diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/metadata.js b/ui (gen4)/features/metadata.js
index b0dc289e..bbc12b0a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/metadata.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/metadata.js	
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@ if(typeof(process) != 'undefined'){
 	var exiftool = requirejs('exiftool')
 
 	// XXX EXPERIMENTAL: graph...
-	// XXX move this to ./components/
-	try {
-		// do this only if browser is loaded...
-		var graph = window != null ?
-			requirejs('lib/components/ig-image-graph')
-			: null
-	} catch(e){}
+	// do this only if browser is loaded...
+	var graph = window != null ?
+		requirejs('lib/components/ig-image-graph')
+		: null
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/components/ig-image-graph.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/components/ig-image-graph.js
index 9644e568..5961e449 100644
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/components/ig-image-graph.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/components/ig-image-graph.js	
@@ -557,20 +557,6 @@ window.customElements.define('ig-image-graph', igImageGraph)
 
 
 
-//---------------------------------------------------------------------
-// helper...
-
-var makeImageGraph = 
-module.makeImageGraph = 
-function(img, options){
-	var g = document.createElement('ig-image-graph')
-	Object.assign(g, 
-		options || {})
-	g.src = img
-	return g }
-
-
-
 
 /**********************************************************************
 * vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                               */ return module })