diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml
index 9203e0c..41e9cca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml
@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: doc
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
         run: |
-          rm -rf .pkgup/doc
           mkdir -p .pkgup/doc/vignettes
-          rsync -r --exclude 'doc' --exclude 'repo' .pkgup/* .pkgup/doc/
+          echo -e "output:\n  litedown::html_format:\n    options:\n      toc:\n        depth: 4\n  litedown::latex_format:\n    meta:\n      documentclass: \"book\"\n\nbook:\n  new_session: false\n  subdir: true\n  pattern: \"[.]R?md$\"\n  chapter_before: \"Information before a chapter.\"\n  chapter_after: \"This chapter was generated from `$input$`.\"" > pkgup/doc/_litedown.yml
+          echo -e "---\nsite:\n  rebuild: \"outdated\"\n  pattern: \"[.]R?md$\"\n---\n\n```{r, echo=FALSE}\nlitedown::pkg_desc()\n```\n\nTo cite the package:\n\n```{r, echo=FALSE}\nlitedown::pkg_citation()\n```" > .pkgup/doc/index.Rmd
+          echo -e "```{r, echo=FALSE}\nlitedown::pkg_manual()\n```" > .pkgup/doc/manual.Rmd
+          echo -e "```{r, echo=FALSE}\nlitedown::pkg_news(recent=0)\n```" > .pkgup/doc/news.Rmd
+          echo -e "```{r, echo=FALSE, results='asis'}\nrmd = list.files(\"./vignettes\", \"*.Rmd\", full.names=TRUE)\nif (!length(rmd)) {\n    cat(\"no vignettes\\n\")\n} else {\n    title = function(f) {\n        title1 = function(f) {\n            if (!file.exists(f))\n                stop(\"file \", f, \" does not exists\")\n            l = readLines(f)\n            t = paste(head(strsplit(basename(f), \".\", fixed=TRUE)[[1L]], -1L), collapse=\".\") ## default, basename without extension\n            for (i in seq_along(l)) {\n                if (substr(l[i], 1L, 6L) != \"title:\")\n                    next\n                t = trimws(gsub(\"title:\", \"\", l[i], fixed=TRUE))\n                break\n            }\n            t\n        }\n        sapply(f, title1)\n    }\n    html = paste0(substr(rmd, 1L, nchar(rmd)-3L), \"html\")\n    lapply(html, function(f) cat(sprintf(\"[%s](%s)\\n\", title(rmd), f))) |> invisible()\n}\n```" > .pkgup/doc/vignettes.Rmd
           cp -r vignettes/* .pkgup/doc/vignettes/
           R CMD INSTALL $(ls -1t pkgup_*.tar.gz | head -n 1)
           Rscript -e 'litedown::fuse_site(".pkgup/doc")'
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: repo
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
         run: |
-          rm -rf .pkgup/repo
           mkdir -p .pkgup/repo/src/contrib
           mv "$(ls -1t pkgup_*.tar.gz | head -n 1)" .pkgup/repo/src/contrib
           Rscript -e 'tools::write_PACKAGES(".pkgup/repo/src/contrib", fields="Revision")'
diff --git a/.pkgup/_litedown.yml b/.pkgup/_litedown.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f0a5b39..0000000
--- a/.pkgup/_litedown.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-output:
-  litedown::html_format:
-    options:
-      toc:
-        depth: 4
-  litedown::latex_format:
-    meta:
-      documentclass: "book"
-
-book:
-  new_session: false
-  subdir: true
-  pattern: "[.]R?md$"
-  chapter_before: "Information before a chapter."
-  chapter_after: "This chapter was generated from `$input$`."
diff --git a/.pkgup/index.Rmd b/.pkgup/index.Rmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bd1740..0000000
--- a/.pkgup/index.Rmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-site:
-  rebuild: "outdated"
-  pattern: "[.]R?md$"
----
-
-```{r, echo=FALSE}
-litedown::pkg_desc()
-```
-
-To cite the package:
-
-```{r, echo=FALSE}
-litedown::pkg_citation()
-```
diff --git a/.pkgup/manual.Rmd b/.pkgup/manual.Rmd
deleted file mode 100644
index a9a9cb7..0000000
--- a/.pkgup/manual.Rmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```{r, echo=FALSE}
-litedown::pkg_manual()
-```
diff --git a/.pkgup/news.Rmd b/.pkgup/news.Rmd
deleted file mode 100644
index b9458a7..0000000
--- a/.pkgup/news.Rmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-```{r, echo=FALSE}
-litedown::pkg_news(recent=0)
-```
diff --git a/.pkgup/vignettes.Rmd b/.pkgup/vignettes.Rmd
deleted file mode 100644
index 0142eeb..0000000
--- a/.pkgup/vignettes.Rmd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-```{r, echo=FALSE, results='asis'}
-rmd = list.files("./vignettes", "*.Rmd", full.names=TRUE)
-if (!length(rmd)) {
-    cat("no vignettes\n")
-} else {
-    title = function(f) {
-        title1 = function(f) {
-            if (!file.exists(f))
-                stop("file ", f, " does not exists")
-            l = readLines(f)
-            t = paste(head(strsplit(basename(f), ".", fixed=TRUE)[[1L]], -1L), collapse=".") ## default, basename without extension
-            for (i in seq_along(l)) {
-                if (substr(l[i], 1L, 6L) != "title:")
-                    next
-                t = trimws(gsub("title:", "", l[i], fixed=TRUE))
-                break
-            }
-            t
-        }
-        sapply(f, title1)
-    }
-    html = paste0(substr(rmd, 1L, nchar(rmd)-3L), "html")
-    lapply(html, function(f) cat(sprintf("[%s](%s)\n", title(rmd), f))) |> invisible()
-}
-```
diff --git a/vignettes/howto.Rmd b/vignettes/howto.Rmd
index b8c5837..fcb5550 100644
--- a/vignettes/howto.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/howto.Rmd
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ vignette: >
 ```sh
 cp pkgup/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml yourpkg/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml
 sed -i 's|pkgup|yourpkg|g' yourpkg/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml
-cp -r .pkgup .
 ```
 
 If needed, add OS dependencies chunk in `yourpkg/.github/workflows/pkgup.yaml`