diff --git a/core/compiler/errors/errors-docs.factor b/core/compiler/errors/errors-docs.factor
index d86587662b..cb896dbf53 100644
--- a/core/compiler/errors/errors-docs.factor
+++ b/core/compiler/errors/errors-docs.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 IN: compiler.errors
 USING: help.markup help.syntax vocabs.loader words io
-quotations compiler.errors.private ;
+quotations ;
 
 ARTICLE: "compiler-errors" "Compiler warnings and errors"
 "The compiler saves various notifications in a global variable:"
diff --git a/core/compiler/errors/errors.factor b/core/compiler/errors/errors.factor
index 7a28c1fb99..c2452f719d 100644
--- a/core/compiler/errors/errors.factor
+++ b/core/compiler/errors/errors.factor
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ M: object compiler-error-type drop +error+ ;
 
 GENERIC# compiler-error. 1 ( error word -- )
 
-<PRIVATE
-
 SYMBOL: compiler-errors
 
 SYMBOL: with-compiler-errors?
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ SYMBOL: with-compiler-errors?
     "semantic warnings" +warning+ "warnings" (compiler-report)
     "linkage errors" +linkage+ "linkage" (compiler-report) ;
 
-PRIVATE>
-
 : :errors ( -- ) +error+ compiler-errors. ;
 
 : :warnings ( -- ) +warning+ compiler-errors. ;