diff --git a/sys/hoon.hoon b/sys/hoon.hoon
index 9ed33a1862..f9f0810ae8 100644
--- a/sys/hoon.hoon
+++ b/sys/hoon.hoon
@@ -1875,10 +1875,9 @@
   ::
   ++  nap                                               ::  removes head
     ?>  ?=(^ a)
-    ?~  a  ~
-    =+  b=get
-    ?~  q.b  ~
-    bal(a ^+(a [n=n.q.b l=l.q.b r=r.q.b]))
+    ?:  =(~ l.a)  r.a
+    =+  b=get(a l.a)
+    bal(a ^+(a [p.b q.b r.a]))
   ::
   ++  put                                               ::  insert new tail
     |*  b/*
diff --git a/tests/sys/hoon/qeu.hoon b/tests/sys/hoon/qeu.hoon
deleted file mode 100644
index b52b4bf0b9..0000000000
--- a/tests/sys/hoon/qeu.hoon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-::  test a fix for a bug in +nap:to affecting three-item queues.
-::
-::    (see  https://github.com/urbit/arvo/issues/1100 for details)
-::
-::    the test creates several queues from known lists and recursively
-::    unqueues the top, comparing it with the current element of the list.
-::
-/+  *test
-::
-=/  descending   ~[7 6 5 4 3 2 1]
-=/  ascending    ~[1 2 3 4 5 6 7]
-=/  unsorted     ~[1 6 3 5 7 2 4]
-=/  duplicates   ~[1 1 7 4 6 9 4]
-::
-=>
-|%
-++  unqueue
-  |=  [queue=(qeu @) test=(list @)]
-  ^-  tang
-  %-  zing
-  |-  ^-  (list tang)
-  ?~  test   ~
-  ?~  queue  ~
-  :_  $(queue ~(nap to queue), test t.test)
-  %+  expect-eq
-    !>  (need ~(top to queue))
-    !>  i.test
---
-::
-|%
-::
-++  test-descending-sorted-list  ^-  tang
-  ::
-  =+  queue=(~(gas to `(qeu @)`~) descending)
-  (unqueue [queue descending])
-::
-++  test-ascending-sorted-list  ^-  tang
-  ::
-  =+  queue=(~(gas to `(qeu @)`~) ascending)
-  (unqueue [queue ascending])
-::
-++  test-unsorted-list  ^-  tang
-  ::
-  =+  queue=(~(gas to `(qeu @)`~) unsorted)
-  (unqueue [queue unsorted])
-::
-++  test-duplicates-list  ^-  tang
-  ::
-  =+  queue=(~(gas to `(qeu @)`~) duplicates)
-  (unqueue [queue duplicates])
---