diff --git a/collects/framework/prefs.ss b/collects/framework/prefs.ss
index 8da7065f..32bced8d 100644
--- a/collects/framework/prefs.ss
+++ b/collects/framework/prefs.ss
@@ -14,15 +14,11 @@
 					     [(windows) "mred.pre"]
 					     [else ".mred.prefs"])))
   
-  (define-struct callbacks-ht (ht))
-
   (define preferences (make-hash-table))
   (define marshall-unmarshall (make-hash-table))
-  (define callbacks (make-callbacks-ht (make-hash-table)))
+  (define callbacks (make-hash-table))
   (define defaults (make-hash-table))
   
-  (printf "hash-tables: ~s~n" (list preferences marshall-unmarshall (callbacks-ht-ht callbacks) defaults))
-
   (define-struct un/marshall (marshall unmarshall))
   (define-struct marshalled (data))
   (define-struct pref (value))
@@ -63,25 +59,22 @@
   
   (define get-callbacks
     (lambda (p)
-      (hash-table-get (callbacks-ht-ht callbacks)
+      (hash-table-get callbacks
 		      p
 		      (lambda () null))))
   
   (define add-callback
     (lambda (p callback)
-      (printf "added callback (~s) for ~s~n" callback p)
-      (hash-table-put! (callbacks-ht-ht callbacks) p (append (get-callbacks p) (list callback)))
+      (hash-table-put! callbacks p (append (get-callbacks p) (list callback)))
       (lambda ()
 	(hash-table-put!
-	 (callbacks-ht-ht callbacks)
+	 callbacks
 	 p
 	 (let loop ([callbacks (get-callbacks p)])
 	   (cond
 	    [(null? callbacks) null]
 	    [else (if (eq? (car callbacks) callback)
-		      (begin
-			(printf "removed callback (~s) for ~s~n" callback p)
-			(loop (cdr callbacks)))
+		      (loop (cdr callbacks))
 		      (cons (car callbacks) (loop (cdr callbacks))))]))))))
   
   (define check-callbacks