diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/samterm/plan9.c b/sys/src/cmd/samterm/plan9.c
index ab0b8114d..0022d4b28 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/samterm/plan9.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/samterm/plan9.c
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ int
 plumbformat(int i)
 {
 	Plumbmsg *m;
-	char *addr, *data, *act, *s;
-	int n, replaced;
+	char *addr, *data, *act;
+	int n;
 
 	data = (char*)plumbbuf[i].data;
 	m = plumbunpack(data, plumbbuf[i].n);
@@ -197,36 +197,6 @@ plumbformat(int i)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	act = plumblookup(m->attr, "action");
-
-	if(act != nil && strcmp(act, "showdata") == 0){
-		addr = plumblookup(m->attr, "filename");
-		n = sprint(data, "B \n");
-		if(addr != nil)
-			n += sprint(data+n, "f %s\n", addr);
-		n += sprint(data+n, "c\n");
-		s = memmove(data+n, m->data, m->ndata);
-		s--;
-		n += m->ndata;
-		if(data[n-1] != '\n')
-			data[n++] = '\n';
-		data[n] = 0;
-		replaced = 0;
-		for(;;){
-			s = strstr(s, "\n.\n");
-			if(s == nil)
-				break;
-			s[1] = '';
-			s += 2;
-			replaced = 1;
-		}
-		n += sprint(data+n, ".\n");
-		if(replaced)
-			n += sprint(data+n, ",s/^$/./g\n");
-		plumbbuf[i].n = n;
-		plumbfree(m);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	if(act!=nil && strcmp(act, "showfile")!=0){
 		/* can't handle other cases yet */
 		plumbfree(m);