diff --git a/bin/netfileget b/bin/netfileget
deleted file mode 100755
index c621482..0000000
--- a/bin/netfileget
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/local/plan9/bin/rc
-
-f=getfile
-if(~ $1 -d){
-	f=getdir
-	shift
-}
-
-if(! ~ $#* 2){
-	echo 'usage: netget [-d] system path' >[1=2]
-	exit usage
-}
-
-ns=`{namespace}
-if(u test -S $ns/$1)
-	f=$f^9p
-
-t=/tmp/netget.$pid.$USER
-fn sigexit { rm -f $t }
-
-fn getfile {
-	rm -f $t
-	if(! echo get $2 $t | sftp -b - $1 >/dev/null)
-		exit 1
-	cat $t
-}
-
-fn getfile9p {
-	if(! 9p read $1/$2)
-		exit 1
-}
-
-fn getdir {
-	if(! {echo cd $2; echo ls -l} | sftp -b - $1 | sed '1,2d; s/sftp> //g; /^$/d' >$t)
-		exit 1
-	cat $t | awk '$NF == "." || $NF == ".." { next } {s = $NF; if($0 ~ /^d/) s = s "/"; print s}'
-}
-
-fn getdir9p {
-	9p ls -l $1/$2 | awk '{s=$NF; if($0 ~ /^d/) s=s"/"; print s}'
-}
-
-$f $1 $2
-exit 0
-
diff --git a/bin/netfileput b/bin/netfileput
deleted file mode 100755
index baa3eb1..0000000
--- a/bin/netfileput
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/local/plan9/bin/rc
-
-if(! ~ $#* 2){
-	echo 'usage: netput system path' >[1=2]
-	exit usage
-}
-
-f=putfile
-ns=`{namespace}
-if(u test -S $ns/$1)
-	f=$f^9p
-
-t=/tmp/netget.$pid.$USER
-fn sigexit { rm -f $t }
-
-fn putfile{
-	cat >$t
-	if(! echo put $t $2 | sftp -b - $1 >/dev/null)
-		exit 1
-}
-fn putfile9p{
-	if(! 9p write $1/$2)
-		exit 1
-}
-
-$f $1 $2
-exit 0
diff --git a/bin/netfilestat b/bin/netfilestat
deleted file mode 100755
index 1d687e5..0000000
--- a/bin/netfilestat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/local/plan9/bin/rc
-
-if(! ~ $#* 2){
-	echo usage: netisdir system path >[1=2]
-	exit usage
-}
-
-f=dostat
-ns=`{namespace}
-if(u test -S $ns/$1)
-	f=$f^9p
-
-t=/tmp/netisdir.$pid.$USER
-fn sigexit { rm -f $t }
-
-fn dostat {
-	{
-		echo !echo XXX connected
-		echo cd $2
-		echo !echo XXX directory exists
-	}  | sftp -b - $1 >$t >[2=1]
-	if(9 grep -s XXX.directory.exists $t){
-		echo directory
-		exit 0
-	}
-	if(9 grep -s 'is not a directory' $t){
-		echo file
-		exit 0
-	}
-	cat $t | sed 's/sftp> //g; /^$/d; /XXX/d; /^cd /d' >[1=2]
-	if(! 9 grep -s XXX.connected $t){
-		echo connect failed
-		exit 0
-	}
-	echo nonexistent
-	exit 0
-}
-
-fn dostat9p {
-	if(! 9p ls -ld $1/$2 >$t >[2]/dev/null){
-		echo nonexistent
-		exit 0
-	}
-	if(9 grep -s '^d' $t){
-		echo directory
-		exit 0
-	}
-	echo file
-	exit 0
-}
-
-$f $1 $2