diff 4d872079d36939c3287b2968fbada7c4e4738762 uncommitted
--- a/sys/src/libc/port/reduce
+++ b/sys/src/libc/port/reduce
@@ -4,13 +4,5 @@
 shift
 
 ls -p ../$objtype/*.[cs] >[2]/dev/null | sed 's/..$//;s/^/^/' > /tmp/reduce.$pid
-#
-#	if empty directory, just return the input files
-#
-if (! ~ $status '|') {
-	echo $*
-	rm /tmp/reduce.$pid
-	exit 0
-}
 echo $* | tr ' ' \012 | grep -v -f /tmp/reduce.$pid | tr \012 ' '
 rm /tmp/reduce.$pid