diff --git a/src/modules/punk/repl-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/repl-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 066b0a44..789e65ae 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/repl-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/repl-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -4017,55 +4017,9 @@ namespace eval repl {
                         set ::argv0 %argv0%
                         set ::argv %argv%
                         set ::argc %argc%
-                        set ::auto_path %autopath%
-                        tcl::tm::remove {*}[tcl::tm::list]
-                        tcl::tm::add {*}[lreverse %tmlist%]
-                        #puts "code interp chan names-->[chan names]"
-
-                        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                        if {[package provide punk::libunknown] eq ""} {
-                            namespace eval ::punk::libunknown {}
-                            set ::punk::libunknown::epoch %lib_epoch%
-
-                            apply {{} {
-                                set libunks [list]
-                                foreach tm_path [tcl::tm::list] {
-                                    set punkdir [file join $tm_path punk]
-                                    if {![file exists $punkdir]} {continue}
-                                    lappend libunks {*}[glob -nocomplain -dir $punkdir -type f libunknown-*.tm]
-                                }
-                                set libunknown ""
-                                set libunknown_version_sofar ""
-                                foreach lib $libunks {
-                                    #expecting to be of form libunknown-<tclversion>.tm
-                                    set vtail [lindex [split [file tail $lib] -] 1]
-                                    set thisver [file rootname $vtail] ;#file rootname x.y.z.tm
-                                    if {$libunknown_version_sofar eq ""} {
-                                        set libunknown_version_sofar $thisver
-                                        set libunknown $lib
-                                    } else {
-                                        if {[package vcompare $thisver $libunknown_version_sofar] == 1} {
-                                            set libunknown_version_sofar $thisver
-                                            set libunknown $lib
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                }
-                                if {$libunknown ne ""} {
-                                    uplevel 1 [list ::source $libunknown]
-                                    if {[catch {punk::libunknown::init -caller "repl::init init_script code interp for punk"} errM]} {
-                                        puts stderr "error initialising punk::libunknown\n from: '$libunknown'"
-                                        puts stderr "tcl::tm::list: [tcl::tm::list]"
-                                        puts stderr "error: $errM"
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }}
-
-                        } else {
-                            puts stderr "punk::libunknown [package provide punk::libunknown] already loaded"
-                        }
-                        #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-                        #package require punk::packagepreference
-                        #punk::packagepreference::install
+                        #tm list, auto_path, package prefer, and libunknown were already
+                        #propagated by punk::lib::interp_sync_package_paths code -libunknown 1
+                        #at interp creation time above.
 
                         # -- ---
                         #review