diff --git a/contrib/factory/make-simple-error-handler b/contrib/factory/make-simple-error-handler
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index 9689f4d5e4..0000000000
--- a/contrib/factory/make-simple-error-handler
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-gcc -c simple-error-handler.c
-gcc -L /usr/X11R6/lib -shared -o simple-error-handler.so \
-  simple-error-handler.o -lX11
diff --git a/contrib/factory/simple-error-handler.c b/contrib/factory/simple-error-handler.c
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index 88a3f38599..0000000000
--- a/contrib/factory/simple-error-handler.c
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <X11/Xutil.h>
-
-int SimpleErrorHandler ( Display* dpy, XErrorEvent* event ) {
-  char msg[255];
-  printf ( "X11 : SimpleErrorHandler called!!!\n\n" ) ;
-  XGetErrorText ( dpy, event->error_code, msg, sizeof msg ) ;
-  printf ( "X error (%#lx): %s", event->resourceid, msg ) ;
-  return 0 ;
-}
-
-void SetSimpleErrorHandler() { XSetErrorHandler( SimpleErrorHandler ) ; }
diff --git a/contrib/factory/simple-error-handler.factor b/contrib/factory/simple-error-handler.factor
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index 16313f3ce6..0000000000
--- a/contrib/factory/simple-error-handler.factor
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-USING: compiler alien xlib ; IN: simple-error-handler
-LIBRARY: simple-error-handler
-"simple-error-handler" "simple-error-handler.so" "cdecl" add-library
-FUNCTION: void SetSimpleErrorHandler (  ) ;
-\ SetSimpleErrorHandler compile