diff --git a/vacuum_gambit.p8 b/vacuum_gambit.p8
index 5bdae5d..611e96f 100644
--- a/vacuum_gambit.p8
+++ b/vacuum_gambit.p8
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ function updategame()
  end
  events:vore(new_events)
  events:strip(call_move)
- for _, lst in ipairs{intangibles_bg, eships, pbullets, ebullets} do
+ for _, lst in ipairs{intangibles_bg, eships, pbullets} do
   lst:strip(call_move)
  end
 
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ function updategame()
    return es:hitship(ps)
   end)
   ebullets:strip(function(eb)
+   -- loopify this when split moves implemented
+   eb:move()
    if (not collides(pbox, hurtbox(eb))) return
    ps:hitbullet(eb)
    return eb:hitship(ps)
@@ -257,15 +259,7 @@ function updategame()
 	-- use bucket collider for efficiency
 
  local eship_collider = collider.new()
- -- save tokens, lose time:
- -- eships:strip(function(s) eship_collider:insert(s) end)
- local p, n = eships, eships.next
- while n do
-  n.prev = p
-  eship_collider:insert(n)
-  p = n
-  n = p.next
- end
+ eships:strip(function(s) eship_collider:insert(s) end)
 
  -- lose tokens, save time:
  -- unroll `strip` to avoid