diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7e0d5ec1..1baf3b68 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "syn 2.0.101",
  "tempfile",
- "toml 0.8.22",
+ "toml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2050,15 +2050,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.5.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4f7f0dd8d50a853a531c426359045b1998f04219d88799810762cd4ad314234"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.22"
@@ -2327,7 +2318,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
  "webview2-com-sys",
  "windows",
- "winres",
  "winsafe",
  "zip",
  "zstd",
@@ -2843,15 +2833,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winres"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b68db261ef59e9e52806f688020631e987592bd83619edccda9c47d42cde4f6c"
-dependencies = [
- "toml 0.5.11",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winsafe"
 version = "0.0.20"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f2bcfaf..398341e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ sha1_smol = "1.0"
 time = "0.3"
 os_info = "3.8"
 neon = "1"
-winres = "0.1"
 tempfile = "3.9"
 ntest = "0.9"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4"
diff --git a/src/bins/Cargo.toml b/src/bins/Cargo.toml
index 6bdbd77d..c01ef1c3 100644
--- a/src/bins/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/bins/Cargo.toml
@@ -126,7 +126,4 @@ ntest.workspace = true
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
-semver.workspace = true
-
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
-winres.workspace = true
+semver.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bins/build.rs b/src/bins/build.rs
index 8c055252..606e4c9a 100644
--- a/src/bins/build.rs
+++ b/src/bins/build.rs
@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 
-use std::env;
+use std::{env, path::Path};
 
 fn main() {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    delay_load();
-
     let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
     let ver = semver::Version::parse(&version).expect("Unable to parse ngbv output as semver version");
     let ver: u64 = ver.major << 48 | ver.minor << 32 | ver.patch << 16;
     let desc = format!("Velopack {}", version);
-
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=NGBV_VERSION={}", version);
 
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    winres::WindowsResource::new()
-        .set_manifest_file("app.manifest")
-        .set_version_info(winres::VersionInfo::PRODUCTVERSION, ver)
-        .set_version_info(winres::VersionInfo::FILEVERSION, ver)
-        .set("CompanyName", "Velopack")
-        .set("ProductName", "Velopack")
-        .set("ProductVersion", &version)
-        .set("FileDescription", &desc)
-        .set("LegalCopyright", "Caelan Sayler (c) 2023, Velopack Ltd. (c) 2024")
-        .compile()
-        .unwrap();
+    let target_os = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap_or_default();
+    if target_os == "windows" {
+        delay_load();
+        link_manifest_msvc(Path::new("app.manifest"));
+    }
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+fn link_manifest_msvc(manifest_path: &Path) {
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=/MANIFEST:EMBED");
+    println!(
+        "cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=/MANIFESTINPUT:{}",
+        manifest_path.canonicalize().unwrap().display()
+    );
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=/MANIFESTUAC:NO");
+}
+
+
 fn delay_load() {
     let features = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_FEATURE").unwrap_or_default();
     if features.contains("crt-static") {
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ fn delay_load() {
 }
 
 // https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/blob/master/build.rs#L45
-#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 fn delay_load_exe(bin_name: &str) {
     // Only search system32 for DLLs
     // This applies to DLLs loaded at load time. However, this setting is ignored
diff --git a/src/lib-cpp/build.rs b/src/lib-cpp/build.rs
index 0b712a61..0ce2c645 100644
--- a/src/lib-cpp/build.rs
+++ b/src/lib-cpp/build.rs
@@ -3,16 +3,34 @@ extern crate cbindgen;
 use std::env;
 
 fn main() {
-    let crate_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
-    cbindgen::Builder::new()
-      .with_crate(crate_dir)
-      .with_documentation(true)
-      .with_language(cbindgen::Language::C)
-      .with_autogen_warning("/* THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED - DO NOT EDIT */")
-      .with_include_guard("VELOPACK_H")
-      .with_cpp_compat(true)
-      .with_include_version(true)
-      .generate()
-      .expect("Unable to generate bindings")
-      .write_to_file("include/Velopack.h");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    let target_os = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap_or_default();
+    let host_triple = env::var("HOST").unwrap_or_default();
+
+    // Extract host OS from the host triple
+    let host_os = if host_triple.contains("linux") {
+        "linux"
+    } else if host_triple.contains("windows") {
+        "windows"
+    } else if host_triple.contains("macos") || host_triple.contains("darwin") {
+        "macos"
+    } else {
+        "unknown"
+    };
+
+    if host_os == target_os {
+        let crate_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
+        cbindgen::Builder::new()
+            .with_crate(crate_dir)
+            .with_documentation(true)
+            .with_language(cbindgen::Language::C)
+            .with_autogen_warning("/* THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED - DO NOT EDIT */")
+            .with_include_guard("VELOPACK_H")
+            .with_cpp_compat(true)
+            .with_include_version(true)
+            .generate()
+            .expect("Unable to generate bindings")
+            .write_to_file("include/Velopack.h");
+    } else {
+        println!("cargo:warning=Skipping cbindgen during cross-compilation (host OS: {}, target OS: {})", host_os, target_os);
+    }
+}