diff --git a/racket/src/expander/compile/linklet.rkt b/racket/src/expander/compile/linklet.rkt
index 51c5ed46ec..bc27097d83 100644
--- a/racket/src/expander/compile/linklet.rkt
+++ b/racket/src/expander/compile/linklet.rkt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require racket/fasl
-         "../common/contract.rkt"
+(require "../common/contract.rkt"
          "../host/linklet.rkt"
          "write-linklet.rkt")
 
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/src/startup.inc b/racket/src/racket/src/startup.inc
index 4cea2a023d..32ad2f42cb 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/src/startup.inc
+++ b/racket/src/racket/src/startup.inc
@@ -26644,11 +26644,6 @@ static const char *startup_source =
 "(make-struct-field-accessor -ref_0 10 'post-compiled-in-memorys)"
 "(make-struct-field-accessor -ref_0 11 'namespace-scopes)"
 "(make-struct-field-accessor -ref_0 12 'purely-functional?))))"
-"(define-values(fasl-small-integer-start) 100)"
-"(define-values(fasl-lowest-small-integer) -10)"
-"(define-values(fasl-highest-small-integer)(- 255(- fasl-small-integer-start fasl-lowest-small-integer) 1))"
-" (define-values (fasl-prefix) #\"racket/fasl:\")"
-"(define-values(fasl-prefix-length)(bytes-length fasl-prefix))"
 "(define-values(version-bytes$1)(string->bytes/utf-8(version)))"
 "(define-values(vm-bytes$1)(1/linklet-virtual-machine-bytes))"
 "(define-values"