diff --git a/eos-script-lib-yad b/eos-script-lib-yad
index 0fdff34..c5df8f1 100644
--- a/eos-script-lib-yad
+++ b/eos-script-lib-yad
@@ -31,20 +31,7 @@ source /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf      # for EOS_ROOTER and other configs
 export EOS_WICON=/usr/share/endeavouros/EndeavourOS-icon.png
 export EOS_YAD_STARTER_CMD="/usr/bin/yad --window-icon=$EOS_WICON"
 
-eos_yad_orig() { GDK_BACKEND=x11 $EOS_YAD_STARTER_CMD "$@"; }
-eos_yad_chk() {          # eos_yad() with a check that the required 'yad' package is installed
-    if [ -x /usr/bin/yad ] ; then
-        eos_yad_orig "$@"
-    else
-        echo "${BASH_SOURCE[1]##*/}: error: this app requires package 'yad'" >&2
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
-
-case "$EOS_USE_TEST_FOR_YAD" in
-    yes) eos_yad() { eos_yad_chk "$@" ; } ;;
-    *)   eos_yad() { eos_yad_orig "$@" ; } ;;
-esac
+eos_yad() { GDK_BACKEND=x11 $EOS_YAD_STARTER_CMD "$@"; }
 
 translations_dir=/usr/share/endeavouros/scripts  # needed in translations.bash
 source $translations_dir/translations.bash || {
@@ -70,7 +57,7 @@ eos-assert-deps() {      # params: prog deps
     local failcount=0
     local dep
     for dep in "$@" ; do
-        which "$dep" &>/dev/null || {
+        expac %n "$dep" &>/dev/null || {
            echo "==> $prog requires package '$dep'" >&2
            ((failcount++))
         }
@@ -78,17 +65,6 @@ eos-assert-deps() {      # params: prog deps
     return $failcount
 }
 
-eos-assert-deps-fast() {      # params: prog deps
-    local -r prog="$1"
-    shift
-    local failcount=0
-    which "$@" &>/dev/null || {
-        failcount=$?
-        echo "==> $prog: missing $failcount of packages: $*"
-    }
-    return $failcount
-}
-
 eos_icon_path() {
     # on success, echo full icon path and return 0
     # on failure, return 1