diff --git a/racket/syndicate/actor.rkt b/racket/syndicate/actor.rkt
index 0496e64..2094d1b 100644
--- a/racket/syndicate/actor.rkt
+++ b/racket/syndicate/actor.rkt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
          dataspace
 
          react
-         react/independent
          react/suspend
          until
          forever
@@ -179,14 +178,6 @@
                    #,(source-location->string stx)
                    (lambda () (begin/void-default O ...))))]))
 
-(define-syntax (react/independent stx)
-  (syntax-parse stx
-    [(_ O ...)
-     (quasisyntax/loc stx
-       (add-facet! #:substate #f
-                   #,(source-location->string stx)
-                   (lambda () (begin/void-default O ...))))]))
-
 (define-syntax (react/suspend stx)
   (syntax-parse stx
     [(_ (resume-parent) O ...)