diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 537a8db..cef8f22 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/tldr"
 	"github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/twitch"
 	"github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/your"
-	"github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/zork"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ func main() {
 	b.AddPlugin(goals.New(b))
 	b.AddPlugin(reminder.New(b))
 	b.AddPlugin(babbler.New(b))
-	b.AddPlugin(zork.New(b))
 	b.AddPlugin(rss.New(b))
 	b.AddPlugin(reaction.New(b))
 	b.AddPlugin(twitch.New(b))
diff --git a/plugins/zork/ZORK1.DAT b/plugins/zork/ZORK1.DAT
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b79e24..0000000
Binary files a/plugins/zork/ZORK1.DAT and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/plugins/zork/zork.go b/plugins/zork/zork.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 63ecba6..0000000
--- a/plugins/zork/zork.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-// © 2016 the CatBase Authors under the WTFPL license. See AUTHORS for the list of authors.
-
-// Package zork implements a zork plugin for catbase.
-package zork
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
-	"go/build"
-	"io"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
-
-	"github.com/velour/catbase/bot"
-	"github.com/velour/catbase/bot/msg"
-)
-
-// ZorkPlugin is a catbase plugin for playing zork.
-type ZorkPlugin struct {
-	bot bot.Bot
-	sync.Mutex
-	// zorks is a map from channels to their corresponding zork instances.
-	zorks map[string]io.WriteCloser
-}
-
-func New(b bot.Bot) bot.Plugin {
-	z := &ZorkPlugin{
-		bot:   b,
-		zorks: make(map[string]io.WriteCloser),
-	}
-	b.Register(z, bot.Message, z.message)
-	b.Register(z, bot.Help, z.help)
-	return z
-}
-
-func (p *ZorkPlugin) runZork(c bot.Connector, ch string) error {
-	const importString = "github.com/velour/catbase/plugins/zork"
-	pkgPath := ""
-	pkg, err := build.Import(importString, "", build.FindOnly)
-	if err == nil {
-		pkgPath = pkg.Dir
-	}
-	zorkPath := p.bot.Config().GetString("zork.path", pkgPath)
-	zorkdat := filepath.Join(zorkPath, "ZORK1.DAT")
-	zorkFlags := p.bot.Config().GetArray("zork.args", []string{"-p"})
-	zorkExec := p.bot.Config().GetString("zork.binary", "frotz")
-	zorkFlags = append(zorkFlags, zorkdat)
-	cmd := exec.Command(zorkExec, zorkFlags...)
-
-	var r io.ReadCloser
-	r, cmd.Stdout = io.Pipe()
-	cmd.Stderr = cmd.Stdout
-
-	var w io.WriteCloser
-	cmd.Stdin, w = io.Pipe()
-
-	log.Info().Msgf("zork running %v", cmd)
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		w.Close()
-		return err
-	}
-	go func() {
-		defer r.Close()
-		s := bufio.NewScanner(r)
-		// Scan until the next prompt.
-		s.Split(func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (advance int, token []byte, err error) {
-			if atEOF && len(data) == 0 {
-				return 0, nil, nil
-			}
-			if i := bytes.Index(data, []byte{'\n', '>'}); i > 0 {
-				return i + 1, data[:i], nil
-			}
-			if atEOF {
-				return len(data), data, nil
-			}
-			return 0, nil, nil
-		})
-		for s.Scan() {
-			// Remove > and quote the whole thing.
-			m := strings.Replace(s.Text(), ">", "", -1)
-			m = strings.Replace(m, "\n", "\n>", -1)
-			m = ">" + m + "\n"
-			p.bot.Send(c, bot.Message, ch, m)
-		}
-	}()
-	go func() {
-		if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("zork exited")
-		}
-		p.Lock()
-		p.zorks[ch] = nil
-		p.Unlock()
-	}()
-	log.Info().Msgf("zork is running in %s\n", ch)
-	p.zorks[ch] = w
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (p *ZorkPlugin) message(c bot.Connector, kind bot.Kind, message msg.Message, args ...interface{}) bool {
-	m := strings.ToLower(message.Body)
-	log.Debug().Msgf("got message [%s]", m)
-	if ts := strings.Fields(m); len(ts) < 1 || ts[0] != "zork" {
-		return false
-	}
-	m = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(m, "zork"))
-	ch := message.Channel
-
-	p.Lock()
-	defer p.Unlock()
-	if p.zorks[ch] == nil {
-		if err := p.runZork(c, ch); err != nil {
-			p.bot.Send(c, bot.Message, ch, "failed to run zork: "+err.Error())
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	log.Debug().Msgf("zorking, [%s]", m)
-	io.WriteString(p.zorks[ch], m+"\n")
-	return true
-}
-
-func (p *ZorkPlugin) help(c bot.Connector, kind bot.Kind, message msg.Message, args ...interface{}) bool {
-	p.bot.Send(c, bot.Message, message.Channel, "Play zork using 'zork <zork command>'.")
-	return true
-}