diff --git a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language.hs b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language.hs
index 5c9e5ed3..0390f98b 100644
--- a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language.hs
+++ b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ module Pinafore.Language
     , LibraryContext(..)
     , mkLibraryContext
     , pinaforeLibrary
-    , QSpecialVals(..)
     , QError
     , fromParseResult
     , InterpretResult
diff --git a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpret.hs b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpret.hs
index ec381079..86a437e5 100644
--- a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpret.hs
+++ b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpret.hs
@@ -64,16 +64,8 @@ parseToValueSubsume t text = do
     val <- parseToValue text []
     tsSubsumeValue @QTypeSystem t val
 
-spvals :: (?library :: LibraryContext) => QSpecialVals
-spvals = let
-    specialEvaluate :: forall t. QType 'Positive t -> Text -> IO (Result QError t)
-    specialEvaluate t text = do
-        ier <- evaluate $ runPinaforeScoped "<evaluate>" $ parseToValueSubsume t text
-        runInterpretResult ier
-    in MkQSpecialVals {..}
-
 runPinaforeScoped :: (?library :: LibraryContext) => String -> QInterpreter a -> InterpretResult a
 runPinaforeScoped sourcename ma =
-    runInterpreter (initialPos sourcename) ?library spvals $ do
+    runInterpreter (initialPos sourcename) ?library $ do
         sd <- interpretImportDeclaration builtInModuleName
         withScopeDocs sd ma
diff --git a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Binding.hs b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Binding.hs
index 13c9fd58..430feeda 100644
--- a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Binding.hs
+++ b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Binding.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 module Pinafore.Language.Interpreter.Binding
-    ( QSpecialVals(..)
-    , QSignature(..)
+    ( QSignature(..)
     , QRecordValue(..)
     , QRecordConstructor(..)
     , recordConstructorToValue
@@ -21,11 +20,6 @@ import Pinafore.Language.Type.Family
 import Pinafore.Language.Type.Ground
 import Pinafore.Language.Type.Subtype ()
 
-newtype QSpecialVals = MkQSpecialVals
-    { specialEvaluate :: forall t. QType 'Positive t -> Text -> IO (Result QError t)
-        -- ^ in IO because this can do things like import files
-    }
-
 data QSignature (polarity :: Polarity) (t :: Type) =
     ValueSignature (Maybe SomeFamilialType)
                    Name
diff --git a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Interpreter.hs b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Interpreter.hs
index f0e5e08d..e6715e67 100644
--- a/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Interpreter.hs
+++ b/Pinafore/pinafore-language/lib/Pinafore/Language/Interpreter/Interpreter.hs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ module Pinafore.Language.Interpreter.Interpreter
     , getRenderFullName
     , getBindingInfoLookup
     , getNamespaceWithScope
-    , getSpecialVals
     , exportScope
     , getModule
     , getSubtypeScope
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ data InterpretContext = MkInterpretContext
     , icVarIDState :: VarIDState
     , icScope :: QScope
     , icCurrentNamespace :: Namespace
-    , icSpecialVals :: QSpecialVals
     , icModulePath :: [ModuleName]
     , icLoadModule :: LoadModule
     }
@@ -170,9 +168,6 @@ currentNamespaceParam :: Param QInterpreter Namespace
 currentNamespaceParam =
     lensMapParam (\bfb a -> fmap (\b -> a {icCurrentNamespace = b}) $ bfb $ icCurrentNamespace a) contextParam
 
-specialValsParam :: Param QInterpreter QSpecialVals
-specialValsParam = lensMapParam (\bfb a -> fmap (\b -> a {icSpecialVals = b}) $ bfb $ icSpecialVals a) contextParam
-
 modulePathParam :: Param QInterpreter [ModuleName]
 modulePathParam = lensMapParam (\bfb a -> fmap (\b -> a {icModulePath = b}) $ bfb $ icModulePath a) contextParam
 
@@ -203,8 +198,8 @@ data LibraryContext = MkLibraryContext
     { lcLoadModule :: LoadModule
     }
 
-runInterpreter :: SourcePos -> LibraryContext -> QSpecialVals -> QInterpreter a -> InterpretResult a
-runInterpreter icSourcePos MkLibraryContext {..} icSpecialVals qa = let
+runInterpreter :: SourcePos -> LibraryContext -> QInterpreter a -> InterpretResult a
+runInterpreter icSourcePos MkLibraryContext {..} qa = let
     icVarIDState = szero
     icScope = emptyScope
     icModulePath = []
@@ -340,6 +335,3 @@ newIdentifiedType =
         Refl <- unsafeIdentifyKind @_ @(CCRVariancesKind dv) typeID
         Refl <- unsafeIdentify @_ @gt typeID
         return $ identifiedFamilialType typeID
-
-getSpecialVals :: QInterpreter QSpecialVals
-getSpecialVals = paramAsk specialValsParam