diff --git a/pollen/core.rkt b/pollen/core.rkt
index 923230f..d3e580c 100644
--- a/pollen/core.rkt
+++ b/pollen/core.rkt
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@
 
 (define is-meta-value? hash?)
 (define is-doc-value? txexpr?)
-(define identity (λ (x) x))
-(define not-false? identity)
 
-(define+provide define-meta identity) ;; stub so it will be picked up for docs
+(define+provide define-meta values) ;; stub so it will be picked up for docs
 
 (define+provide current-metas (make-parameter #f))
 
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@
   ((coerce/symbol? (or/c is-meta-value? is-doc-value? pagenode? pathish?)) (symbol?) . ->* . (or/c #f txexpr-elements?))
   (define metas-result (and (not (is-doc-value? value-source)) (select-from-metas key value-source caller)))
   (define doc-result  (and (not (is-meta-value? value-source)) (select-from-doc key value-source caller)))
-  (define result (filter not-false? (apply append (map ->list (list metas-result doc-result)))))
+  (define result (filter values (apply append (map ->list (list metas-result doc-result)))))
   (and (pair? result) result))
 
 
diff --git a/pollen/decode.rkt b/pollen/decode.rkt
index ef73b37..315882b 100644
--- a/pollen/decode.rkt
+++ b/pollen/decode.rkt
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@
     [else (list x)]))
 
 (define decode-proc-output-contract (or/c txexpr-element? txexpr-elements?))
-(define identity (λ (x) x))
 
 ;; decoder wireframe
 (define+provide/contract (decode tx-in
-                                 #:txexpr-tag-proc [txexpr-tag-proc identity]
-                                 #:txexpr-attrs-proc [txexpr-attrs-proc identity]
-                                 #:txexpr-elements-proc [txexpr-elements-proc identity]
-                                 #:txexpr-proc [txexpr-proc identity]
-                                 #:block-txexpr-proc [block-txexpr-proc identity]
-                                 #:inline-txexpr-proc [inline-txexpr-proc identity]
-                                 #:string-proc [string-proc identity]
-                                 #:entity-proc [entity-proc identity]
-                                 #:cdata-proc [cdata-proc identity]
+                                 #:txexpr-tag-proc [txexpr-tag-proc values]
+                                 #:txexpr-attrs-proc [txexpr-attrs-proc values]
+                                 #:txexpr-elements-proc [txexpr-elements-proc values]
+                                 #:txexpr-proc [txexpr-proc values]
+                                 #:block-txexpr-proc [block-txexpr-proc values]
+                                 #:inline-txexpr-proc [inline-txexpr-proc values]
+                                 #:string-proc [string-proc values]
+                                 #:entity-proc [entity-proc values]
+                                 #:cdata-proc [cdata-proc values]
                                  #:exclude-tags [excluded-tags empty]
                                  #:exclude-attrs [excluded-attrs empty])
   ((xexpr/c)  
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@
                              maybe-linebreak-proc
                              (λ (e1 e2) maybe-linebreak-proc)))
   (define elems-vec (list->vector elems))
-  (filter identity
+  (filter values
           (for/list ([(elem idx) (in-indexed elems-vec)])
             (cond
               [(or (= idx 0) (= idx (sub1 (vector-length elems-vec)))) elem] ; pass through first & last items
diff --git a/pollen/private/ts.rktd b/pollen/private/ts.rktd
index ac3df7b..db3d3e0 100644
--- a/pollen/private/ts.rktd
+++ b/pollen/private/ts.rktd
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1516651656
+1516654917
diff --git a/pollen/render.rkt b/pollen/render.rkt
index 3f9d624..3dee401 100644
--- a/pollen/render.rkt
+++ b/pollen/render.rkt
@@ -250,12 +250,11 @@
   (or (markup-source? path) (markdown-source? path)))
 
 
-(define identity (λ (x) x))
 (define+provide/contract (get-template-for source-path [maybe-output-path #f])
   ((complete-path?)((or/c #f complete-path?)) . ->* . (or/c #f complete-path?))
   
   (define (file-exists-or-has-source? p) ; p could be #f
-    (and p (for/first ([proc (in-list (list identity ->preproc-source-path ->null-source-path))]
+    (and p (for/first ([proc (in-list (list values ->preproc-source-path ->null-source-path))]
                        #:when (file-exists? (proc p)))
              p)))