diff --git a/collects/scribble/defreader.ss b/collects/scribble/defreader.ss
deleted file mode 100644
index fcc47bf393..0000000000
--- a/collects/scribble/defreader.ss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-
-(module defreader mzscheme
-  (require (prefix scribble: "reader.ss")
-           mzlib/kw)
-
-  (provide (rename *read read)
-           (rename *read-syntax read-syntax))
-
-  (define/kw (*read #:optional [inp (current-input-port)])
-    (wrap inp (scribble:read-inside inp)))
-
-  (define/kw (*read-syntax #:optional src [port (current-input-port)])
-    (wrap port (scribble:read-syntax-inside src port)))
-
-  (define (wrap port body)
-    (let* ([p-name (object-name port)]
-	   [name (if (path? p-name)
-		     (let-values ([(base name dir?) (split-path p-name)])
-		       (string->symbol (path->string (path-replace-suffix name #""))))
-		     'page)]
-           [id 'doc])
-      `(module ,name (lib "lang.ss" "big")
-         . ,body))))
-