diff --git a/app/Makefile b/app/Makefile
index a4c3b312..e9630b76 100644
--- a/app/Makefile
+++ b/app/Makefile
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ CFLAGS+= -I${PREFIX}/include
 THIS_LIB_BASE=$(shell cd .. && pwd)
 INCLUDE_DIR=${THIS_LIB_BASE}/include
 BUILD_DIR=${THIS_LIB_BASE}/build/${BUILD_SUBDIR}/${CCBN}
-UTILS1=writer file err signal mem clock arg dl string dirs prop cache jq os overwrite index overwrite_writer
+UTILS1=writer file err signal mem clock arg dl string dirs prop cache jq os index
 
 ZSV_EXTRAS ?=
 
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ else # not emcc
   CFLAGS+= ${CFLAGS_AVX} ${CFLAGS_SSE}
   LDFLAGS+=-lpthread # Linux explicitly requires
 endif
+
+ifeq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),1)
+  UTILS1+= overwrite overwrite_writer
+endif
+
 UTILS=$(addprefix ${BUILD_DIR}/objs/utils/,$(addsuffix .o,${UTILS1}))
 
 ifeq ($(NO_THREADING),1)
@@ -195,8 +200,14 @@ endif
 
 ZSV=$(BINDIR)/zsv${EXE}
 
-SOURCES=echo paste count count-pull select select-pull 2tsv 2json serialize flatten pretty stack desc sql 2db compare prop rm mv jq overwrite
-CLI_SOURCES=echo select desc count paste 2tsv pretty sql flatten 2json serialize stack 2db compare prop rm mv jq overwrite
+SOURCES=echo paste count count-pull select select-pull 2tsv 2json serialize flatten pretty stack desc sql 2db compare prop rm mv jq
+ifeq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),1)
+  SOURCES+=overwrite
+endif
+CLI_SOURCES=echo select desc count paste 2tsv pretty sql flatten 2json serialize stack 2db compare prop rm mv jq
+ifeq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),1)
+  CLI_SOURCES+=overwrite
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(ZSVSHEET_BUILD),1)
   SOURCES+=sheet
diff --git a/app/echo.c b/app/echo.c
index b25c12c9..f1d83dfe 100644
--- a/app/echo.c
+++ b/app/echo.c
@@ -181,9 +181,10 @@ int ZSV_MAIN_FUNC(ZSV_COMMAND)(int argc, const char *argv[], struct zsv_opts *op
         data.skip_until_prefix_len = data.skip_until_prefix ? strlen((char *)data.skip_until_prefix) : 0;
       }
 #ifdef ZSV_EXTRAS
-    } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--overwrite"))
+    } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--overwrite")) {
       overwrite_opts.src = zsv_next_arg(++arg_i, argc, argv, &err);
-    else if (!data.in) {
+#endif
+    } else if (!data.in) {
 #ifndef NO_STDIN
       if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
         data.in = stdin;
@@ -195,7 +196,6 @@ int ZSV_MAIN_FUNC(ZSV_COMMAND)(int argc, const char *argv[], struct zsv_opts *op
         } else
           data.input_path = arg;
       }
-#endif
     } else {
       fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized option: %s\n", arg);
       err = 1;
diff --git a/app/test/Makefile b/app/test/Makefile
index cf56d255..62cf3ed6 100644
--- a/app/test/Makefile
+++ b/app/test/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ BUILD_DIR=${THIS_LIB_BASE}/build/${BUILD_SUBDIR}/${CCBN}
 export TMP_DIR=${THIS_LIB_BASE}/tmp
 TEST_DATA_DIR=${THIS_LIB_BASE}/data
 
-SOURCES=echo count count-pull select select-pull sql 2json serialize flatten pretty desc stack 2db 2tsv jq compare overwrite
+SOURCES=echo count count-pull select select-pull sql 2json serialize flatten pretty desc stack 2db 2tsv jq compare
+ifneq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),)
+  SOURCES+=overwrite
+endif
 TARGETS=$(addprefix ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_,$(addsuffix ${EXE},${SOURCES}))
 
 TESTS=test-blank-leading-rows $(addprefix test-,${SOURCES}) test-rm test-mv test-2json-help test-paste
@@ -180,11 +183,14 @@ test-echo-chars: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_echo${EXE}
 	@${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out expected/$@.out && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
 
 test-echo-overwrite: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_echo${EXE}
+ifneq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),)
 	@${TEST_INIT}
 	@${PREFIX} $< ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_1.csv --overwrite 'sqlite3://${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_1-overwrite.db?sql=select row,col,value from overwrites order by row,col' ${REDIRECT} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out
 	@${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out expected/$@.out && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
+endif
 
 test-echo-overwrite-auto: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_echo${EXE}
+ifneq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),)
 	@${TEST_INIT}
 	@rm -f ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/.zsv/data/loans_2.csv/overwrite.sqlite3
 	@cp -p ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_1.csv ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_2.csv
@@ -196,11 +202,14 @@ test-echo-overwrite-auto: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_echo${EXE}
 	@${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@-after-ignored.out expected/$@-after-ignored.out && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
 	@${PREFIX} $< ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_2.csv --apply-overwrites ${REDIRECT} ${TMP_DIR}/$@-after-applied.out
 	@${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@-after-applied.out expected/$@-after-applied.out && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
+endif
 
 test-echo-overwrite-csv: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_echo${EXE} ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_1-overwrite.csv
+ifneq ($(ZSV_EXTRAS),)
 	@${TEST_INIT}
 	@${PREFIX} $< ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_1.csv --overwrite '${TEST_DATA_DIR}/loans_1-overwrite.csv' ${REDIRECT} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out
 	@${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out expected/$@.out && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
+endif
 
 worldcitiespop_mil.csv:
 	curl -LOk 'https://burntsushi.net/stuff/worldcitiespop_mil.csv'
@@ -503,7 +512,7 @@ ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_%${EXE}:
 
 test-2db: test-%: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_%${EXE} worldcitiespop_mil.csv ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2json${EXE} ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_select${EXE}
 	@${TEST_INIT}
-	@${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_select${EXE} -L 25000 -N worldcitiespop_mil.csv | ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2json${EXE} --database --index "country_ix on country" --unique-index "ux on [#]" > ${TMP_DIR}/$@.json
+	@${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_select${EXE} -H 24999 -N worldcitiespop_mil.csv | ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2json${EXE} --database --index "country_ix on country" --unique-index "ux on [#]" > ${TMP_DIR}/$@.json
 	@(${PREFIX} $< ${ARGS-$*} -o ${TMP_DIR}/$@.db --table data --overwrite < ${TMP_DIR}/test-2db.json ${REDIRECT1} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out)
 	@${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out expected/$@.out && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL}
 	@sqlite3 ${TMP_DIR}/$@.db .schema | sed 's/ IF NOT EXISTS//' | sed 's/"data"/data/g' > ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out2
@@ -543,8 +552,7 @@ test-2json: test-%: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_%${EXE} ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2db${EXE}
 	@(${PREFIX} $< --object --no-empty < ${TEST_DATA_DIR}/quoted4.csv ${REDIRECT1} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out6 && \
 	${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out6 expected/$@.out6 && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL})
 
-	@${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_select${EXE} -L 2000 -N worldcitiespop_mil.csv | ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2json${EXE} --database --index "country_ix on country" --unique-index "ux on [#]" | ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2db${EXE} -o ${TMP_DIR}/$@.db --table data --overwrite && (${PREFIX} $< --from-db ${TMP_DIR}/$@.db ${REDIRECT1} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out7 && ${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out7 expected/$@.out7 && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL})
-
+	@${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_select${EXE} -H 1999 -N worldcitiespop_mil.csv | ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2json${EXE} --database --index "country_ix on country" --unique-index "ux on [#]" | ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_2db${EXE} -o ${TMP_DIR}/$@.db --table data --overwrite && (${PREFIX} $< --from-db ${TMP_DIR}/$@.db ${REDIRECT1} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out7 && ${CMP} ${TMP_DIR}/$@.out7 expected/$@.out7 && ${TEST_PASS} || ${TEST_FAIL})
 #	ajv validate --strict-tuples=false -s ${THIS_MAKEFILE_DIR}/../../docs/db.schema.json -d expected/$@.out7.json [suffix must be json]
 
 test-2json-help: test-%-help: ${BUILD_DIR}/bin/zsv_%${EXE}
diff --git a/app/utils/prop.c b/app/utils/prop.c
index 82ab3a34..7297bd3b 100644
--- a/app/utils/prop.c
+++ b/app/utils/prop.c
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ enum zsv_status zsv_new_with_properties(struct zsv_opts *opts, struct zsv_prop_h
     if (fp.stat != zsv_status_ok)
       return fp.stat;
   }
+#ifdef ZSV_EXTRAS
   if (opts->overwrite_auto)
     zsv_overwrite_auto(opts, input_path);
+#endif
   if ((*handle_out = zsv_new(opts)))
     return zsv_status_ok;
   return zsv_status_memory;