sgdisk)" ]; then
-        echo " - NOTE: mtools or sgdisk not found, using legacy OpenCore.qcow2 method."
-        USE_INTEGRATED_OPENCORE=0
-    fi
-
     appleSession=$(curl --disable -v -H "Host: osrecovery.apple.com" \
                            -H "Connection: close" \
                            -A "InternetRecovery/1.0" https://osrecovery.apple.com/ 2>&1 | tr ';' '\n' | awk -F'session=|;' '{print $2}' | grep 1)
@@ -2595,44 +2399,12 @@ function get_macos() {
             echo " - RecoveryImage.img is ready."
         fi
 
-        echo "Downloading UEFI firmware"
+        echo "Downloading OpenCore & UEFI firmware"
+        web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OpenCore/OpenCore.qcow2" "${VM_PATH}"
         web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OVMF_CODE.fd" "${VM_PATH}"
         if [ ! -e "${VM_PATH}/OVMF_VARS-1920x1080.fd" ]; then
             web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OVMF_VARS-1920x1080.fd" "${VM_PATH}"
         fi
-
-        if [ "${USE_INTEGRATED_OPENCORE}" -eq 1 ]; then
-            # Create disk with integrated OpenCore (new method)
-            echo "Creating disk with integrated OpenCore bootloader"
-
-            # Create temporary directory for OpenCore extraction
-            OPENCORE_TEMP_DIR="${VM_PATH}/.opencore_temp"
-            mkdir -p "${OPENCORE_TEMP_DIR}"
-
-            # Download and extract OpenCore files
-            if download_opencore "${OPENCORE_TEMP_DIR}"; then
-                # Create the main disk with integrated OpenCore EFI partition
-                # Default size is 128G (can be overridden in config)
-                if create_macos_disk_with_opencore "${VM_PATH}/disk.qcow2" "128G" "${OPENCORE_TEMP_DIR}"; then
-                    echo " - Integrated OpenCore disk created successfully."
-                else
-                    echo " - WARNING: Failed to create integrated OpenCore disk, falling back to legacy method."
-                    USE_INTEGRATED_OPENCORE=0
-                fi
-            else
-                echo " - WARNING: Failed to download OpenCore, falling back to legacy method."
-                USE_INTEGRATED_OPENCORE=0
-            fi
-
-            # Clean up temporary directory
-            rm -rf "${OPENCORE_TEMP_DIR}"
-        fi
-
-        if [ "${USE_INTEGRATED_OPENCORE}" -eq 0 ]; then
-            # Legacy method: separate OpenCore.qcow2 file
-            echo "Downloading OpenCore bootloader (legacy method)"
-            web_get "https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM/raw/master/OpenCore/OpenCore.qcow2" "${VM_PATH}"
-        fi
     fi
     make_vm_config RecoveryImage.img
 }