diff --git a/extra/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor b/extra/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor
index fc28cff7fa..5cb168b1fd 100755
--- a/extra/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor
+++ b/extra/help/cookbook/cookbook.factor
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ ARTICLE: "cookbook-io" "I/O cookbook"
 }
 "Print the lines of a file in sorted order:"
 { $code
-    "\"lines.txt\" <file-reader> lines natural-sort [ print ] each"
+    "\"lines.txt\" file-lines natural-sort [ print ] each"
 }
 "Read 1024 bytes from a file:"
 { $code
diff --git a/extra/porter-stemmer/porter-stemmer-tests.factor b/extra/porter-stemmer/porter-stemmer-tests.factor
index 20050cc5e7..d3e031fdc6 100644
--- a/extra/porter-stemmer/porter-stemmer-tests.factor
+++ b/extra/porter-stemmer/porter-stemmer-tests.factor
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ io.files ;
 [ "hell" ] [ "hell" step5 "" like ] unit-test
 [ "mate" ] [ "mate" step5 "" like ] unit-test
 
-: resource-lines resource-path <file-reader> lines ;
+: resource-lines resource-path file-lines ;
 
 [ { } ] [
     "extra/porter-stemmer/test/voc.txt" resource-lines
diff --git a/extra/project-euler/067/067.factor b/extra/project-euler/067/067.factor
index a675a5635e..40dee3c51a 100644
--- a/extra/project-euler/067/067.factor
+++ b/extra/project-euler/067/067.factor
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ IN: project-euler.067
 
 : pyramid ( -- seq )
     "resource:extra/project-euler/067/triangle.txt" ?resource-path
-    <file-reader> lines [ " " split [ string>number ] map ] map ;
+    file-lines [ " " split [ string>number ] map ] map ;
 
 PRIVATE>
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ PRIVATE>
     ] "" make ;
 
 : source-067a ( -- triangle )
-    (source-067a) <file-reader> lines [ " " split [ string>number ] map ] map ;
+    (source-067a) file-lines [ " " split [ string>number ] map ] map ;
 
 PRIVATE>