diff --git a/src/ikarus.boot b/src/ikarus.boot
index 9718a34..f6b878e 100644
Binary files a/src/ikarus.boot and b/src/ikarus.boot differ
diff --git a/src/ikarus.core.ss b/src/ikarus.core.ss
index 6f180cd..b1a07a7 100644
--- a/src/ikarus.core.ss
+++ b/src/ikarus.core.ss
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 (primitive-set! 'void
   (lambda () (void)))
   
-
- 
-
 (primitive-set! 'integer->char
   (lambda (n)
     (unless (fixnum? n)
@@ -29,23 +26,6 @@
       (error 'char->integer "~s is not a character" x))
     ($char->fixnum x)))
   
-  
-(let ()
-  (define fill!
-    (lambda (v i n fill)
-      (cond
-        [($fx= i n) v]
-        [else
-         ($vector-set! v i fill)
-         (fill! v ($fx+ i 1) n fill)])))
-  (define make-vector
-    (case-lambda
-      [(n) (make-vector n (void))]
-      [(n fill)
-       (unless (and (fixnum? n) (fx>= n 0))
-         (error 'make-vector "~s is not a valid length" n))
-       (fill! ($make-vector n) 0 n fill)]))
-  (primitive-set! 'make-vector make-vector))
 
 
 (primitive-set! 'vector-length
diff --git a/src/ikarus.vectors.ss b/src/ikarus.vectors.ss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1156a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ikarus.vectors.ss
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+(library (ikarus vectors)
+  (export make-vector)
+  (import 
+    (except (ikarus) make-vector)
+    (only (scheme)
+          $fx= $fx>= $fx+ $vector-set! 
+          $make-vector))
+
+  (module (make-vector)
+    (define fill!
+      (lambda (v i n fill)
+        (cond
+          [($fx= i n) v]
+          [else
+           ($vector-set! v i fill)
+           (fill! v ($fx+ i 1) n fill)])))
+    (define make-vector
+      (case-lambda
+        [(n) (make-vector n (void))]
+        [(n fill)
+         (unless (and (fixnum? n) ($fx>= n 0))
+           (error 'make-vector "~s is not a valid length" n))
+         (fill! ($make-vector n) 0 n fill)])))
+
+  )
diff --git a/src/makefile.ss b/src/makefile.ss
index 80b9c7b..4fe68da 100755
--- a/src/makefile.ss
+++ b/src/makefile.ss
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       "ikarus.records.ss"
       "ikarus.cxr.ss"
       "ikarus.strings.ss"
+      "ikarus.vectors.ss"
       "ikarus.numerics.ss"
       "ikarus.guardians.ss"