diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 73281bc..b6f728b 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ figured out it would make sense:
  - hbfe - bitmap font editor
  - he   - text editor
  - hfm  - file manager
- - hib  - IRC bouncer
- - hic  - IRC client
  - hid  - IRC daemon
  - hm   - mail client
  - hnc  - netcat-alike
@@ -100,21 +98,6 @@ ht -- terminal emulator
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Similar scope to st(1).  Clever display of internal padding for better looks.
 
-hib and hic -- IRC bouncer and client
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-An IRC client is a good starting application for building a GUI toolkit, as the
-UI can afford to be truly minimalistic and most of it is text.
-
-To resolve an issue I have with my current IRC client, the client is going to be
-split into two parts: a bouncer that manages all connections and state, and
-a separate GUI that communicates with the backend over TLS/WebSocket.  Perhaps
-only the per-buffer input line is going to be desynchronized.
-
-https://godoc.org/github.com/gorilla/websocket
-
-The higher-level client-server API could be made rather generic to allow for
-smooth integration with non-IRC "backends" such as Slack or Mattermost.
-
 he -- text editor
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 VIM controls, no scripting, no syntax highlight, single-file, made for