diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1460ad5..117ce49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ libnext.so: metamethods/cord.o util.o SipHash/halfsiphash.o
 SipHash/halfsiphash.c:
 	git submodule update --init --recursive
 
-tags:
+tags: $(wildcard **/*.[ch])
 	ctags **/*.[ch]
 
 clean:
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ clean:
 %.1: %.1.md
 	pandoc --lua-filter=.pandoc/bold-code.lua -s $< -t man -o $@
 
-.PHONY: all clean install uninstall test
+.PHONY: all clean install uninstall test tags
diff --git a/ast.c b/ast.c
index 6cb1fd6..b5bb64b 100644
--- a/ast.c
+++ b/ast.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ CORD ast_to_cord(ast_t *ast)
     T(Var, "(\x1b[36;1m%s\x1b[m)", data.name)
     T(Int, "(\x1b[35m%ld\x1b[m, precision=\x1b[35m%ld\x1b[m)", data.i, data.precision)
     T(Num, "(\x1b[35m%ld\x1b[m, precision=\x1b[35m%ld\x1b[m)", data.n, data.precision)
-    T(Char, "(\x1b[35m'%c'\x1b[m)", data.c)
     T(StringLiteral, "\x1b[35m\"%r\"\x1b[m", data.cord)
     T(StringJoin, "(%r)", ast_list_to_cord(data.children))
     T(Declare, "(var=%s, value=%r)", ast_to_cord(data.var), ast_to_cord(data.value))
diff --git a/ast.h b/ast.h
index c6f97d0..3bbe086 100644
--- a/ast.h
+++ b/ast.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct type_ast_s {
 typedef enum {
     Unknown = 0,
     Nil, Bool, Var,
-    Int, Num, Char,
+    Int, Num,
     StringLiteral, StringJoin,
     Declare, Assign,
     BinaryOp, UnaryOp, UpdateAssign,
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ struct ast_s {
             double n;
             enum { NUM_64BIT, NUM_32BIT } precision;
         } Num;
-        struct {
-            char c;
-        } Char;
         struct {
             CORD cord;
         } StringLiteral;
diff --git a/builtins/char.c b/builtins/char.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 4df519b..0000000
--- a/builtins/char.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-
-#include <gc.h>
-#include <gc/cord.h>
-#include <stdalign.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#include <err.h>
-
-#include "array.h"
-#include "string.h"
-#include "types.h"
-
-static CORD Char_cord(const char *c, bool colorize, const TypeInfo *type) {
-    (void)type;
-    CORD cord = 0;
-    switch (*c) {
-    case '\a': return "\\a";
-    case '\b': return "\\b";
-    case '\x1b': return "\\e";
-    case '\f': return "\\f";
-    case '\n': return "\\n";
-    case '\t': return "\\t";
-    case '\r': return "\\r";
-    case '\v': return "\\v";
-    case '\\': return "\\\\";
-    case '"': return "\\\"";
-    default: {
-        if (!isprint(*c))
-            CORD_sprintf(&cord, "\\x%02X", (int)*c);
-        else
-            cord = CORD_cat_char(0, *c);
-    }
-    }
-    if (colorize) {
-        if (CORD_len(cord) > 1)
-            CORD_sprintf(&cord, "\x1b[34m%r\x1b[m", cord);
-        else
-            CORD_sprintf(&cord, "\x1b[35m%r\x1b[m", cord);
-    }
-    return cord;
-}
-
-// For some reason, the C functions from ctypes.h return integers instead of
-// booleans, and what's worse, the integers are not limited to [0-1]. So,
-// it's necessary to cast them to bools to clamp them to those values.
-#define BOOLIFY(fn) public bool Char__ ## fn(char c) { return (bool)fn(c); }
-BOOLIFY(isalnum)
-BOOLIFY(isalpha)
-BOOLIFY(iscntrl)
-BOOLIFY(isdigit)
-BOOLIFY(isgraph)
-BOOLIFY(islower)
-BOOLIFY(isprint)
-BOOLIFY(ispunct)
-BOOLIFY(isspace)
-BOOLIFY(isupper)
-BOOLIFY(isxdigit)
-BOOLIFY(isascii)
-BOOLIFY(isblank)
-
-typedef bool (*char_pred_t)(char);
-typedef char (*char_map_t)(char);
-
-public struct {
-    TypeInfo type;
-    char_pred_t isalnum, isalpha, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct,
-                isspace, isupper, isxdigit, isascii, isblank;
-    char_map_t tolower, toupper;
-} Char_type = {
-    .type={
-        .name="Char",
-        .size=sizeof(char),
-        .align=alignof(char),
-        .tag=CustomInfo,
-        .CustomInfo={.cord=(void*)Char_cord},
-    },
-    .isalnum=Char__isalnum, .isalpha=Char__isalpha, .iscntrl=Char__iscntrl, .isdigit=Char__isdigit, .isgraph=Char__isgraph,
-    .islower=Char__islower, .isprint=Char__isprint, .ispunct=Char__ispunct, .isspace=Char__isspace, .isupper=Char__isupper,
-    .isxdigit=Char__isxdigit, .isascii=Char__isascii, .isblank=Char__isblank,
-    .tolower=(char_map_t)(void*)tolower, .toupper=(char_map_t)(void*)toupper,
-};
-
-// vim: ts=4 sw=0 et cino=L2,l1,(0,W4,m1,\:0
diff --git a/compile.c b/compile.c
index 7c3871c..3cbd5a5 100644
--- a/compile.c
+++ b/compile.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ CORD compile(ast_t *ast)
     case Var: return Match(ast, Var)->name;
     case Int: return CORD_asprintf("((Int%ld_t)%ld)", Match(ast, Int)->precision, Match(ast, Int)->i);
     case Num: return CORD_asprintf(Match(ast, Num)->precision == 64 ? "%g" : "%gf", Match(ast, Num)->n);
-    case Char: return CORD_asprintf("(char)'\\x%02X'", (int)Match(ast, Char)->c);
     case UnaryOp: {
         auto unop = Match(ast, UnaryOp);
         CORD expr = compile(unop->value);
diff --git a/nextlang.h b/nextlang.h
index 8cc68d4..87cdf03 100644
--- a/nextlang.h
+++ b/nextlang.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #define String_t CORD
 
-#define Char_t char
-
 #define Bool_t bool
 
 #define Void_t void
diff --git a/types.c b/types.c
index aa97750..3712a0a 100644
--- a/types.c
+++ b/types.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ static CORD type_to_cord(type_t *t) {
         case VoidType: return "Void";
         case MemoryType: return "Memory";
         case BoolType: return "Bool";
-        case CharType: return "Char";
         case IntType: return CORD_asprintf("Int%ld", Match(t, IntType)->bits);
         case NumType: return CORD_asprintf("Num%ld", Match(t, NumType)->bits);
         case ArrayType: {
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ type_t *type_or_type(type_t *a, type_t *b)
 bool is_integral(type_t *t)
 {
     t = base_variant(t);
-    return t->tag == IntType || t->tag == CharType;
+    return t->tag == IntType;
 }
 
 bool is_floating_point(type_t *t)
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@ static inline double type_min_magnitude(type_t *t)
 {
     switch (t->tag) {
     case BoolType: return (double)false;
-    case CharType: return (double)CHAR_MIN;
     case IntType: {
         switch (Match(t, IntType)->bits) {
         case 8: return (double)INT8_MIN;
@@ -247,7 +245,6 @@ static inline double type_max_magnitude(type_t *t)
 {
     switch (t->tag) {
     case BoolType: return (double)true;
-    case CharType: return (double)CHAR_MAX;
     case IntType: {
         switch (Match(t, IntType)->bits) {
         case 8: return (double)INT8_MAX;
@@ -416,7 +413,7 @@ bool can_leave_uninitialized(type_t *t)
 {
     switch (t->tag) {
     case PointerType: return Match(t, PointerType)->is_optional;
-    case ArrayType: case IntType: case NumType: case CharType: case BoolType:
+    case ArrayType: case IntType: case NumType: case BoolType:
         return true;
     case StructType: {
         for (arg_t *field = Match(t, StructType)->fields; field; field = field->next) {
diff --git a/types.h b/types.h
index 001167a..b744d6b 100644
--- a/types.h
+++ b/types.h
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ struct type_s {
         VoidType,
         MemoryType,
         BoolType,
-        CharType,
         IntType,
         NumType,
         ArrayType,
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ struct type_s {
 
     union {
         struct {
-        } UnknownType, AbortType, VoidType, MemoryType, BoolType, CharType;
+        } UnknownType, AbortType, VoidType, MemoryType, BoolType;
         struct {
             int64_t bits;
         } IntType;