diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-rtools40.yml b/.github/workflows/build-rtools40.yml
index 36a2730835b..2403b76c49c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-rtools40.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-rtools40.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
-      - name: Install rtools40 if needed
-        uses: r-windows/install-rtools@master
-      - name: Building TileDB with Rtools40
+      - name: Building TileDB with Rtools43
         run: |
           cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/workflows/mingw-w64-tiledb
           pacman -Sy
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TILEDB_HOME: ${{ github.workspace }}
           MINGW_ARCH: ${{ matrix.msystem }}
-        shell: c:\rtools40\usr\bin\bash.exe --login {0}
+        shell: c:\rtools43\usr\bin\bash.exe --login {0}
       - name: "Upload binaries"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/full-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/full-ci.yml
index d7de9f130c4..307aa48bd0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full-ci.yml
@@ -29,123 +29,28 @@ concurrency:
 
 ## NOTE: the job ids below must be unique!
 jobs:
-  ci1:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: AZURE
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-22.04
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-azure --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci2:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: GCS
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-20.04
-      timeout: 120
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-gcs --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci3:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_option: SERIALIZATION
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-22.04
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-serialization --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci4:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: HDFS
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-22.04
-      matrix_compiler_cc: 'gcc-13'
-      matrix_compiler_cxx: 'g++-13'
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-hdfs --enable-static-tiledb --disable-werror'
-
-  ci5:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: S3
-      matrix_image: macos-11
-      timeout: 120
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable=s3,serialization,tools --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci6:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: GCS
-      matrix_image: macos-11
-      timeout: 120
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-gcs --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci7:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_option: Experimental
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-22.04
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable=experimental-features,serialization --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci8:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: S3
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-22.04
-      timeout: 120
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-s3 --enable-release-symbols'
-
-  ci9:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_option: ASAN
-      matrix_image: ubuntu-20.04
-      timeout: 120
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-serialization'
-      asan: true
-
-  ci10:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
-    with:
-      ci_backend: AZURE
-      matrix_image: macos-11
-      timeout: 120
-      bootstrap_args: '--enable-azure'
-
-  ci_msvc:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
-
   ci_mingw_r:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-rtools40.yml
 
-  backward_compatibility:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-ubuntu20.04-backwards-compatibility.yml
-
-  standalone:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/unit-test-runs.yml
-
-  ci_docker:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-dockerfile.yml
-
-  ci_rest:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-rest.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  # dummy job for branch protection check
-  full_ci_passed:
-    needs: [
-        ci1,
-        ci2,
-        ci2,
-        ci3,
-        ci4,
-        ci5,
-        ci6,
-        ci7,
-        ci8,
-        ci9,
-        ci10,
-        ci_msvc,
-        backward_compatibility,
-        standalone
-      ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: ''
-        run: echo "Complete"
+#  # dummy job for branch protection check
+#  full_ci_passed:
+#    needs: [
+#        ci1,
+#        ci2,
+#        ci2,
+#        ci3,
+#        ci4,
+#        ci5,
+#        ci6,
+#        ci7,
+#        ci8,
+#        ci9,
+#        ci10,
+#        ci_msvc,
+#        backward_compatibility,
+#        standalone
+#      ]
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+#    steps:
+#      - name: ''
+#        run: echo "Complete"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mingw-w64-tiledb/PKGBUILD b/.github/workflows/mingw-w64-tiledb/PKGBUILD
index bc594b1209e..036688d5300 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mingw-w64-tiledb/PKGBUILD
+++ b/.github/workflows/mingw-w64-tiledb/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 _realname=tiledb
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=2.9000
+pkgver=2.1700
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Storage management library for sparse and dense array data (mingw-w64)"
 arch=("any")
 url="https://tiledb.com/"
 license=("MIT")
-depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-lz4"
-         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-aws-sdk-cpp"
-         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-bzip2"
-         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-curl"
-         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib"
-         "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zstd"
-         )
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc")
 options=("staticlibs" "strip")
@@ -35,6 +28,7 @@ build() {
   export MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake.exe \
     -G"MSYS Makefiles" \
+    -DTILEDB_VCPKG=ON \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \