diff --git a/pkg/arvo/gen/gall-nonces.hoon b/pkg/arvo/gen/gall-nonces.hoon
index 6292bee70..d0bdd1ee9 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/gen/gall-nonces.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/gen/gall-nonces.hoon
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@
 ^-  (list [dude:gall @ud])
 %+  sort
   %~  tap  by
-  ~&  bec
   .^((map dude:gall @ud) %gf /(scot %p p.bec)//(scot %da now))
 |=([[* a=@ud] [* b=@ud]] (lth a b))