diff --git a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/a.cob b/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/a.cob
deleted file mode 100644
index e8b9c4a4c30b233d4d0278e6504c00bf2adbe882..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/a.cob
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-        identification division.
-        program-id. a.
-        procedure division.
-        display "I am a; I call b1"
-        call "b1"
-        goback.
-        end program a.
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/b.cob b/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/b.cob
deleted file mode 100644
index dc21c176778c6031ca4d65d47143086fb2ef6a45..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/b.cob
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-
-        identification division.
-        program-id. b1.
-        procedure division.
-        display "I am b1; I call b2"
-        call "b2"
-        goback.
-        end program b1.
-        identification division.
-        program-id. b2.
-        procedure division.
-        display "I am b2; I call c"
-        call "c"
-        goback.
-        end program b2.
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/c.cob b/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/c.cob
deleted file mode 100644
index 53f33aa9cf0fe0225944ac437699d46d8b78b10b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/c.cob
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-        identification division.
-        program-id. c.
-        procedure division.
-        display "I am c; as does the cheese, I stand alone"
-        goback.
-        end program c.
diff --git a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/playpen.cbl b/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/playpen.cbl
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index ac4105ab9002034d4e65f17ee5b39a82aeddc479..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/gcc/cobol/failures/playpen/playpen.cbl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-        program-id. mainz.
-        procedure division.
-        display "hello from program-id mainz".
- 
- 
- /home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/gcc/gcobol -B /home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/gcc -L /home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L /home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcobol/.libs/  -ggdb -O0 -o test  a.cob b.cob c.cob \
-        /home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcobol/.libs/libgcobol.a -Wl,-rpath=/home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcobol/.libs/ -Wl,-rpath=/home/bob/repos/gcc-cobol/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs
-./test