diff --git a/darwin/alloc.m b/darwin/alloc.m
index 8f539af7..c445aaee 100644
--- a/darwin/alloc.m
+++ b/darwin/alloc.m
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ void *uiAlloc(size_t size, const char *type)
 		abort();
 	}
 	memset(out, 0, size);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p alloc %s\n", out, type);
 	return out;
 }
 
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ void *uiRealloc(void *p, size_t size, const char *type)
 		abort();
 	}
 	// TODO zero the extra memory
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p realloc %p\n", p, out);
 	return out;
 }
 
@@ -39,6 +35,4 @@ void uiFree(void *p)
 	if (p == NULL)
 		return;
 	free(p);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p free\n", p);
 }
diff --git a/darwin/button.m b/darwin/button.m
index 7ec5f6ac..b05c65f3 100644
--- a/darwin/button.m
+++ b/darwin/button.m
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 @implementation uipButtonDelegate
 
-uiLogObjCClassAllocations
-
 - (IBAction)buttonClicked:(id)sender
 {
 	(*(self->onClicked))(self->b, self->onClickedData);
diff --git a/darwin/checkbox.m b/darwin/checkbox.m
index 94927cb8..7d210f5f 100644
--- a/darwin/checkbox.m
+++ b/darwin/checkbox.m
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 @implementation uipCheckboxDelegate
 
-uiLogObjCClassAllocations
-
 - (IBAction)checkboxToggled:(id)sender
 {
 	(*(self->onToggled))(self->c, self->onToggledData);
diff --git a/darwin/container.m b/darwin/container.m
index 2223fd9c..7cf30a05 100644
--- a/darwin/container.m
+++ b/darwin/container.m
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 @implementation containerView
 
-// TODO allocation logger
-
 - (void)setContainer:(uiContainer *)cc
 {
 	self->c = cc;
diff --git a/darwin/menu.m b/darwin/menu.m
index cee049d6..ee19a0b4 100644
--- a/darwin/menu.m
+++ b/darwin/menu.m
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ enum {
 
 @implementation menuManager
 
-// TODO allocation logger
-
 - (id)init
 {
 	self = [super init];
diff --git a/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h b/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
index 54fa863f..b4d4187e 100644
--- a/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
+++ b/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
@@ -9,22 +9,6 @@
 #define toNSString(str) [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(str)]
 #define fromNSString(str) [(str) UTF8String]
 
-#define uiLogObjCClassAllocations \
-+ (id)alloc \
-{ \
-	id thing; \
-	thing = [super alloc]; \
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations) \
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p alloc %s\n", thing, [[self className] UTF8String]); \
-	return thing; \
-} \
-- (void)dealloc \
-{ \
-	[super dealloc]; \
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations) \
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p free\n", self); \
-}
-
 // These are based on measurements from Interface Builder.
 // These seem to be based on Auto Layout constants, but I don't see an API that exposes these...
 #define macXMargin 20
diff --git a/darwin/window.m b/darwin/window.m
index 459ffd2a..1b18852c 100644
--- a/darwin/window.m
+++ b/darwin/window.m
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 @implementation windowDelegate
 
-// TODO allocation logging
-
 - (void)setuiWindow:(uiWindow *)ww
 {
 	self->w = ww;
diff --git a/leaks.awk b/leaks.awk
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d19ea88..00000000
--- a/leaks.awk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# 7 april 2015
-
-$2 == "alloc" {
-	if ($1 in A) {
-		problem($1 " already allocated (" A[$1] "); allocated at " NR)
-		next
-	}
-	A[$1] = type()
-	next
-}
-
-$2 == "realloc" {
-	if (!($1 in A)) {
-		problem($1 " not yet allocated; reallocated at " NR)
-		next
-	}
-	if ($3 in A) {
-		problem($3 " already allocated (" A[$3] "); reallocated at " NR)
-		next
-	}
-	t = A[$1]
-	delete A[$1]
-	A[$3] = t
-	next
-}
-
-$2 == "free" {
-	if (!($1 in A)) {
-		problem($1 " not yet allocated; freed at " NR)
-		next
-	}
-	delete A[$1]
-	next
-}
-
-{ problem("unrecognized line " $0 " at " NR) }
-
-END {
-	for (i in A)
-		problem("leaked " A[i] " at " i)
-	close("/dev/stderr")
-	if (hasProblems)
-		exit 1
-}
-
-function problem(s) {
-	print s > "/dev/stderr"
-	hasProblems = 1
-}
-
-function type(		s, i) {
-	s = $3
-	for (i = 4; i <= NF; i++)
-		s = s " " $i
-	return s
-}
diff --git a/test/main.c b/test/main.c
index c5ee60c5..d030ea82 100644
--- a/test/main.c
+++ b/test/main.c
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	memset(&o, 0, sizeof (uiInitOptions));
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-		if (strcmp(argv[i], "leaks") == 0)
-			o.debugLogAllocations = 1;
-		else {
+{//TODO		else {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: unrecognized option %s\n", argv[0], argv[i]);
 			return 1;
 		}
diff --git a/ui.idl b/ui.idl
index 8149154b..05e1e56a 100644
--- a/ui.idl
+++ b/ui.idl
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ raw "#endif";
 // TODO note that should be initialized to zero
 struct InitOptions {
 	// TODO cbSize
-
-	// If nonzero, allocations will be logged to stderr.
-	// See leaks.awk.
-	field debugLogAllocations int;
 };
 
 func Init(options *InitOptions) *const char;
diff --git a/uipriv.h b/uipriv.h
index 3e560cd8..759bd629 100644
--- a/uipriv.h
+++ b/uipriv.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 extern uiInitOptions options;
 
+// TODO remove the type name arguments
 extern void *uiAlloc(size_t, const char *);
 #define uiNew(T) ((T *) uiAlloc(sizeof (T), #T ))
 extern void *uiRealloc(void *, size_t, const char *);
diff --git a/unix/alloc.c b/unix/alloc.c
index 33482b25..2021feb4 100644
--- a/unix/alloc.c
+++ b/unix/alloc.c
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ void *uiAlloc(size_t size, const char *type)
 	void *out;
 
 	out = g_malloc0(size);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p alloc %s\n", out, type);
 	return out;
 }
 
@@ -20,14 +18,10 @@ void *uiRealloc(void *p, size_t size, const char *type)
 		return uiAlloc(size, type);
 	// TODO fill with 0s
 	out = g_realloc(p, size);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p realloc %p\n", p, out);
 	return out;
 }
 
 void uiFree(void *p)
 {
 	g_free(p);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p free\n", p);
 }
diff --git a/unix/container.c b/unix/container.c
index 6f4a500d..290f4aa5 100644
--- a/unix/container.c
+++ b/unix/container.c
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE(containerWidget, containerWidget, GTK_TYPE_CONTAINER)
 
 static void containerWidget_init(containerWidget *c)
 {
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p alloc containerWidget\n", c);
 	c->widgets = g_ptr_array_new();
 	gtk_widget_set_has_window(GTK_WIDGET(c), FALSE);
 }
@@ -44,8 +42,6 @@ static void containerWidget_finalize(GObject *obj)
 
 	g_ptr_array_unref(c->widgets);
 	G_OBJECT_CLASS(containerWidget_parent_class)->finalize(obj);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p free\n", obj);
 }
 
 static void containerWidget_add(GtkContainer *container, GtkWidget *widget)
diff --git a/windows/alloc.c b/windows/alloc.c
index 147c90d2..51d535d6 100644
--- a/windows/alloc.c
+++ b/windows/alloc.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ void *uiAlloc(size_t size, const char *type)
 		abort();
 	}
 	ZeroMemory(out, size);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p alloc %s\n", out, type);
 	return out;
 }
 
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ void *uiRealloc(void *p, size_t size, const char *type)
 		abort();
 	}
 	// TODO zero the extra memory
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p realloc %p\n", p, out);
 	return out;
 }
 
@@ -44,6 +40,4 @@ void uiFree(void *p)
 	if (p == NULL)
 		return;
 	free(p);
-	if (options.debugLogAllocations)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%p free\n", p);
 }