diff --git a/init.org b/init.org
index e04d8ac..353f111 100644
--- a/init.org
+++ b/init.org
@@ -1829,43 +1829,8 @@ What if...
   :after chronometrist
   :load-path "~/.emacs.d/contrapunctus/chronometrist/elisp/")
 #+END_SRC
+
 *** count-expressions
-*** tangling
-Wrote these two as potential alternatives to `org-babel-tangle', which was far slower than I'd like (took around 20s for chronometrist.org when I checked during the migration process, and 43s after the migration was complete.) These, on the other hand, are almost instant, but I don't use them anywhere because I run a sed script as a file local variable.
-#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-(defun chronometrist-tangle ()
-  (goto-char (point-min))
-  (cl-loop with source
-    while (not (eobp))
-    when (looking-at-p (rx (and line-start (zero-or-more blank) line-end)))
-    concat (progn
-             (forward-line 1)
-             (buffer-substring-no-properties
-              (point)
-              (cl-loop while (not (eobp))
-                if (looking-at-p (rx (and line-start
-                                          (zero-or-more blank)
-                                          line-end)))
-                do (cl-return (point))
-                else do (forward-line 1)))) into source
-    do (forward-line 1)
-    finally do
-    (with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "chronometrist.el")
-      (delete-region (point-min) (point-max))
-      (insert source)
-      (save-buffer))))
-
-(defun chronometrist-tangle-sed ()
-  (let* ((file-path (buffer-file-name
-                     (current-buffer)))
-         (base      (file-name-base file-path)))
-    (when (equal "chronometrist.org" (file-name-nondirectory file-path))
-      (start-process-shell-command
-       "sed-tangle"
-       (generate-new-buffer-name "sed-tangle")
-       (format "sed -n '/#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp$/,/#+END_SRC$/{//!p;}' ~s.org > ~s.el" base base)))))
-
-#+END_SRC
 *** querying data
 An example of querying the Chronometrist file data - finding out how much time I've spent on tasks matching a certain criteria.
 
@@ -2948,6 +2913,7 @@ With PREFIX argument and omitted CMD, prompt for command."
   ("E" toggle-debug-on-error "tdoe")
   ("Q" toggle-debug-on-quit "tdoq"))
 #+END_SRC
+
 ** applications
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (defhydra my-app-hydra (:color blue)