diff --git a/basis/editors/gvim/backend/authors.txt b/basis/editors/gvim/backend/authors.txt
deleted file mode 100755
index 7c1b2f2279..0000000000
--- a/basis/editors/gvim/backend/authors.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Doug Coleman
diff --git a/basis/editors/gvim/backend/backend.factor b/basis/editors/gvim/backend/backend.factor
deleted file mode 100644
index e2e2f0626e..0000000000
--- a/basis/editors/gvim/backend/backend.factor
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-USING: io.backend ;
-IN: editors.gvim.backend
-
-HOOK: gvim-path io-backend ( -- path )
diff --git a/basis/editors/gvim/backend/tags.txt b/basis/editors/gvim/backend/tags.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bf68304bb..0000000000
--- a/basis/editors/gvim/backend/tags.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-unportable
diff --git a/basis/editors/gvim/gvim.factor b/basis/editors/gvim/gvim.factor
index 041f3db675..4cc9de17a1 100755
--- a/basis/editors/gvim/gvim.factor
+++ b/basis/editors/gvim/gvim.factor
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 USING: io.backend io.files kernel math math.parser
 namespaces sequences system combinators
-editors.vim editors.gvim.backend vocabs.loader ;
+editors.vim vocabs.loader ;
 IN: editors.gvim
 
 SINGLETON: gvim
 
+HOOK: gvim-path io-backend ( -- path )
+
 M: gvim vim-command ( file line -- string )
     [ gvim-path , swap , "+" swap number>string append , ] { } make ;
 
diff --git a/basis/editors/gvim/unix/unix.factor b/basis/editors/gvim/unix/unix.factor
index 3b8f7454c1..82b6bf199d 100644
--- a/basis/editors/gvim/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/basis/editors/gvim/unix/unix.factor
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-USING: io.unix.backend kernel namespaces editors.gvim.backend
+USING: io.unix.backend kernel namespaces editors.gvim
 system ;
 IN: editors.gvim.unix
 
diff --git a/basis/editors/gvim/windows/windows.factor b/basis/editors/gvim/windows/windows.factor
index daf5409c94..8c4e1aaacb 100755
--- a/basis/editors/gvim/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/basis/editors/gvim/windows/windows.factor
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-USING: editors.gvim.backend io.files io.windows kernel namespaces
+USING: editors.gvim io.files io.windows kernel namespaces
 sequences windows.shell32 io.paths system ;
 IN: editors.gvim.windows