diff --git a/extra/store/authors.txt b/extra/store/authors.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c1b2f2279..0000000000
--- a/extra/store/authors.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Doug Coleman
diff --git a/extra/store/blob/authors.txt b/extra/store/blob/authors.txt
deleted file mode 100755
index 7c1b2f2279..0000000000
--- a/extra/store/blob/authors.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Doug Coleman
diff --git a/extra/store/blob/blob.factor b/extra/store/blob/blob.factor
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cec77c6c2..0000000000
--- a/extra/store/blob/blob.factor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-! Copyright (C) 2006 Doug Coleman.
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: assocs kernel io io.files namespaces serialize ;
-IN: store.blob
-
-: (save-blob) serialize ;
-
-: save-blob ( obj path -- )
-    <file-appender> [ (save-blob) ] with-stream ;
-
-: (load-blob) ( path -- seq/f )
-    dup exists? [
-        <file-reader> [
-            deserialize-sequence
-        ] with-stream
-    ] [
-        drop f
-    ] if ;
-
-: load-blob ( path -- seq/f )
-    resource-path (load-blob) ;
-
diff --git a/extra/store/store-tests.factor b/extra/store/store-tests.factor
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f33d66101..0000000000
--- a/extra/store/store-tests.factor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-USING: assocs continuations debugger io.files kernel
-namespaces store tools.test ;
-IN: temporary
-
-SYMBOL: store
-SYMBOL: foo
-
-: the-store ( -- path )
-    "store-test.store" resource-path ;
-
-: delete-the-store ( -- )
-    [ the-store delete-file ] catch drop ;
-
-: load-the-store ( -- )
-    the-store load-store store set-global ;
-
-: save-the-store ( -- )
-    store save-store ;
-
-delete-the-store
-load-the-store
-
-[ f ] [ foo store get-persistent ] unit-test
-
-USE: prettyprint
-store get-global store-data .
-
-[ ] [ 100 foo store set-persistent ] unit-test
-
-[ ] [ save-the-store ] unit-test
-
-[ 100 ] [ foo store get-persistent ] unit-test
-
-delete-the-store
-f store set-global
diff --git a/extra/store/store.factor b/extra/store/store.factor
deleted file mode 100644
index 46b1a09568..0000000000
--- a/extra/store/store.factor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-! Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Doug Coleman.
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: assocs io io.files kernel namespaces serialize init ;
-IN: store
-
-TUPLE: store path data ;
-
-C: <store> store
-
-: save-store ( store -- )
-    get-global dup store-data swap store-path
-    <file-writer> [ serialize ] with-stream ;
-
-: load-store ( path -- store )
-    dup exists? [
-        dup <file-reader> [ deserialize ] with-stream
-    ] [
-        H{ } clone
-    ] if <store> ;
-
-: define-store ( path id -- )
-    over >r
-    [ >r resource-path load-store r> set-global ] 2curry
-    r> add-init-hook ;
-
-: get-persistent ( key store -- value )
-    get-global store-data at ;
-
-: set-persistent ( value key store -- )
-    [ get-global store-data set-at ] keep save-store ;
-
-: init-persistent ( value key store -- )
-    2dup get-persistent [ 3drop ] [ set-persistent ] if ;
diff --git a/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor b/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor
index 9492e9e5a1..5ac322a952 100755
--- a/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor
+++ b/extra/webapps/pastebin/pastebin.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 USING: calendar furnace furnace.validator io.files kernel
-namespaces sequences store http.server.responders html
-math.parser rss xml.writer xmode.code2html ;
+namespaces sequences http.server.responders html math.parser rss
+xml.writer xmode.code2html ;
 IN: webapps.pastebin
 
 TUPLE: pastebin pastes ;
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ TUPLE: pastebin pastes ;
 : <pastebin> ( -- pastebin )
     V{ } clone pastebin construct-boa ;
 
-! Persistence
-SYMBOL: store
-
-"pastebin.store" store define-store
-<pastebin> pastebin store init-persistent
+<pastebin> pastebin set-global
 
 TUPLE: paste
 summary author channel mode contents date
@@ -25,11 +21,8 @@ TUPLE: annotation summary author mode contents ;
 
 C: <annotation> annotation
 
-: get-pastebin ( -- pastebin )
-    pastebin store get-persistent ;
-
 : get-paste ( n -- paste )
-    get-pastebin pastebin-pastes nth ;
+    pastebin get pastebin-pastes nth ;
 
 : show-paste ( n -- )
     serving-html
@@ -49,7 +42,7 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
     [
         [ show-paste ] "show-paste-quot" set
         [ new-paste ] "new-paste-quot" set
-        get-pastebin "paste-list" render-component
+        pastebin get "paste-list" render-component
     ] with-html-stream ;
 
 \ paste-list { } define-action
@@ -61,7 +54,7 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
     over length min head ;
 
 : paste-feed ( -- entries )
-    get-pastebin pastebin-pastes <reversed> 20 safe-head [
+    pastebin get pastebin-pastes <reversed> 20 safe-head [
         {
             paste-summary
             paste-link
@@ -82,10 +75,8 @@ C: <annotation> annotation
     pastebin-pastes 2dup length swap set-paste-n push ;
 
 : submit-paste ( summary author channel mode contents -- )
-    <paste> [
-        pastebin store get-persistent add-paste
-        store save-store
-    ] keep paste-link permanent-redirect ;
+    <paste> [ pastebin get add-paste ] keep
+    paste-link permanent-redirect ;
 
 \ new-paste
 \ submit-paste {