diff --git a/Chess/nimfish.nimble b/Chess/nimfish.nimble
index 80533ac..db8a89b 100644
--- a/Chess/nimfish.nimble
+++ b/Chess/nimfish.nimble
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ requires "nim >= 2.0.4"
 requires "jsony >= 1.1.5"
 requires "nint128 >= 0.3.3"
 requires "nimpy >= 0.2.0"
-requires "scinim >= 0.2.5"
 
 
 task test, "Runs the test suite":
diff --git a/Chess/nimfish/nimfishpkg/uci.nim b/Chess/nimfish/nimfishpkg/uci.nim
index 2686e68..167b8da 100644
--- a/Chess/nimfish/nimfishpkg/uci.nim
+++ b/Chess/nimfish/nimfishpkg/uci.nim
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ type
         historyTable: ptr HistoryTable
         # Storage for our killer move heuristic
         killerMoves: ptr KillersTable
-        ponderMove: ptr Move
     
     UCICommandType = enum
         ## A UCI command type enumeration
@@ -337,12 +336,10 @@ proc bestMove(args: tuple[session: UCISession, command: UCICommand]) {.thread.}
         elif timeRemaining == 0:
             timeRemaining = int32.high()
         var line = searcher.findBestLine(timeRemaining, increment, command.depth, command.nodes, command.searchmoves, timePerMove, command.ponder)
-        if session.ponderMove[] == nullMove():
-            if line.len() == 1:
-                    echo &"bestmove {line[0].toAlgebraic()}"
-            else:
-                session.ponderMove[] = line[1]
-                echo &"bestmove {line[0].toAlgebraic()} ponder {line[1].toAlgebraic()}"
+        if line.len() == 1:
+                echo &"bestmove {line[0].toAlgebraic()}"
+        else:
+            echo &"bestmove {line[0].toAlgebraic()} ponder {line[1].toAlgebraic()}"
 
 
 proc startUCISession* =
@@ -363,8 +360,6 @@ proc startUCISession* =
     session.transpositionTable[] = newTranspositionTable(session.hashTableSize * 1024 * 1024)
     session.historyTable = cast[ptr HistoryTable](alloc0(sizeof(HistoryTable)))
     session.killerMoves = cast[ptr KillersTable](alloc0(sizeof(KillersTable)))
-    session.ponderMove = cast[ptr Move](alloc(sizeof(Move)))
-    session.ponderMove[] = nullMove()
     # (Re-)Initialize history table
     for color in PieceColor.White..PieceColor.Black:
         for i in Square(0)..Square(63):
@@ -428,11 +423,6 @@ proc startUCISession* =
                         echo "info string ponder move has been hit"
                     if not session.searchFlag[].load():
                         continue
-                    var b = newChessboardFromFEN(session.position.toFEN())
-                    b.makeMove(session.ponderMove[])
-                    session.position = b.position
-                    session.ponderMove[] = nullMove()
-                    session.stopFlag[].store(true)
                     joinThread(searchThread)
                     if session.debug:
                         echo "info string ponder search stopped"
@@ -440,7 +430,6 @@ proc startUCISession* =
                     if session.debug:
                         echo "info string search started"
                 of Go:
-                    session.ponderMove[] = nullMove()
                     when not defined(historyPenalty):
                         # Scale our history coefficients
                         for color in PieceColor.White..PieceColor.Black: