diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ab197bc..6bcbf997 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,7 +15,4 @@ qcom_xbl/
 
 .vscode
 
-edl_config.json
-tools/edl_repo/
-
 edk2_tici/
diff --git a/flash_all.sh b/flash_all.sh
index cb580af0..52f8480c 100755
--- a/flash_all.sh
+++ b/flash_all.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
 cd $DIR
 
 for part in aop abl xbl xbl_config devcfg; do
-  tools/edl w ${part}_a $DIR/firmware/$part.img
-  tools/edl w ${part}_b $DIR/firmware/$part.img
+  tools/qdl flash ${part}_a $DIR/firmware/$part.img
+  tools/qdl flash ${part}_b $DIR/firmware/$part.img
 done
 
 ./flash_kernel.sh
diff --git a/flash_kernel.sh b/flash_kernel.sh
index 7d530c2a..8d29e1b3 100755
--- a/flash_kernel.sh
+++ b/flash_kernel.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
 cd $DIR
 
 echo "Checking active slot..."
-ACTIVE_SLOT=$(tools/edl getactiveslot | grep "Current active slot:" | awk '{print $NF}')
+ACTIVE_SLOT=$(tools/qdl getactiveslot)
 
 if [[ "$ACTIVE_SLOT" != "a" && "$ACTIVE_SLOT" != "b" ]]; then
   echo "Invalid active slot: '$ACTIVE_SLOT'"
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "Active slot: $ACTIVE_SLOT"
 echo "Flashing boot_$ACTIVE_SLOT..."
-tools/edl w boot_$ACTIVE_SLOT $DIR/output/boot.img
+tools/qdl flash boot_$ACTIVE_SLOT $DIR/output/boot.img
 
 echo "Flashed boot_$ACTIVE_SLOT!"
diff --git a/flash_system.sh b/flash_system.sh
index d4c9ecbc..a3d99d21 100755
--- a/flash_system.sh
+++ b/flash_system.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
 cd $DIR
 
 echo "Checking active slot..."
-ACTIVE_SLOT=$(tools/edl getactiveslot | grep "Current active slot:" | awk '{print $NF}')
+ACTIVE_SLOT=$(tools/qdl getactiveslot)
 
 if [[ "$ACTIVE_SLOT" != "a" && "$ACTIVE_SLOT" != "b" ]]; then
   echo "Invalid active slot: '$ACTIVE_SLOT'"
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ fi
 
 echo "Active slot: $ACTIVE_SLOT"
 echo "Flashing system_$ACTIVE_SLOT..."
-tools/edl w system_$ACTIVE_SLOT $DIR/output/system.img
+tools/qdl flash system_$ACTIVE_SLOT $DIR/output/system.img
 
-tools/edl reset
+tools/qdl reset
 
 echo "Flashed system_$ACTIVE_SLOT!"
diff --git a/tools/edl b/tools/edl
deleted file mode 100755
index 3b5a7da7..00000000
--- a/tools/edl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
-ROOT=$DIR/../
-
-# just a nice wrapper around the edl python tool
-
-EDL_PATH=$DIR/edl_repo
-VERSION="8573eba1b576305fec3a068393283143ffc34342"
-
-if [ ! -d "$EDL_PATH" ]; then
-  rm -rf $EDL_PATH
-  git clone https://github.com/bkerler/edl $EDL_PATH
-fi
-
-pushd $EDL_PATH > /dev/null
-
-NEED_INSTALL=0
-if [ ! -d venv ]; then
-  python3 -m venv venv
-  NEED_INSTALL=1
-fi
-source venv/bin/activate
-
-if [ "$(< .git/HEAD)" != "$VERSION" ]; then
-  echo "updating edl..."
-  git fetch origin $VERSION
-  git checkout $VERSION
-  git submodule update --depth=1 --init --recursive
-  NEED_INSTALL=1
-fi
-
-if [ "$NEED_INSTALL" -eq 1 ]; then
-  pip3 install -r requirements.txt
-fi
-
-# patch in comma four USB id (https://github.com/commaai/agnos-builder/issues/533)
-if ! grep -q '0x3801' $EDL_PATH/edlclient/Config/usb_ids.py; then
-  sed -i '/\[0x05c6, 0x9008, -1\]/a\    [0x3801, 0x9008, -1],  # comma four' $EDL_PATH/edlclient/Config/usb_ids.py
-fi
-
-popd > /dev/null
-
-$EDL_PATH/edl "$@"
-
-################################################################################
-# On M-series macs, if you get "No backend available"
-# where python is installed with pyenv and libusb with brew
-# try this:
-#
-# brew install libusb
-# sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
-# sudo ln -s /opt/homebrew/lib/libusb-1.0.0.dylib /usr/local/lib/libusb.dylib
-#
-################################################################################
diff --git a/tools/qdl b/tools/qdl
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..01bccd2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/qdl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+if ! command -v bun &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "Installing bun..." >&2
+  curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash >&2
+  export PATH="$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH"
+fi
+
+QDL="bunx --bun commaai/qdl.js"
+
+# preload package so bunx output doesn't pollute stdout on first run
+$QDL --help > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+exec $QDL "$@"