diff --git a/sys/include/auth.h b/sys/include/auth.h
index bbdc0ccbe..27aebb28f 100644
--- a/sys/include/auth.h
+++ b/sys/include/auth.h
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@ extern	int	addns(char*, char*);
 extern	int	noworld(char*);
 extern	int	amount(int, char*, int, char*);
 
-/* these two may get generalized away -rsc */
 extern	int	login(char*, char*, char*);
-extern	int	httpauth(char*, char*);
 
 typedef struct Attr Attr;
 enum {
 	AttrNameval,		/* name=val -- when matching, must have name=val */
 	AttrQuery,		/* name? -- when matching, must be present */
-	AttrDefault,		/* name:=val -- when matching, if present must match INTERNAL */
+	AttrDefault,		/* name=val -- when matching, if present must match INTERNAL */
 };
 struct Attr
 {
@@ -136,7 +134,6 @@ extern AuthRpc*		auth_allocrpc(int afd);
 extern Attr*		auth_attr(AuthRpc *rpc);
 extern void		auth_freerpc(AuthRpc *rpc);
 extern uint		auth_rpc(AuthRpc *rpc, char *verb, void *a, int n);
-extern int		auth_wep(char*, char*, ...);
 #pragma varargck argpos auth_proxy 3
 #pragma varargck argpos auth_challenge 1
 #pragma varargck argpos auth_respond 8
diff --git a/sys/src/libauth/auth_wep.c b/sys/src/libauth/auth_wep.c
deleted file mode 100644
index afde46b90..000000000
--- a/sys/src/libauth/auth_wep.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#include <u.h>
-#include <libc.h>
-#include <auth.h>
-#include "authlocal.h"
-
-/*
- *  make factotum add wep keys to an 802.11 device
- */
-int
-auth_wep(char *dev, char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	AuthRpc *rpc;
-	char *params, *p;
-	int fd;
-	va_list arg;
-	int rv;
-
-	rv = -1;
-
-	if(dev == nil){
-		werrstr("no device specified");
-		return rv;
-	}
-
-	fd = open("/mnt/factotum/rpc", ORDWR);
-	if(fd < 0)
-		return rv;
-
-	rpc = auth_allocrpc(fd);
-	if(rpc != nil){
-		quotefmtinstall();	/* just in case */
-		va_start(arg, fmt);
-		params = vsmprint(fmt, arg);
-		va_end(arg);
-		if(params != nil){
-			p = smprint("proto=wep %s", params);
-			if(p != nil){
-				if(auth_rpc(rpc, "start", p, strlen(p)) == ARok
-				&& auth_rpc(rpc, "write", dev, strlen(dev)) == ARok)
-					rv = 0;
-				free(p);
-			}
-			free(params);
-		}
-		auth_freerpc(rpc);
-	}
-	close(fd);
-		
-	return rv;
-}
diff --git a/sys/src/libauth/mkfile b/sys/src/libauth/mkfile
index a78b23aa7..2030db8f1 100644
--- a/sys/src/libauth/mkfile
+++ b/sys/src/libauth/mkfile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ OFILES=\
 	auth_respond.$O\
 	auth_rpc.$O\
 	auth_userpasswd.$O\
-	auth_wep.$O\
 	login.$O\
 	newns.$O\
 	noworld.$O\