diff --git a/xo-stringtable2/src/stringtable2/stringtable2_register_facets.cpp b/xo-stringtable2/src/stringtable2/stringtable2_register_facets.cpp
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index b2d59cef..00000000
--- a/xo-stringtable2/src/stringtable2/stringtable2_register_facets.cpp
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@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/** @file stringtable2_register_facets.cpp
- *
- *  @author Roland Conybeare, Mar 2026
- **/
-
-#ifdef NOPE
-#include "stringtable2_register_facets.hpp"
-
-#include <xo/stringtable2/UniqueString.hpp>
-#include <xo/stringtable2/String.hpp>
-
-#include <xo/facet/FacetRegistry.hpp>
-#include <xo/indentlog/scope.hpp>
-
-namespace xo {
-    using xo::print::APrintable;
-    using xo::mm::AGCObject;
-    using xo::scm::DString;
-    using xo::facet::FacetRegistry;
-    using xo::facet::typeseq;
-
-    namespace scm {
-        bool
-        stringtable2_register_facets()
-        {
-            scope log(XO_DEBUG(true));
-
-            FacetRegistry::register_impl<AGCObject, DUniqueString>();
-            FacetRegistry::register_impl<APrintable, DUniqueString>();
-
-            FacetRegistry::register_impl<AGCObject, DString>();
-            FacetRegistry::register_impl<APrintable, DString>();
-
-            log && log(xtag("DString.tseq", typeseq::id<DString>()));
-
-            return true;
-        }
-    } /*namespace scm*/
-} /*namespace xo*/
-#endif
-
-/* end stringtable2_register_facets.cpp */
diff --git a/xo-stringtable2/src/stringtable2/stringtable2_register_types.cpp b/xo-stringtable2/src/stringtable2/stringtable2_register_types.cpp
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index 6eb9502d..00000000
--- a/xo-stringtable2/src/stringtable2/stringtable2_register_types.cpp
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-/** @file stringtable2_register_types.cpp
- *
- *  @author Roland Conybeare, Mar 2026
- **/
-
-#include "stringtable2_register_types.hpp"
-#include "UniqueString.hpp"
-#include "String.hpp"
-
-//#include <xo/facet/FacetRegistry.hpp>
-#include <xo/indentlog/scope.hpp>
-
-namespace xo {
-    using xo::mm::ACollector;
-    using xo::mm::AGCObject;
-    using xo::facet::impl_for;
-    using xo::scope;
-
-    namespace scm {
-    }
-} /*namespace xo*/
-
-/* end stringtable2_register_types.cpp */