diff --git a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt
index 0e062d184..438fbeaeb 100644
--- a/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt
+++ b/compiler/src/prog8/compiler/target/c64/codegen/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val
                 AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, null, program, asmgen)
         val assign = AsmAssignment(src, target, false, fcall.position)
         asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign)
-
-        // remove the variable for the name, it's not used as a variable only as a tag for the assembler.
-        val nameDecl = scope.statements.single { it is VarDecl && it.name==nameRef.nameInSource.single() }
-        asmgen.removals.add(Pair(nameDecl, scope))
         asmgen.slabs[name] = size
     }
 
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index 867e7299e..4aa3977a2 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ TODO
 ====
 
 - add sound to the cx16 tehtriz
+- hoist all variable declarations up to the subroutine scope *before* even the constant folding takes place (to avoid undefined symbol errors when referring to a variable from another nested scope in the subroutine)
 - refactor the asmgen into their own submodule?
 - refactor the compiler optimizers into their own submodule?
 - optimize swap of two memread values with index, using the same pointer expression/variable, like swap(@(ptr+1), @(ptr+2))
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ TODO
 - add a f_seek() routine for the Cx16 that uses its seek dos api?
 - optimizer: detect variables that are written but never read - mark those as unused too and remove them, such as uword unused = memory("unused222", 20) - also remove the memory slab allocation
 - add a compiler option to not remove unused subroutines. this allows for building library programs
-- hoist all variable declarations up to the subroutine scope *before* even the constant folding takes place (to avoid undefined symbol errors when referring to a variable from another nested scope in the subroutine)
 - make it possible to use cpu opcodes such as 'nop' as variable names by prefixing all asm vars with something such as 'v_'
 - option to load the built-in library files from a directory instead of the embedded ones (for easier library development/debugging)
 - c64: make the graphics.BITMAP_ADDRESS configurable (VIC banking)
diff --git a/examples/test.p8 b/examples/test.p8
index 3ebab9c8c..31548edce 100644
--- a/examples/test.p8
+++ b/examples/test.p8
@@ -6,45 +6,7 @@ main {
 
     sub start() {
 
+        uword zzz=memory("derp", 2000)
         txt.print("hello")
-        txt.print("hello2")
-        txt.print("hello")
-        txt.print("hello2")
-        txt.nl()
-        txt.print("1")
-        txt.print("1")
-        txt.nl()
-        txt.print("12")
-        txt.print("12")
-        txt.nl()
-        txt.print("123")
-        txt.print("123")
-        txt.nl()
-
-        derp.derp2()
-        txt.chrout('!')
-
-        sys.wait(3*60)
-    }
-}
-
-derp {
-
-    sub derp2 () {
-        txt.print("hello")
-        txt.print("hello2")
-        txt.print("hello")
-        txt.print("hello2")
-        txt.nl()
-        txt.print("1")
-        txt.print("1")
-        txt.nl()
-        txt.print("12")
-        txt.print("12")
-        txt.nl()
-        txt.print("123")
-        txt.print("123")
-        txt.nl()
-
     }
 }