diff --git a/redo/reredo/darwin/tab.m b/redo/reredo/darwin/tab.m
index 30edf816..ea927762 100644
--- a/redo/reredo/darwin/tab.m
+++ b/redo/reredo/darwin/tab.m
@@ -12,60 +12,6 @@ struct uiTab {
 	NSMutableArray *margined;		// []NSNumber
 };
 
-// NSTabView handles tab switching interestingly: it /removes the old tab from the view hierarchy outright/
-// for some reason that I don't know (TODO), this casues problems for our auto layout, even if we do a depth first recomputation of all of our fitting sizes
-// therefore, we have to only update the current tab page
-// TODO this doesn't really work...
-@interface tabDelegateClass : NSObject<NSTabViewDelegate> {
-	NSMapTable *tabs;
-}
-- (void)tabView:(NSTabView *)tv didSelectTabViewItem:(NSTabViewItem *)item;
-- (void)registerTab:(uiTab *)b;
-- (void)unregisterTab:(uiTab *)b;
-@end
-
-@implementation tabDelegateClass
-
-- (id)init
-{
-	self = [super init];
-	if (self)
-		self->tabs = newMap();
-	return self;
-}
-
-- (void)dealloc
-{
-	if ([self->tabs count] != 0)
-		complain("attempt to destroy shared tab delegate but tabs are still registered to it");
-	[self->tabs release];
-	[super dealloc];
-}
-
-- (void)tabView:(NSTabView *)tv didSelectTabViewItem:(NSTabViewItem *)item
-{
-	uiTab *t;
-
-	t = (uiTab *) mapGet(self->tabs, tv);
-	uiDarwinControlTriggerRelayout(uiDarwinControl(t));
-}
-
-- (void)registerTab:(uiTab *)t
-{
-	mapSet(self->tabs, t->tabview, t);
-	[t->tabview setDelegate:self];
-}
-
-- (void)unregisterTab:(uiTab *)t
-{
-	[t->tabview setDelegate:nil];
-	[self->tabs removeObjectForKey:t->tabview];
-}
-
-@end
-
-static tabDelegateClass *tabDelegate = nil;
-
 static void onDestroy(uiTab *);
 
 uiDarwinDefineControlWithOnDestroy(
@@ -97,20 +43,20 @@ static void onDestroy(uiTab *t)
 
 // TODO container update
 
-// TODO document our updating all pages here
 static void tabRelayout(uiDarwinControl *c)
 {
 	uiTab *t = uiTab(c);
 	NSUInteger i;
-	NSValue *v;
-	uiControl *child;
-	uiDarwinControl *cc;
-	NSView *view, *childView;
-	NSNumber *margined;
 
 	if ([t->pages count] == 0)
 		return;
 	for (i = 0; i < [t->pages count]; i++) {
+		NSValue *v;
+		uiControl *child;
+		uiDarwinControl *cc;
+		NSView *view, *childView;
+		NSNumber *margined;
+
 		v = (NSValue *) [t->pages objectAtIndex:i];
 		child = (uiControl *) [v pointerValue];
 		view = (NSView *) [t->views objectAtIndex:i];
@@ -211,12 +157,6 @@ uiTab *uiNewTab(void)
 	t->views = [NSMutableArray new];
 	t->margined = [NSMutableArray new];
 
-	if (tabDelegate == nil) {
-		tabDelegate = [tabDelegateClass new];
-		[delegates addObject:tabDelegate];
-	}
-	[tabDelegate registerTab:t];
-
 	uiDarwinFinishNewControl(t, uiTab);
 	uiDarwinControl(t)->Relayout = tabRelayout;
 
diff --git a/redo/reredo/test/main.c b/redo/reredo/test/main.c
index b27b1c66..dbb6291c 100644
--- a/redo/reredo/test/main.c
+++ b/redo/reredo/test/main.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uiOnShouldQuit(onShouldQuit, w);
 
 	mainBox = newHorizontalBox();
-//	uiWindowSetChild(w, uiControl(mainBox));
+	uiWindowSetChild(w, uiControl(mainBox));
 
 	mainTab = newTab();
 	uiBoxAppend(mainBox, uiControl(mainTab), 1);
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	makePage1(w);
 	uiTabAppend(mainTab, "Page 1", uiControl(page1));
 
-//	uiTabAppend(mainTab, "Page 2", uiControl(page2));
-	uiWindowSetChild(w, uiControl(page2));
+	uiTabAppend(mainTab, "Page 2", uiControl(page2));
 
 	uiTabAppend(mainTab, "Empty Page", uiControl(uiNewHorizontalBox()));