diff --git a/1987/wall/Makefile b/1987/wall/Makefile
index 1eaea9de5..c41d661e6 100644
--- a/1987/wall/Makefile
+++ b/1987/wall/Makefile
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
-ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
+ALT_OBJ= 
+ALT_TARGET= 
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/1987/wall/README.md b/1987/wall/README.md
index 466ccd679..05034fa99 100644
--- a/1987/wall/README.md
+++ b/1987/wall/README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ make all
 
 [Cody Boone Ferguson](/winners.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) made this safer by
 using `fgets()` instead of `gets()`. This prevents a potentially alarming
-warning at linking or runtime. The original source is in
-[wall.alt.c](wall.alt.c) described below. Thank you Cody!
+warning at linking or runtime.
 
 
 ## Try:
@@ -54,18 +53,6 @@ and enter some input like:
 	2^x
 	quit # for the cat version
 
-### Alternate code:
-
-
-For the original version that uses `gets()` try:
-
-
-```sh
-make alt
-```
-
-Use `wall.alt` as you would `wall`.
-
 
 ## Judges' comments:
 
diff --git a/1987/wall/wall.alt.c b/1987/wall/wall.alt.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ba1c5458..000000000
--- a/1987/wall/wall.alt.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#define iv 4 
-#define v ;(void
-#define XI(xi)int xi[iv*'V'];
-#define L(c,l,i)c(){d(l);m(i);}
-#include <stdio.h>
-int*cc,c,i,ix='\t',exit(),X='\n'*'\d';XI(VI)XI(xi)extern(*vi[])(),(*
-signal())();char*V,cm,D['x'],M='\n',I,*gets();L(MV,V,(c+='d',ix))m(x){v)
-signal(X/'I',vi[x]);}d(x)char*x;{v)write(i,x,i);}L(MC,V,M+I)xv(){c>=i?m(
-c/M/M+M):(d(&M),m(cm));}L(mi,V+cm,M)L(md,V,M)MM(){c=c*M%X;V-=cm;m(ix);}
-LXX(){gets(D)||(vi[iv])();c=atoi(D);while(c>=X){c-=X;d("m");}V="ivxlcdm"
-+iv;m(ix);}LV(){c-=c;while((i=cc[*D=getchar()])>-I)i?(c?(c<i&&l(-c-c,
-"%d"),l(i,"+%d")):l(i,"(%d")):(c&&l(M,")"),l(*D,"%c")),c=i;c&&l(X,")"),l
-(-i,"%c");m(iv-!(i&I));}L(ml,V,'\f')li(){m(cm+!isatty(i=I));}ii(){m(c=cm
-= ++I)v)pipe(VI);cc=xi+cm++;for(V="jWYmDEnX";*V;V++)xi[*V^' ']=c,xi[*V++]
-=c,c*=M,xi[*V^' ']=xi[*V]=c>>I;cc[-I]-=ix v)close(*VI);cc[M]-=M;}main(){
-(*vi)();for(;v)write(VI[I],V,M));}l(xl,lx)char*lx;{v)printf(lx,xl)v)
-fflush(stdout);}L(xx,V+I,(c-=X/cm,ix))int(*vi[])()={ii,li,LXX,LV,exit,l,
-d,l,d,xv,MM,md,MC,ml,MV,xx,xx,xx,xx,MV,mi};