diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index a63c5a09..425430a1 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 
 
+- add vips_init_argv() which processes argc/argv for you? handy for tiny
+  progs, perhaps
+
+
+
+
 - im_copy() would be useful
 
 
diff --git a/tools/shrink_width b/tools/shrink_width
deleted file mode 100644
index 953ce14c..00000000
--- a/tools/shrink_width
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# shrink to a target width
-
-# default prefix
-VIPSHOME=${VIPSHOME-/home/john/vips}
-
-name=$0
-bname=`basename $0`
-
-if [ $# != 3 ]; then
-	echo "${bname}: usage: $bname <in> <out> <target width>"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-inwidth=`$VIPSHOME/bin/vips im_header_int Xsize $1`
-factor=`(echo scale=10; echo $inwidth / $3) | bc`
-
-$VIPSHOME/bin/vips im_shrink $1 $2 $factor $factor