diff --git a/lib/dict/README.pgw b/lib/dict/README.pgw
deleted file mode 100644
index 924bc408b..000000000
--- a/lib/dict/README.pgw
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-To get the Project Gutenberg dictionary use
-
-	9fs sources
-	cp /n/sources/extra/pgw.tar.bz2 /tmp
-	cd /lib/dict
-	bunzip2 < /tmp/pgw.tar.bz2 | tar x
-
diff --git a/lib/dict/README.roget b/lib/dict/README.roget
deleted file mode 100644
index 4047faaf7..000000000
--- a/lib/dict/README.roget
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-To get the Project Gutenberg Roget's thesaurus use
-
-	9fs sources
-	cp /n/sources/extra/roget/* /lib/dict
-
diff --git a/lib/dict/pgw.rc b/lib/dict/pgw.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94bda983f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dict/pgw.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+# Project Gutenberg dictionary
+9fs sources
+cd /lib/dict
+bunzip2 < /n/sources/extra/pgw.tar.bz2 | tar x
+
diff --git a/lib/dict/roget.rc b/lib/dict/roget.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a691a331d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dict/roget.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/rc
+# Project Gutenberg Roget's thesaurus
+9fs sources
+fcp /n/sources/extra/roget/* /lib/dict
+