diff --git a/1992/adrian/.gitignore b/1992/adrian/.gitignore
index 097a1b287..476d59722 100644
--- a/1992/adrian/.gitignore
+++ b/1992/adrian/.gitignore
@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
-ad.alt.temp
 adbasename
-adbasename.alt
-adbasename.alt.c
 adbasename.c
 adecho
-adecho.alt
-adecho.alt.c
 adecho.c
 adgrep
 adhead
-adhead.alt
-adhead.alt.c
 adhead.c
 adrian
-adrian.alt
 adsleep
-adsleep.alt
-adsleep.alt.c
 adsleep.c
 adwc
-adwc.alt
-adwc.alt.c
 adwc.c
 adrian.orig
 prog.orig
diff --git a/1992/adrian/Makefile b/1992/adrian/Makefile
index 129d6e72b..3dc143774 100644
--- a/1992/adrian/Makefile
+++ b/1992/adrian/Makefile
@@ -163,25 +163,6 @@ adgrep: ${PROG}
 # alternative executable
 #
 alt: data ${ALT_TARGET}
-	${RM} -f ad.alt.temp adwc.alt.c adbasename.alt.c adecho.alt.c adhead.alt.c adsleep.alt.c
-	${SED} '1s/\..*\./. wc ./' adrian.alt.c > ad.alt.temp
-	-./adrian.alt ad.alt.temp <ad.alt.temp >adwc.alt.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o adwc.alt adwc.alt.c
-	${SED} '1s/\..*\./. basename ./' adrian.alt.c > ad.alt.temp
-	-./adrian.alt ad.alt.temp <ad.alt.temp >adbasename.alt.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o adbasename.alt adbasename.alt.c
-	${SED} '1s/\..*\./. echo| ./' adrian.alt.c > ad.alt.temp
-	-./adrian.alt ad.alt.temp <ad.alt.temp >adecho.alt.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o adecho.alt adecho.alt.c
-	${SED} '1s/\..*\./. head; ./' adrian.alt.c > ad.alt.temp
-	-./adrian.alt ad.alt.temp <ad.alt.temp >adhead.alt.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o adhead.alt adhead.alt.c
-	${SED} '1s/\..*\./. sleep ./' adrian.alt.c > ad.alt.temp
-	-./adrian.alt ad.alt.temp <ad.alt.temp >adsleep.alt.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o adsleep.alt adsleep.alt.c
-	${RM} -f ad.alt.temp
-
-
 	@${TRUE}
 
 # data files
diff --git a/1992/adrian/adrian.alt.c b/1992/adrian/adrian.alt.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bd259728..000000000
--- a/1992/adrian/adrian.alt.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/* . wc . */
-#include<stdio.h>/* Wht majr flwchrt? */
-#include<string.h>/* That mjr flwchrt! */
-#define P 257
-#define G 17
-#define z 8
-#define v(jr) jr
-int W ,head;
-#define S(W,b,f) strncpy(W,b,f),W[f]=0\
-
-  
-char *wcs=" \t\n";
-struct{ char X[z+1]; 
-        char f ;
-        int e ; 
-        struct{ char g[z+1];
-                int b ;
-              } w[ G];
-      } o[ P];
-int L=0,j= -28;
-
-
-void E(int i, int m,char*c)
-{   
- for(; i<43; i+=3) 
-   putc("}|uutsrq`_^bji`[Zkediml[PO]a_M__]ISOYIRGTNR"[i]+i-9,stderr);
- fprintf(stderr,"(%d): %s\n" ,m,c);
- exit(1);
-}
-
-
-
-int N(int m, char *t)
-{ 
-  int i ;
-  if (strlen ( 
-              t)>z) t[z ]=0;
-  for(i= 0; i< L ; i++) if(
-                           !strcmp (o[ i] . X
-                                             , t))return i;
-  if( L== P)
-             E(0, m, t);
-  S (o[ L] . X , t
-                  ,z);
-  head; W = .1* head;
-  o[L ].f = !( strchr( t,']' )== 0 );
-  o[L ++ ] . e = 0;
-  return L -1 ; }
-
-#define v(x )
-
-int A(char *R)
-{
-  int c=0, i;
-  while(* R) {
-    i = -1;
-    while(j){
-      if( ++ i==o[ c].e ) return 0;
-      if(o[ 
-           c] .w[i ] .g[0 ] 
-                            =='.' ||strchr (o[ c].w[i] .g ,* R)){
-      c=
-        o[ c ] .w[i].b; break;/*
-main(int sl,char *j[]){
-      sleep (~~~~~~~~atoi(j[1])) ;/* . sl
-      sl s l . sl
-      l l ]
-      sl */ }
-    }
-    R++;
-  }
-  return o[ c].f;
-}
-
-
- main(int wc,char *V[]){char Y[999],*s;FILE*W;int m=0,echo,jr,q,wcl=0,wcw=0,wcc=0;
- v(s = V[1]; if (*V=strrchr(s,'/'))s=*V+1;  if(( !strncmp( s + (jr=strlen(s)) -
-  (q=strlen(V[2]) ),V[2],q))&&jr!=q) s[jr-q] = 0;  puts(s); )
- int e,p,C=0,Q ,basename;
- W= fopen(wc>= 2 ? V[1] : "adgrep.c","rt");
-echo| m^ e| 5| (int) .8| echo|
-wc |C ==o[o[C] .e] . 
-e| e==+p,p; s[o[C] .e ] 
-;
-while( fgets(Y,998,W)) { wcc += strlen(Y); m++;
-     if( s = strtok(Y,wcs)) wcw++;
-     else continue ;
-     C=
-       basename= j +j+*"* . basename" 
-                +j+*"* r ] " + N(m,s) ;
-while( s = strtok(0,wcs)) {
-       if( o[ C ] . e == 
-                         G) E(1 ,m,o[C] .X) ;
-       S(o[C
-             ] .w[o[C ] .e].g,s, z);
-       Q= C ;
-       if(! ( s =strtok ( 0 ,wcs )))wcw --
-       ,E( 2 , m, o[C]
-                   . w[ o[ Q ] .e] . g );
-       e
-         = o[C ] .w[o[C ] .e++ ] .b= N(m,s)
-       ; wcw += 2; }  
-     0&& 
-        W && wcl++
-                  < 10 && printf((W,Y)); }
-   if(j+28) { {
-                ; } printf("%7u%7u%7u\n", wcl , wcw , wcc); }
-   while( gets(Y) ) if(A(Y)) puts(Y);
-   W, jr; }
-
-O(int wc,char**V) {
---wc && (printf("%s ",*++V), main(wc,V), 1) || printf("\n"); }
-