diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 716cabe..1e5484d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -302,12 +302,6 @@ $ isup fdhafdslkjgfjs.com && echo yay || echo nay
 nay
 ```
 
-### [lol-twitter](/sh/lol-twitter)
-
-(zsh) checks if usernames (from stdin) are available on twitter.
-
-seems to return a 403 code these days, but you could probably fix that.
-
 ### [lsarchive](/sh/lsarchive) + [unarchive](/sh/unarchive)
 
 (zsh) guess what these do. written by Sorin Ionescu.
diff --git a/sh/lol-twitter b/sh/lol-twitter
deleted file mode 100755
index f2bff00..0000000
--- a/sh/lol-twitter
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/zsh
-#< /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9_' | fold -w 5 \
-#< /usr/share/dict/cracklib-small | grep -E '^\w{4}$' \
-while read -r; do
-    curl -s 'https://twitter.com/users/username_available' -d username=$REPLY \
-    | grep -lq ',"valid":true' && echo $REPLY || echo \#$REPLY
-done