diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs-docs.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs-docs.factor
index 7b87e8c441..b3dcf736e0 100755
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs-docs.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ ARTICLE: "ui-pack-layout" "Pack layouts"
 { $subsection <pile> }
 { $subsection <shelf> }
 "Creating packs using a combinator:"
-{ $subsection make-pile }
 { $subsection make-filled-pile }
 { $subsection make-shelf }
 
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ HELP: pack
     { $link <pack> }
     { $link <pile> }
     { $link <shelf> }
-    { $link make-pile }
     { $link make-filled-pile }
     { $link make-shelf }
 }
@@ -64,10 +62,6 @@ HELP: pack-pref-dim
     "This word is useful if you are writing your own layout gadget which inherits from " { $link pack } ". This allows you to reuse layout logic while computing gadget sizes using a custom procedure."
 } ;
 
-HELP: make-pile
-{ $values { "quot" quotation } { "pack" "a new " { $link pack } } }
-{ $description "Creates a new " { $link pack } " which lays out a sequence of gadgets vertically. The quotation can add children by calling the gadget, word." } ;
-
 HELP: make-filled-pile
 { $values { "quot" quotation } { "pack" "a new " { $link pack } } }
 { $description "Creates a new " { $link pack } " which lays out a sequence of gadgets vertically, such that all gadgets have the same width. The quotation can add children by calling the gadget, word." } ;
diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs.factor
index 7ae222c279..bc07deb55d 100755
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/packs/packs.factor
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ M: pack children-on ( rect gadget -- seq )
     dup gadget-orientation swap gadget-children
     [ fast-children-on ] keep <slice> ;
 
-: make-pile ( quot -- pack )
-    <pile> swap make-gadget ; inline
-
 : make-filled-pile ( quot -- pack )
     <filled-pile> swap make-gadget ; inline