diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-docs.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-docs.factor
index 8df68718c5..9cbf1e2f1b 100755
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-docs.factor
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ ARTICLE: "ui-track-layout" "Track layouts"
 "Adding children:"
 { $subsection track-add }
 "Creating new tracks using a combinator:"
-{ $subsection make-track }
 { $subsection track, } ;
 
 HELP: track
@@ -20,18 +19,12 @@ HELP: <track>
 { $values { "orientation" "an orientation specifier" } { "track" "a new " { $link track } } }
 { $description "Creates a new track which lays out children along the given axis. Children are laid out vertically if the orientation is " { $snippet "{ 0 1 }" } " and horizontally if the orientation is " { $snippet "{ 1 0 }" } "." } ; 
 
-{ <track> make-track } related-words
-
 HELP: track-add
 { $values { "gadget" gadget } { "track" track } { "constraint" "a number between 0 and 1, or " { $link f } } }
 { $description "Adds a new child to a track. If the constraint is " { $link f } ", the child always occupies its preferred size. Otherwise, the constrant is a fraction of the total size which is allocated for the child." } ;
 
 HELP: track,
 { $values { "gadget" gadget } { "constraint" "a number between 0 and 1, or " { $link f } } }
-{ $description "Adds a new child to a track. If the constraint is " { $link f } ", the child always occupies its preferred size. Otherwise, the constrant is a fraction of the total size which is allocated for the child. This word can only be called inside the quotation passed to " { $link make-track } "." } ;
-
-HELP: make-track
-{ $values { "quot" quotation } { "orientation" "an orientation specifier" } { "track" track } }
-{ $description "Creates a new track. The quotation can add children by calling the " { $link track, } " word." } ;
+{ $description "Adds a new child to a track. If the constraint is " { $link f } ", the child always occupies its preferred size. Otherwise, the constrant is a fraction of the total size which is allocated for the child." } ;
 
 ABOUT: "ui-track-layout"
diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-tests.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-tests.factor
index d3264b2470..210a7c5771 100644
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks-tests.factor
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-USING: kernel ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.tracks tools.test math.geometry.rect ;
+USING: kernel ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.tracks tools.test
+       math.geometry.rect accessors ;
 IN: ui.gadgets.tracks.tests
 
 [ { 100 100 } ] [
-    [
-        <gadget> { 100 100 } over set-rect-dim 1 track,
-    ] { 0 1 } make-track pref-dim
+  { 0 1 } <track>
+    <gadget> { 100 100 } >>dim 1 track-add*
+  pref-dim
 ] unit-test
 
 [ { 100 110 } ] [
-    [
-        <gadget> { 10 10 } over set-rect-dim f track,
-        <gadget> { 100 100 } over set-rect-dim 1 track,
-    ] { 0 1 } make-track pref-dim
+  { 0 1 } <track>
+    <gadget> { 10 10 }   >>dim f track-add*
+    <gadget> { 100 100 } >>dim 1 track-add*
+  pref-dim
 ] unit-test
diff --git a/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks.factor b/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks.factor
index 7a8ee65a8b..7af33e0255 100644
--- a/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks.factor
+++ b/extra/ui/gadgets/tracks/tracks.factor
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ M: track pref-dim*
 : track, ( gadget constraint -- )
     gadget get swap track-add ;
 
-: make-track ( quot orientation -- track )
-    <track> swap make-gadget ; inline
-
 : track-remove ( gadget track -- )
     over [
         [ gadget-children index ] 2keep