diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1d648bb..62fc617 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/rapidjson"]
 	path = subprojects/rapidjson
 	url = https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/
-[submodule "subprojects/zlib"]
-	path = subprojects/zlib
-	url = https://github.com/madler/zlib.git
 [submodule "subprojects/cNBT"]
 	path = subprojects/cNBT
-	url = https://github.com/nickelpro/cNBT.git
+	url = https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/cNBT
+[submodule "subprojects/zlib"]
+	path = subprojects/zlib
+	url = https://github.com/madler/zlib
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index caa9311..c4aed9b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,20 +16,6 @@ threads_dep = dependency('threads')
 
 cmake = import('cmake')
 
-########################################
-#     zlib
-########################################
-
-zlib_vars = cmake.subproject_options()
-zlib_vars.add_cmake_defines({
-  'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS' : false
-})
-zlib_vars.set_install(false)
-
-zlib_proj = cmake.subproject('zlib', options : zlib_vars)
-zlib_dep = zlib_proj.dependency('zlibstatic')
-
-
 ########################################
 #     libevent
 ########################################
@@ -55,24 +41,13 @@ libevent_extra_dep = libevent_proj.dependency('event_extra_static')
 #     cNBT
 ########################################
 
-# TODO: cNBT
-
-cnbt_vars = cmake.subproject_options()
-cnbt_vars.add_cmake_defines({
-  'CNBT_BUILD_EXAMPLES' : false,
-  'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS'   : false,
-})
-
-cnbt_vars.set_install(false)
-
-cnbt_proj = cmake.subproject('cNBT', options : cnbt_vars)
-cnbt_dep = cnbt_proj.dependency('nbt')
+cnbt_proj = subproject('cNBT')
+cnbt_dep = cnbt_proj.get_variable('cnbt_dep')
 
 ########################################
 
 feather_deps = [
   threads_dep,
-  zlib_dep,
   libevent_core_dep,
   libevent_extra_dep,
   cnbt_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/cNBT b/subprojects/cNBT
index e385f35..47b0c4b 160000
--- a/subprojects/cNBT
+++ b/subprojects/cNBT
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e385f356c08a8d86be6ee4adbef0b9a0c3675152
+Subproject commit 47b0c4be1f19912919976124fe07b70410353c02
diff --git a/subprojects/libevent b/subprojects/libevent
index 62c152d..7e6c5fb 160000
--- a/subprojects/libevent
+++ b/subprojects/libevent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 62c152d9a7cd264b993dad730c4163c6ede2e0a3
+Subproject commit 7e6c5fb46ae9d0f135cdcdb4f8d0376cf25320fd