diff --git a/extra/benchmark/benchmark.factor b/extra/benchmark/benchmark.factor
index 7eb5f10276..26f1a9e96d 100755
--- a/extra/benchmark/benchmark.factor
+++ b/extra/benchmark/benchmark.factor
@@ -2,27 +2,27 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: kernel vocabs vocabs.loader tools.time tools.vocabs
 arrays assocs io.styles io help.markup prettyprint sequences
-continuations debugger ;
+continuations debugger combinators.cleave ;
 IN: benchmark
 
 : run-benchmark ( vocab -- result )
-  [ dup require [ run ] benchmark ] [ error. drop f f ] recover 2array ;
+  [ [ require ] [ [ run ] benchmark nip ] bi ] curry
+  [ error. f ] recover ;
 
 : run-benchmarks ( -- assoc )
-  "benchmark" all-child-vocabs values concat [ vocab-name ] map
+  "benchmark" all-child-vocabs-seq
   [ dup run-benchmark ] { } map>assoc ;
 
 : benchmarks. ( assoc -- )
     standard-table-style [
         [
             [ "Benchmark" write ] with-cell
-            [ "Run time (ms)" write ] with-cell
-            [ "GC time (ms)" write ] with-cell
+            [ "Time (ms)" write ] with-cell
         ] with-row
         [
             [
-                swap [ dup ($vocab-link) ] with-cell
-                first2 pprint-cell pprint-cell
+                [ [ 1array $vocab-link ] with-cell ]
+                [ pprint-cell ] bi*
             ] with-row
         ] assoc-each
     ] tabular-output ;
diff --git a/extra/editors/editors.factor b/extra/editors/editors.factor
index bb3fd05400..4ee906bccb 100755
--- a/extra/editors/editors.factor
+++ b/extra/editors/editors.factor
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ M: no-edit-hook summary
 SYMBOL: edit-hook
 
 : available-editors ( -- seq )
-    "editors" all-child-vocabs
-    values concat [ vocab-name ] map ;
+    "editors" all-child-vocabs-seq [ vocab-name ] map ;
 
 : editor-restarts ( -- alist )
     available-editors
diff --git a/extra/tools/vocabs/vocabs.factor b/extra/tools/vocabs/vocabs.factor
index ba6baa543f..21b8da8910 100755
--- a/extra/tools/vocabs/vocabs.factor
+++ b/extra/tools/vocabs/vocabs.factor
@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ MEMO: all-vocabs-seq ( -- seq )
     ] { } map>assoc
     f rot unrooted-child-vocabs 2array add ;
 
-: load-children ( prefix -- )
-    all-child-vocabs values concat
-    filter-dangerous
-    require-all
-    load-failures. ;
+: all-child-vocabs-seq ( prefix -- assoc )
+    vocab-roots get swap [
+        dupd (all-child-vocabs)
+        [ vocab-dir? ] with subset
+    ] curry map concat ;
 
 : map>set ( seq quot -- )
     map concat prune natural-sort ; inline