diff --git a/lsd/dist/doc/trilsd.7 b/lsd/dist/doc/trilsd.7
index 2a7ec4e..88d2cd1 100644
--- a/lsd/dist/doc/trilsd.7
+++ b/lsd/dist/doc/trilsd.7
@@ -10,17 +10,15 @@ musl C standard library, with nearly all configuration options left to the
 user's own device.
 
 .SH BASE SYSTEM
+A
 .I TriLSD
-explicitly relies on the existence of the following programs and
-packages:
-dash(1),
-ftp(1),
+system always has the following packages:
+dash,
 the GNU compiler collection,
 GNU make,
 musl,
-linux,
-bsdtar(1),
-and util-linux.
+and
+linux and util-linux.
 .PP
 In addition,
 .I TriLSD
@@ -33,15 +31,20 @@ OpenRC is the suggested choice but others may be used.
 SystemD is discouraged; it's mentioned for its popularity and frowned upon for
 its generally lax security.
 
+.SH INSTALLATION
+To install
+.I TriLSD
+most of the POSIX specified utilities including awk, git(1), GNU make, and a C
+compiler that can build the GNU compiler collection must be installed.
+
+.PP
+For the installation process see
+.RB try (1)
+
 .SH PACKAGE MANAGEMENT
 .I TriLSD
 does not come with a package manager; the user may choose whatever
 system-independent package manager they prefer.
-.PP
-Certain system tools that aren't necessarily packaged in system-independent
-package managers (pkgsrc comes to mind) can be updated with the
-.RB try (1)
-command.
 
 .SH CONTRIBUTING
 Pay attention to projects' guidelines for distributions.
diff --git a/lsd/dist/doc/try.1 b/lsd/dist/doc/try.1
deleted file mode 100644
index 41145af..0000000
--- a/lsd/dist/doc/try.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-.TH TRINITX 1
-
-.SH NAME
-try \- distribution management
-
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B try
-.RB { install , sync_musl , unrepo }
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I try
-exists to conduct system tasks normally conducted by operating systems
-themselves and for which there's no easy alternative (though the system is not
-tightly coupled with these utilities and they can easily be replaced).
-
-.SH FUNCTIONS
-.SS INSTALL
-Installs the software distribution base into an environment variable specified
-prefix. If
-.I install
-is not called in the form
-.IP
-\fCPREFIX=/ try install\fP
-.LP
-it will print a diagnostic message and exit; PREFIX must not be empty.
-
-.SS SYNC_MUSL
-Fetches musl from the upstream source and installs it into the PREFIX. PREFIX
-may not be specified but behavior will be unspecified (probably function as if
-PREFIX is '/') if it's not.
-
-.SS UNREPO
-Deletes git repository files from PREFIX if they exist; this is a
-post-installation task and need only be performed once. PREFIX may not be
-specified; if it isn't, it'll function as if PREFIX is '/'.
-
-.SH CONFIGURATION
-.I try
-may be configured via
-.B config.sh
-in the same directory.
-
-.SH LOCATIONS
-.I try
-distribution-specific files are always located in $PREFIX/dist.
-For example, the
-.I try
-script is always at $PREFIX/dist/try, and configuration is always at
-$PREFIX/dist/config.sh.
-
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Public domain.
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.RB trilsd (7)
diff --git a/lsd/dist/macro.sh b/lsd/dist/macro.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f2813ca..0000000
--- a/lsd/dist/macro.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/false
-
-depend_on(){
-	! command -v "$1" >/dev/null \
-		&& printf "Missing %s.\n" "$1" 1>&2 \
-		&& exit 1 \
-		|| true
-}
-
-fetch_upstream(){
-	url="$1"
-	scheme="$(scheme_from_uri "$url")"
-	case "$scheme" in
-	git)
-		depend_on git
-		git clone "$url"
-		;;
-	*)
-		printf "%s: Invalid upstream URL %s (scheme is %s)\n" \
-		       "$argv0"                 "$1"          "$scheme"
-		exit 1
-	esac
-}
-
-depend_on cut
-
-scheme_from_uri(){
-	# There are no colons in scheme names and no ways to separate schemes
-	# from scheme-specific content without colons (RFC 3986).
-	printf "%s\n" "$1" | cut -d ':' -f 1
-}
diff --git a/lsd/dist/try b/lsd/dist/try
deleted file mode 100755
index 5ed111e..0000000
--- a/lsd/dist/try
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ -z "$PREFIX" ]; then
-	printf 'Please select a $PREFIX for installation.
-For example, "PREFIX=/ %s".\n' "$0" 1>&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-. "$PREFIX/dist/config.sh"
-. "$PREFIX/dist/macro.sh"
-. "$PREFIX/dist/$1"