diff --git a/cmds/portmaster-core/build b/cmds/portmaster-core/build
index e8803132..355e661e 100755
--- a/cmds/portmaster-core/build
+++ b/cmds/portmaster-core/build
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ if [[ $1 == "dev" ]]; then
   shift
   export CGO_ENABLED=1
   DEV="-race"
+else
+  export CGO_ENABLED=0
 fi
 
 # build
diff --git a/cmds/portmaster-start/build b/cmds/portmaster-start/build
index 8a72c6ea..a95b04df 100755
--- a/cmds/portmaster-start/build
+++ b/cmds/portmaster-start/build
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ if [[ "$BUILD_SOURCE" == "" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# build tools
+# set build options
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+# special handling for Windows
 EXTRA_LD_FLAGS=""
 if [[ $GOOS == "windows" ]]; then
   # checks
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9b0b14d6..0fe54223 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ github.com/kardianos/osext v0.0.0-20190222173326-2bc1f35cddc0/go.mod h1:1NbS8ALr
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.4/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.3.1 h1:5JNjFYYQrZeKRJ0734q51WCEEn2huer72Dc7K+R/b6s=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:bYW4mA6ZgKPob1/Dlai2LviZJO7KGI3uoWLd42rAQw4=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.4 h1:g0I61F2K2DjRHz1cnxlkNSBIaePVoJIjjnHui8QHbiw=
@@ -321,11 +322,13 @@ github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69
 github.com/tannerryan/ring v1.1.2 h1:iXayOjqHQOLzuy9GwSKuG3nhWfzQkldMlQivcgIr7gQ=
 github.com/tannerryan/ring v1.1.2/go.mod h1:DkELJEjbZhJBtFKR9Xziwj3HKZnb/knRgljNqp65vH4=
 github.com/templexxx/cpu v0.0.1/go.mod h1:w7Tb+7qgcAlIyX4NhLuDKt78AHA5SzPmq0Wj6HiEnnk=
+github.com/templexxx/cpu v0.0.7 h1:pUEZn8JBy/w5yzdYWgx+0m0xL9uk6j4K91C5kOViAzo=
 github.com/templexxx/cpu v0.0.7/go.mod h1:w7Tb+7qgcAlIyX4NhLuDKt78AHA5SzPmq0Wj6HiEnnk=
 github.com/templexxx/cpufeat v0.0.0-20180724012125-cef66df7f161 h1:89CEmDvlq/F7SJEOqkIdNDGJXrQIhuIx9D2DBXjavSU=
 github.com/templexxx/cpufeat v0.0.0-20180724012125-cef66df7f161/go.mod h1:wM7WEvslTq+iOEAMDLSzhVuOt5BRZ05WirO+b09GHQU=
 github.com/templexxx/xor v0.0.0-20191217153810-f85b25db303b h1:fj5tQ8acgNUr6O8LEplsxDhUIe2573iLkJc+PqnzZTI=
 github.com/templexxx/xor v0.0.0-20191217153810-f85b25db303b/go.mod h1:5XA7W9S6mni3h5uvOC75dA3m9CCCaS83lltmc0ukdi4=
+github.com/templexxx/xorsimd v0.4.1 h1:iUZcywbOYDRAZUasAs2eSCUW8eobuZDy0I9FJiORkVg=
 github.com/templexxx/xorsimd v0.4.1/go.mod h1:W+ffZz8jJMH2SXwuKu9WhygqBMbFnp14G2fqEr8qaNo=
 github.com/tevino/abool v1.2.0 h1:heAkClL8H6w+mK5md9dzsuohKeXHUpY7Vw0ZCKW+huA=
 github.com/tevino/abool v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qc66Pna1RiIsPa7O4Egxxs9OqkuxDX55zznh9K07Tzg=
@@ -366,6 +369,7 @@ github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q
 github.com/xordataexchange/crypt v0.0.3-0.20170626215501-b2862e3d0a77/go.mod h1:aYKd//L2LvnjZzWKhF00oedf4jCCReLcmhLdhm1A27Q=
 github.com/xtaci/kcp-go v5.4.20+incompatible h1:TN1uey3Raw0sTz0Fg8GkfM0uH3YwzhnZWQ1bABv5xAg=
 github.com/xtaci/kcp-go v5.4.20+incompatible/go.mod h1:bN6vIwHQbfHaHtFpEssmWsN45a+AZwO7eyRCmEIbtvE=
+github.com/xtaci/kcp-go/v5 v5.6.1 h1:Pwn0aoeNSPF9dTS7IgiPXn0HEtaIlVb6y5UKWPsx8bI=
 github.com/xtaci/kcp-go/v5 v5.6.1/go.mod h1:W3kVPyNYwZ06p79dNwFWQOVFrdcBpDBsdyvK8moQrYo=
 github.com/xtaci/lossyconn v0.0.0-20190602105132-8df528c0c9ae/go.mod h1:gXtu8J62kEgmN++bm9BVICuT/e8yiLI2KFobd/TRFsE=
 github.com/xtaci/lossyconn v0.0.0-20200209145036-adba10fffc37 h1:EWU6Pktpas0n8lLQwDsRyZfmkPeRbdgPtW609es+/9E=