diff --git a/redo/GNUbase.mk b/redo/GNUbase.mk
index 23dd5fd2..67efd094 100644
--- a/redo/GNUbase.mk
+++ b/redo/GNUbase.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ xHFILES = \
 
 OFILES = \
 	$(baseCFILES:%.c=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) \
-	$(IDLFILES:%.idl=$(OBJDIR)/z%typefuncs.o) \
 	$(baseMFILES:%.m=$(OBJDIR)/%.o)
 
 xCFLAGS = \
@@ -59,11 +58,6 @@ $(OUTDIR)/%.h: %.idl tools/idl2h.go | $(OUTDIR)/.phony
 	@echo ====== Generated `basename $@`
 .PRECIOUS: $(OUTDIR)/%.h
 
-z%typefuncs.c: %.idl tools/idl2typefuncs.go
-	@go run tools/idl2typefuncs.go out/ui.h < $< > $@
-	@echo ====== Generated $@
-.PRECIOUS: z%typefuncs.c
-
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(OUTDIR) $(OBJDIR) z*
 .PHONY: clean
diff --git a/redo/tools/idl2typefuncs.go b/redo/tools/idl2typefuncs.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 58a95b80..00000000
--- a/redo/tools/idl2typefuncs.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// 17 may 2015
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"flag"
-	"github.com/andlabs/pgidl"
-)
-
-func geniface(iface *pgidl.Interface, prefix string) {
-	v := fmt.Sprintf("type%s%s", prefix, iface.Name)
-	fmt.Printf("static uintmax_t %s = 0;\n", v)
-	fmt.Printf("uintmax_t %sType%s(void)\n", prefix, iface.Name)
-	fmt.Printf("{\n")
-	fmt.Printf("\tif (%s == 0)\n", v)
-	fmt.Printf("\t\t%s = %sRegisterType(%q, ",
-		v,
-		prefix,
-		prefix + iface.Name)
-	if iface.From != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("%sType%s()", prefix, iface.From)
-	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("0")
-	}
-	fmt.Printf(");\n")
-	fmt.Printf("\treturn %s;\n", v)
-	fmt.Printf("}\n")
-}
-
-func genpkg(p *pgidl.Package) {
-	for _, o := range p.Order {
-		switch o.Which {
-		case pgidl.Interfaces:
-			geniface(p.Interfaces[o.Index], p.Name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func main() {
-	flag.Parse()
-	idl, errs := pgidl.Parse(os.Stdin, "<stdin>")
-	if len(errs) != 0 {
-		for _, e := range errs {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", e)
-		}
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("// generated by idl2h; do not edit\n")
-	fmt.Printf("#include %q\n", os.Args[1])
-	for _, p := range idl {
-		genpkg(p)
-	}
-}