diff --git a/factor.keymap b/factor.keymap
deleted file mode 100644
index 20d28466bd..0000000000
--- a/factor.keymap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-factor-infer-effect.shortcut=A+f i i
-factor-run-file.shortcut=A+f f
-factor-eval-word-def.shortcut=A+f e e
-factor-listener.shortcut=A+f l
-factor-edit-dialog.shortcut=A+f g
-factor-extract-word.shortcut=A+f x
-factor-infer-effects.shortcut=A+f i a
-factor-compile.shortcut=A+f c c
-factor-apropos.shortcut=A+f a
-factor-balance.shortcut=A+f b
-factor-eval-selection.shortcut=A+f e s
-factor-compile-all.shortcut=A+f c a
-factor-float.shortcut=A+f n
-factor-edit.shortcut=A+f j
-factor.shortcut=A+f l
-factor-see.shortcut=A+f w
-factor-usages.shortcut=A+f s
-factor-insert-use.shortcut=A+f u
diff --git a/library/syntax/parse-syntax.factor b/library/syntax/parse-syntax.factor
index 8c9844f54a..906bf39d3f 100644
--- a/library/syntax/parse-syntax.factor
+++ b/library/syntax/parse-syntax.factor
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ words ;
 : BIN: 2 (BASE) ; parsing
 SYMBOL: t
 : f f swons ; parsing
-: CHAR: 0 scan next-char drop swons ; parsing
+: CHAR: 0 scan next-char nip swons ; parsing
 : " parse-string swons ; parsing
 : SBUF" skip-blank parse-string >sbuf swons ; parsing
 : [ f ; parsing