diff --git a/basis/random/windows/windows.factor b/basis/random/windows/windows.factor
index a10f90ddef..30b169bfed 100644
--- a/basis/random/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/basis/random/windows/windows.factor
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ M: windows-rng random-bytes* ( n tuple -- bytes )
         [ CryptGenRandom win32-error=0/f ] keep
     ] with-destructors ;
 
-ERROR: no-windows-crypto-provider ;
+ERROR: no-windows-crypto-provider error ;
 
 : try-crypto-providers ( seq -- windows-rng )
-    [ first2 <windows-rng> ] try-find drop
-    [ no-windows-crypto-provider ] unless* ;
+    [ first2 <windows-rng> ] attempt-all
+    dup windows-rng? [ no-windows-crypto-provider ] unless ;
 
 [
     {
diff --git a/core/continuations/continuations-docs.factor b/core/continuations/continuations-docs.factor
index afe14bf5c6..ac33eee2c5 100644
--- a/core/continuations/continuations-docs.factor
+++ b/core/continuations/continuations-docs.factor
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ $nl
     recover
     ignore-errors
 }
-"Word for mapping over a sequence with a quotation until an element doesn't throw an exception:"
-{ $subsections
-    try-find
-}
 "Syntax sugar for defining errors:"
 { $subsections POSTPONE: ERROR: }
 "Unhandled errors are reported in the listener and can be debugged using various tools. See " { $link "debugger" } "."
@@ -185,10 +181,6 @@ HELP: recover
 { $values { "try" quotation } { "recovery" { $quotation "( error -- )" } } }
 { $description "Calls the " { $snippet "try" } " quotation. If an exception is thrown in the dynamic extent of the " { $snippet "try" } " quotation, restores the data stack and calls the " { $snippet "recovery" } " quotation to handle the error." } ;
 
-HELP: try-find
-{ $values { "seq" sequence } { "try" quotation } { "result" "the first non-false, non-exception result of the quotation" } { "elt" "the first matching element, or " { $link f } } }
-{ $description "Applies the quotation to each element of the sequence, until the quotation outputs a true value, and attempts the next element if an exception is thrown. If the quotation ever yields a result which is not " { $link f } ", then the value is output, along with the element of the sequence which yielded this." } ;
-
 HELP: ignore-errors
 { $values { "quot" quotation } }
 { $description "Calls the quotation. If an exception is thrown in the dynamic extent of the quotation, restores the data stack and returns." } ;
diff --git a/core/continuations/continuations-tests.factor b/core/continuations/continuations-tests.factor
index 5ee61f84d8..0d2880edde 100644
--- a/core/continuations/continuations-tests.factor
+++ b/core/continuations/continuations-tests.factor
@@ -106,15 +106,3 @@ SYMBOL: error-counter
 [ { 4 } ] [ { 2 2 } [ + ] with-datastack ] unit-test
 
 [ with-datastack ] must-infer
-
-[ { t 1 } ]
-[ { 1 1 } [ odd? ] try-find 2array ] unit-test
-
-[ { 9 3 } ]
-[ { 3 3 } [ sq ] try-find 2array ] unit-test
-
-[ { f f } ]
-[ { 1 1 } [ even? ] try-find 2array ] unit-test
-
-[ { f f } ]
-[ { 1 1 } [ "error" throw ] try-find 2array ] unit-test
diff --git a/core/continuations/continuations.factor b/core/continuations/continuations.factor
index 9feea46b84..d63acae883 100644
--- a/core/continuations/continuations.factor
+++ b/core/continuations/continuations.factor
@@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ SYMBOL: thread-error-hook
 : cleanup ( try cleanup-always cleanup-error -- )
     [ compose [ dip rethrow ] curry recover ] [ drop ] 2bi call ; inline
 
-: try-find ( seq try -- result elt )
-    [ curry [ drop f ] recover ] curry map-find ; inline
-
 ERROR: attempt-all-error ;
 
 : attempt-all ( seq quot -- obj )