diff --git a/anna.scm b/anna.scm
index d761362..74efb08 100644
--- a/anna.scm
+++ b/anna.scm
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@
     (cond
      ((equal? (car data) "PING")
       (pong stream))
-     ((equal? ":.hello" (slist-ref data 3))
-      (send-message stream +channel+ "hello, world"))
      ((equal? ":.eval" (slist-ref data 3))
       (let* ((expr (string-concatenate (intersperse " " (cdr (member ":eval" data))))))
         (send-message stream +channel+ (eval (read (open-input-string expr))