diff --git a/src/preserves/records.nim b/src/preserves/records.nim
deleted file mode 100644
index 762b50b..0000000
--- a/src/preserves/records.nim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ☭ Emery Hemingway
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
-
-import std/[macros, typetraits]
-import ../preserves
-
-type RecordClass*[E = void] = object
-  ## Type of a preserves record.
-  label*: Preserve[E]
-  arity*: Natural
-
-proc `$`*(rec: RecordClass): string =
-  $rec.label & "/" & $rec.arity
-
-proc isClassOf*(rec: RecordClass; val: Preserve): bool =
-  ## Compare the label and arity of ``val`` to the record type ``rec``.
-  if val.kind == pkRecord:
-    assert(val.record.len > 0)
-    result = val.label == rec.label and rec.arity == val.arity
-
-proc classOf*[E](val: Preserve[E]): RecordClass[E] =
-  ## Derive the ``RecordClass`` of ``val``.
-  if val.kind != pkRecord:
-    raise newException(Defect, "cannot derive class of non-record value " & $val)
-  assert(val.record.len > 0)
-  RecordClass[E](label: val.label, arity: val.arity)
-
-proc classOf*[T](x: T; E = void): RecordClass[E] =
-  ## Derive the ``RecordClass`` of ``x``.
-  when not T.hasCustomPragma(record): {.error: "no {.record.} pragma on " & $T.}
-  result.label = preserves.symbol[E](T.getCustomPragmaVal(record))
-  for k, v in x.fieldPairs: inc(result.arity)
-
-proc classOf*(T: typedesc[tuple]; E = void): RecordClass[E] =
-  ## Derive the ``RecordClass`` of ``T``.
-  when not T.hasCustomPragma(record): {.error: "no {.record.} pragma on " & $T.}
-  RecordClass[E](
-      label: preserves.symbol[E](T.getCustomPragmaVal(record)),
-      arity: tupleLen(T))
-
-proc init*[E](rec: RecordClass; fields: varargs[Preserve[E]]): Preserve[E] =
-  ## Initialize a new record value.
-  assert(fields.len == rec.arity, $(fields.toPreserve) & " (arity " & $fields.len & ") is not of arity " & $rec.arity)
-  result = initRecord(rec.label, fields)
-
-proc init*[E](T: typedesc[tuple]; fields: varargs[Preserve[E]]): Preserve[E] =
-  ## Initialize a new record value.
-  init(classOf(T), fields)
diff --git a/tests/test_conversions.nim b/tests/test_conversions.nim
index eebb66a..4839bca 100644
--- a/tests/test_conversions.nim
+++ b/tests/test_conversions.nim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
 
 import std/[options, tables, unittest]
-import bigints, preserves, preserves/records
+import bigints, preserves
 
 suite "conversions":
   test "dictionary":
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ suite "conversions":
     check(prs.kind == pkRecord)
     check($prs == """<foo 1 2 <bar "ku">>""")
     check(preserveTo(prs, Foobar) == some(tup))
-    check(classOf(tup) == classOf(prs))
 
   test "tables":
     var a: Table[int, string]