diff --git a/app/talk-guardian.hoon b/app/talk-guardian.hoon
index 93b038ed1f..44bdd34418 100644
--- a/app/talk-guardian.hoon
+++ b/app/talk-guardian.hoon
@@ -1149,11 +1149,6 @@
     |=  dif/delta
     ^+  +>
     ?-  -.dif
-        $more
-      |-  ^+  +>.^$
-      ?~  mor.dif  +>.^$
-      $(+>.^$ ^$(dif i.mor.dif), mor.dif t.mor.dif)
-      ::
       $out    (da-change-out +.dif)
       $done   (da-change-done +.dif)
       $glyph  (da-change-glyph +.dif)
diff --git a/sur/talk.hoon b/sur/talk.hoon
index 2e96286cb0..3354262275 100644
--- a/sur/talk.hoon
+++ b/sur/talk.hoon
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@
   ==                                                    ::
 ::TODO  deltas into app
 ++  delta                                               ::
-  $%  ::TODO  no more %more, just produce/take list instead!
-      {$more mor/(list delta)}                          ::<  multiple changes
-      ::  messaging state                               ::
+  $%  ::  messaging state                               ::
       {$out cir/circle out/(list thought)}              ::<  msgs into outbox
       {$done num/@ud}                                   ::<  msgs delivered
       ::  shared ui state                               ::