diff --git a/src/backend/link_old.rs b/src/backend/link_old.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index cd129cd..0000000
--- a/src/backend/link_old.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    backend::{elf, symbol::Symbol},
-    io::CompilerMsg,
-};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-
-pub struct LinkedProgram {
-    pub code: Vec<u8>,
-    pub start: Option<Addr>,
-}
-
-pub struct UnlinkedProgram<I: Instr> {
-    pub fns: Vec<UnlinkedFunction<I>>,
-    pub ro_data: Vec<(Vec<u8>, Symbol)>,
-    pub sym_count: usize,
-    pub start: Option<Symbol>,
-}
-
-pub struct UnlinkedFunction<I: Instr> {
-    pub instrs: Vec<I>,
-    pub sym: Symbol,
-    // locations within the function for loops & such / goto
-    pub locations: HashMap<usize, Symbol>,
-}
-
-impl<I: Instr> UnlinkedProgram<I> {
-    pub fn link(self) -> Result<LinkedProgram, CompilerMsg> {
-        let mut data = Vec::new();
-        let mut sym_table = SymTable::new(self.sym_count);
-        let mut missing = HashMap::<Symbol, Vec<(I, usize)>>::new();
-        for (val, id) in self.ro_data {
-            sym_table.insert(id, Addr(data.len() as u64));
-            data.extend(val);
-        }
-        // align
-        data.resize(data.len() + (4 - data.len() % 4), 0);
-        for f in self.fns {
-            let addr = Addr(data.len() as u64);
-            let mut added = vec![(f.sym, addr)];
-            sym_table.insert(f.sym, addr);
-            for (i, instr) in f.instrs.into_iter().enumerate() {
-                let i_pos = Addr(data.len() as u64);
-                if let Some(sym) = f.locations.get(&i) {
-                    sym_table.insert(*sym, i_pos);
-                    added.push((*sym, i_pos));
-                }
-                if let Some((sym, marker)) = instr.encode(&mut data, &mut sym_table)? {
-                    let info = (instr, marker);
-                    if let Some(vec) = missing.get_mut(&sym) {
-                        vec.push(info);
-                    } else {
-                        missing.insert(sym, vec![info]);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            for (sym, addr) in added {
-                if let Some(vec) = missing.remove(&sym) {
-                    for (i, marker) in vec {
-                        i.insert_sym(&mut data, marker, addr);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        assert!(missing.is_empty());
-        Ok(LinkedProgram {
-            code: data,
-            start: self
-                .start
-                .map(|s| sym_table.get(s).expect("start symbol doesn't exist")),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
-pub struct Addr(u64);
-impl Addr {
-    pub const ZERO: Self = Self(!0);
-    pub fn val(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.0
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct SymTable(Vec<Addr>);
-impl SymTable {
-    pub fn new(len: usize) -> Self {
-        Self(vec![Addr::ZERO; len])
-    }
-    pub fn insert(&mut self, sym: Symbol, addr: Addr) {
-        self.0[sym.val()] = addr;
-    }
-    pub fn get(&self, sym: Symbol) -> Option<Addr> {
-        match self.0[sym.val()] {
-            Addr::ZERO => None,
-            addr => Some(addr),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl LinkedProgram {
-    pub fn to_elf(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        elf::create(&self.code, self.start.expect("no start"))
-    }
-}