diff --git a/vm/factor.cpp b/vm/factor.cpp
index f78999dc82..9abc378eb3 100644
--- a/vm/factor.cpp
+++ b/vm/factor.cpp
@@ -95,9 +95,29 @@ void factor_vm::init_parameters_from_args(vm_parameters* p, int argc,
 void factor_vm::prepare_boot_image() {
   std::cout << "*** Stage 2 early init... " << std::flush;
 
-  compile_all_words();
+  // Compile all words.
+  data_root<array> words(instances(WORD_TYPE), this);
+
+  cell n_words = array_capacity(words.untagged());
+  for (cell i = 0; i < n_words; i++) {
+    data_root<word> word(array_nth(words.untagged(), i), this);
+
+    FACTOR_ASSERT(!word->entry_point);
+    jit_compile_word(word.value(), word->def, false);
+  }
   update_code_heap_words(true);
-  initialize_all_quotations();
+
+  // Initialize all quotations
+  data_root<array> quotations(instances(QUOTATION_TYPE), this);
+
+  cell n_quots = array_capacity(quotations.untagged());
+  for (cell i = 0; i < n_quots; i++) {
+    data_root<quotation> quot(array_nth(quotations.untagged(), i), this);
+
+    if (!quot->entry_point)
+      quot->entry_point = lazy_jit_compile_entry_point();
+  }
+
   special_objects[OBJ_STAGE2] = true_object;
 
   std::cout << "done" << std::endl;
diff --git a/vm/quotations.cpp b/vm/quotations.cpp
index a8ff4b746a..d5b87308f0 100644
--- a/vm/quotations.cpp
+++ b/vm/quotations.cpp
@@ -364,17 +364,4 @@ void factor_vm::primitive_quotation_compiled_p() {
   ctx->push(tag_boolean(quotation_compiled_p(quot)));
 }
 
-/* Allocates memory */
-void factor_vm::initialize_all_quotations() {
-  cell all_quots = instances(QUOTATION_TYPE);
-  data_root<array> quotations(all_quots, this);
-
-  cell length = array_capacity(quotations.untagged());
-  for (cell i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-    data_root<quotation> quot(array_nth(quotations.untagged(), i), this);
-    if (!quot->entry_point)
-      quot.untagged()->entry_point = lazy_jit_compile_entry_point();
-  }
-}
-
 }
diff --git a/vm/vm.hpp b/vm/vm.hpp
index d316fa7c26..505132ca75 100644
--- a/vm/vm.hpp
+++ b/vm/vm.hpp
@@ -461,8 +461,6 @@ struct factor_vm {
   void primitive_word_optimized_p();
   void primitive_wrapper();
   void jit_compile_word(cell word_, cell def_, bool relocating);
-  cell find_all_words();
-  void compile_all_words();
 
   // math
   void primitive_bignum_to_fixnum();
@@ -683,7 +681,6 @@ struct factor_vm {
   cell lazy_jit_compile(cell quot);
   bool quotation_compiled_p(quotation* quot);
   void primitive_quotation_compiled_p();
-  void initialize_all_quotations();
 
   // dispatch
   cell search_lookup_alist(cell table, cell klass);
diff --git a/vm/words.cpp b/vm/words.cpp
index 9ea29007e5..f7c8199de1 100644
--- a/vm/words.cpp
+++ b/vm/words.cpp
@@ -24,22 +24,6 @@ void factor_vm::jit_compile_word(cell word_, cell def_, bool relocating) {
     jit_compile_quotation(word->pic_tail_def, relocating);
 }
 
-/* Allocates memory */
-cell factor_vm::find_all_words() { return instances(WORD_TYPE); }
-
-/* Allocates memory */
-void factor_vm::compile_all_words() {
-  data_root<array> words(find_all_words(), this);
-
-  cell length = array_capacity(words.untagged());
-  for (cell i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-    data_root<word> word(array_nth(words.untagged(), i), this);
-
-    if (!word->entry_point || !word->code()->optimized_p())
-      jit_compile_word(word.value(), word->def, false);
-  }
-}
-
 /* Allocates memory */
 word* factor_vm::allot_word(cell name_, cell vocab_, cell hashcode_) {
   data_root<object> vocab(vocab_, this);