diff --git a/make-db/.gitignore b/make-db/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 29bb07d..0000000
--- a/make-db/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-make-db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make-db/Makefile b/make-db/Makefile
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index 08361f3..0000000
--- a/make-db/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-CFLAGS= \
-	-std=c99 \
-	-Wall \
-	-O3 \
-	-Wextra
-LIBS=ncurses sqlite3
-CFLAGS+=$(shell pkg-config --cflags $(LIBS))
-LDFLAGS+=$(shell pkg-config --libs $(LIBS))
-
-SOURCES=$(wildcard *.c)
-EXECUTABLES=$(patsubst %.c,%,$(SOURCES))
-
-all: $(EXECUTABLES)
diff --git a/make-db/default.nix b/make-db/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index cffb8a6..0000000
--- a/make-db/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, sqlite
-, ncurses
-, pkg-config
-, progressbar
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "make-db";
-  version = "0.0.0";
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    sqlite
-    ncurses
-    pkg-config
-    progressbar.dev
-  ];
-}
diff --git a/make-db/make-db.c b/make-db/make-db.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e1a8f0c..0000000
--- a/make-db/make-db.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sqlite3.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-const char *word_db_path = "../words.db";
-const char *word_plaintext_path = "../words.gz";
-
-char buf[2048] = "";
-
-char *word = buf;
-
-char *read_entry () {
-  const char *s = fgets (buf, 2048, stdin);
-  if (s == NULL) {
-    return NULL;
-  } else {
-    char *r = strchr (buf, '\t');
-    if (r != NULL) {
-      *r = '\0';
-      return r + 1;
-    } else {
-      return NULL;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-int main () {
-  if (access (word_db_path, F_OK)) {
-    remove (word_db_path);
-  }
-
-  sqlite3 *db = NULL;
-  if (! sqlite3_open (word_db_path, &db) == SQLITE_OK) {
-    fprintf (stderr, "couldn't open sqlite: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg (db));
-  } else {
-    fprintf (stderr, "sqlite open }:3\n");
-    char *s = read_entry ();
-    if (s == NULL) {
-      printf ("%s: %s\n", word, s);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/make-db/progressbar.nix b/make-db/progressbar.nix
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index bc512c0..0000000
--- a/make-db/progressbar.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, ncurses
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {}