diff --git a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/combinators/lengths.rkt b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/combinators/lengths.rkt
index b8d13d71..2f1d000a 100644
--- a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/combinators/lengths.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/combinators/lengths.rkt
@@ -6,47 +6,30 @@
 
 (require
   "../structures.rkt"
+  "../terminal.rkt"
   "simple.rkt"
   racket/match
+  (except-in racket/contract recursive-contract)
   (for-template racket/base))
 
 (provide
-  list-length/sc
-  vector-length/sc
-  empty-list/sc
-  empty-vector/sc)
+  (contract-out
+    [rename list-length/sc* list-length/sc (natural-number/c . -> . static-contract?)]
+    [vector-length/sc (natural-number/c . -> . static-contract?)]
+    [empty-list/sc static-contract?]
+    [empty-vector/sc static-contract?]))
 
+(define-terminal-sc list-length/sc (n) #:flat
+   #`(λ (l) (and (list? l) (= #,n (length l)))))
 
-(define (length-contract-write-proc v port mode)
-  (match-define (length-contract name length stx) v)
-  (define-values (open close)
-    (if (equal? mode 0)
-        (values "(" ")")
-        (values "#<" ">")))
-  (display open port)
-  (fprintf port "~a/sc" name)
-  (display " " port)
-  (write length port)
-  (display close port))
+(define-terminal-sc vector-length/sc (n) #:flat
+   #`(λ (l) (and (vector? l) (= #,n (vector-length l)))))
 
-
-(struct length-contract static-contract (name length syntax)
-        #:methods gen:sc
-         [(define (sc-map v f) v)
-          (define (sc->contract v f) (length-contract-syntax v))
-          (define (sc->constraints v f) 'flat)]
-        #:methods gen:terminal-sc
-         [(define (terminal-sc-kind v) 'flat)]
-        #:methods gen:custom-write [(define write-proc length-contract-write-proc)])
-
-(define (list-length/sc n)
-  (if (equal? 0 n)
+(define (list-length/sc* n)
+  (if (zero? n)
       empty-list/sc
-      (length-contract 'length n
-                       #`(λ (l) (and (list? l) (= #,n (length l)))))))
-(define empty-list/sc (flat/sc #'null?))
+      empty-vector/sc))
 
-(define (vector-length/sc n)
-  (length-contract 'vector-length n
-                   #`(λ (l) (and (vector? l) (= #,n (vector-length l))))))
+
+(define empty-list/sc (flat/sc #'null?))
 (define empty-vector/sc (vector-length/sc 0))
diff --git a/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/terminal.rkt b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/terminal.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..386528e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/typed-racket-pkgs/typed-racket-lib/typed-racket/static-contracts/terminal.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#lang racket/base
+
+;; Utilities for defining static contracts that have internal structure but have no sub static
+;; contracts. Example: (length/sc 1).
+
+(require
+  "structures.rkt"
+  "constraints.rkt"
+   racket/match
+  (for-syntax
+    racket/base
+    syntax/parse))
+
+(provide
+  define-terminal-sc)
+
+(begin-for-syntax
+  (define-syntax-class kind-keyword
+    [pattern #:flat #:with sym 'flat]
+    [pattern #:chaperone #:with sym 'chaperone]
+    [pattern #:impersonator #:with sym 'impersonator]))
+
+
+(define-syntax (define-terminal-sc stx)
+  (syntax-parse stx
+    [(_ name:id (args:id ...) kind:kind-keyword body:expr)
+     #'(struct name static-contract (args ...)
+         #:transparent
+         #:methods gen:sc
+          [(define (sc-map v f) v)
+           (define (sc->contract v unused-f)
+             (match-define (name args ...) v)
+             body)
+           (define (sc->constraints v f) (simple-contract-restrict 'kind.sym))]
+         #:methods gen:terminal-sc
+           [(define (terminal-sc-kind v) 'kind.sym)])]))