diff --git a/pkg/arvo/ted/group/on-leave.hoon b/pkg/arvo/ted/group/on-leave.hoon
index dfff1b179a..33088c8c8c 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/ted/group/on-leave.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/ted/group/on-leave.hoon
@@ -5,37 +5,6 @@
 =*  raw-poke  raw-poke:strandio
 =*  scry      scry:strandio
 ::
-=>
-|%
-++  remove-metadata
-  |=  entries=(list [g=group-path:met m=md-resource:met])
-  ^-  form:m
-  |-  ^-  form:m
-  =*  loop  $
-  ?~  entries
-    (pure:m !>(~))
-  ;<  ~  bind:m
-    %+  raw-poke
-      [our.bowl %metadata-store]
-    :-  %metadata-action
-    !>  ^-  metadata-action:met
-    [%remove g.i.entries m.i.entries]
-  loop(entries t.entries)
-::
-++  archive-graphs
-  |=  graphs=(list path)
-  |-  ^-  form:m
-  =*  loop  $
-  ?~  graphs
-    (pure:m !>(~))
-  ;<  ~  bind:m
-    %+  raw-poke
-      [our.bowl %graph-store]
-    :-  %graph-update
-    !>  ^-  update:gra
-    [%0 now.bowl [%archive-graph (de-path:res i.graphs)]]
-  loop(graphs t.graphs)
---
 ^-  thread:spider
 |=  arg=vase
 =/  m  (strand ,vase)
@@ -44,6 +13,8 @@
 ?.  ?=(%remove-group -.update)
   (pure:m !>(~))
 ;<  =bowl:spider  bind:m  get-bowl:strandio
+::  stop serving or syncing metadata associated with group
+::
 ;<  ~  bind:m
   %+  raw-poke
     [our.bowl %metadata-hook]
@@ -51,7 +22,7 @@
   !>  ^-  metadata-hook-action:hook
   [%remove (en-path:res resource.update)]
 ::
-::  get metadata associated with group and remove it
+::  get metadata associated with group
 ;<  =associations:met  bind:m
   %+  scry  associations:met
   ;:  weld
@@ -59,11 +30,26 @@
     (en-path:res resource.update)
     /noun
   ==
+=/  entries=(list [g=group-path:met m=md-resource:met])
+  ~(tap in ~(key by associations))
+|-  ^-  form:m
+=*  loop  $
+?~  entries
+  (pure:m !>(~))
+::  remove metadata associated with group
+::
 ;<  ~  bind:m
-  (remove-metadata ~(tap in ~(key by associations)))
-=/  graphs=(list path)
-  %+  turn  ~(tap in ~(key by associations))
-  |=  [g=group-path:met m=md-resource:met]
-  ^-  path
-  app-path.m
-(archive-graphs graphs)
+  %+  raw-poke
+    [our.bowl %metadata-store]
+  :-  %metadata-action
+  !>  ^-  metadata-action:met
+  [%remove g.i.entries m.i.entries]
+::  archive graph associated with group
+::
+;<  ~  bind:m
+  %+  raw-poke
+    [our.bowl %graph-store]
+  :-  %graph-update
+  !>  ^-  update:gra
+  [%0 now.bowl [%archive-graph (de-path:res app-path.m.i.entries)]]
+loop(entries t.entries)