diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/new-web/lang/reader.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/new-web/lang/reader.rkt
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-#lang s-exp syntax/module-reader
-meta/web/common/main
-
-;; Similar to `#lang scribble/html', but with a plain scribble reader
-;; (not the inside one).
-
-#:read        scribble:read
-#:read-syntax scribble:read-syntax
-#:info        (web-reader-info)
-
-(require (prefix-in scribble: scribble/reader))
-
-(define (web-reader-info)
-  (lambda (key defval default)
-    (case key
-      [(color-lexer)
-       (dynamic-require 'syntax-color/scribble-lexer 'scribble-lexer)]
-      [else (default key defval)])))