diff --git a/S02-bits.pod b/S02-bits.pod
index 5a96ce467..dce752ebf 100644
--- a/S02-bits.pod
+++ b/S02-bits.pod
@@ -1956,15 +1956,6 @@ C<&x> may be bound to any object that does the C<Callable> role, such
 as any C<Block> or C<Routine>.  The C<Callable> role implies the ability
 to support C<< postcircumfix:<( )> >>.
 
-C<::x> may be bound to any object that does the C<Abstraction> role,
-such as a package, module, class, role, grammar, or any other
-type object, or any immutable value object that can be used as a type.
-This C<Abstraction> role implies the
-ability to do various symbol table and/or typological manipulations which
-may or may not be supported by any given abstraction.  Mostly though it
-just means that you want to give some abstraction an official name that
-you can then use later in the compilation without any sigil.
-
 In any case, the minimal container role implied by the sigil is
 checked at binding time at the latest, and may fail earlier (such
 as at compile time) if a semantic error can be detected sooner.
diff --git a/S32-setting-library/Abstraction.pod b/S32-setting-library/Abstraction.pod
deleted file mode 100644
index cfe095078..000000000
--- a/S32-setting-library/Abstraction.pod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-
-=encoding utf8
-
-=head1 TITLE
-
-DRAFT: Synopsis 32: Setting Library - Abstraction
-
-=head1 AUTHORS
-
-    Tim Nelson <wayland@wayland.id.au>
-    Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>
-
-=head1 VERSION
-
-    Created: 26 Feb 2009
-
-    Last Modified: 26 Feb 2009
-    Version: 1
-
-The document is a draft.
-
-If you read the HTML version, it is generated from the Pod in the specs
-repository under
-L<https://github.com/perl6/specs/blob/master/S32-setting-library/Abstraction.pod>
-so edit it there in the git repository if you would like to make changes.
-
-=head1 Roles
-
-=head2 Abstraction
-
-    role Abstraction {...}
-
-=head1 Classes
-
-    class Class does Abstraction {...}
-
-    class Role does Abstraction {...}
-
-    class Module does Abstraction {...}
-
-    class Package does Abstraction {...}
-
-=head2 Grammar
-
-
-    class Grammar does Abstraction {
-        method parse(Str $text, $action?) {...}
-        method parsefile(Str $filename, $action?) {...}
-    }
-
-
-=head1 Additions
-
-Please post errors and feedback to perl6-language.  If you are making
-a general laundry list, please separate messages by topic.