diff --git a/compiler/build/src/link.rs b/compiler/build/src/link.rs
index 8a6d2721ad..fc359002ce 100644
--- a/compiler/build/src/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/build/src/link.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn rebuild_host(host_input_path: &Path) {
             &zig_str_path
         );
 
-        let zig_env = "/usr/local/Cellar/zig/HEAD-6ab5beb/lib/zig/std/special/compiler_rt.zig";
+        let zig_env = "/usr/local/Cellar/zig/0.7.1/lib/zig/std/special/compiler_rt.zig";
 
         let output = Command::new("zig")
             .env_clear()
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index 509ab35b68..efb3e9d59a 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ benchmarks/nqueens
 benchmarks/deriv
 benchmarks/cfold
 benchmarks/rbtree-insert
+benchmarks/rbtree-del
+benchmarks/closure
+benchmarks/test-astar
+benchmarks/test-base64
 effect-example
diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/closure b/examples/benchmarks/closure
deleted file mode 100755
index 18e4bbe070..0000000000
Binary files a/examples/benchmarks/closure and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/rbtree-del b/examples/benchmarks/rbtree-del
deleted file mode 100755
index 3c6b50bc27..0000000000
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diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/test-astar b/examples/benchmarks/test-astar
deleted file mode 100755
index 3a348f982f..0000000000
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diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/test-base64 b/examples/benchmarks/test-base64
deleted file mode 100755
index 1149c3cd06..0000000000
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diff --git a/examples/hello-world/platform/host.zig b/examples/hello-world/platform/host.zig
index 39b38e999e..5159e719ca 100644
--- a/examples/hello-world/platform/host.zig
+++ b/examples/hello-world/platform/host.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const testing = std.testing;
 const expectEqual = testing.expectEqual;
 const expect = testing.expect;
 
+comptime {    _ = @import("compiler_rt"); }
+
 const mem = std.mem;
 const Allocator = mem.Allocator;