diff --git a/go/catalogue/streams.go b/go/catalogue/streams.go
index 2aa8c9b..64fc46c 100644
--- a/go/catalogue/streams.go
+++ b/go/catalogue/streams.go
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ const (
 	StreamMostDeliveries  = 10
 )
 
-// ReservedStreamPrefixes are the starts of the stream names the mesh derives, which no module's stream
-// may take: a seat's work queue, a log, a bucket, an object store, and the dead letters.
-var ReservedStreamPrefixes = []string{"SEAT_", "LOG_", "KV_", "OBJ_", "DEAD_"}
 
 // MeshStreamNames are the mesh's own streams by name. Written here as well as in the broker, which this
 // package cannot import; a test keeps them agreeing.