diff --git a/deps/SnoopCompile/precompile/precompile_Plots.jl b/deps/SnoopCompile/precompile/precompile_Plots.jl
index e5fac265..75cfa8e2 100644
--- a/deps/SnoopCompile/precompile/precompile_Plots.jl
+++ b/deps/SnoopCompile/precompile/precompile_Plots.jl
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ function _precompile_()
     Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(bbox),Float64,Float64,Float64,Float64})
     Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(build_layout),GridLayout,Int64,Vector{Plot}})
     Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(convert_to_polar),StepRangeLen{Float64, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}, Base.TwicePrecision{Float64}},Vector{Float64},Tuple{Int64, Float64}})
-    Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(create_grid),Expr})
     Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(error_coords),Vector{Float64},Vector{Float64},Vector{Float64},Vararg{Vector{Float64}, N} where N})
     Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(error_coords),Vector{Float64},Vector{Float64},Vector{Float64}})
     Base.precompile(Tuple{typeof(error_zipit),Tuple{Vector{Float64}, Vector{Float64}, Vector{Float64}}})
diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index d11ef67a..911b99fc 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using SparseArrays
 using FFMPEG
 
 @reexport using RecipesBase
-import RecipesBase: plot, plot!, animate, is_explicit
+import RecipesBase: plot, plot!, animate, is_explicit, grid
 using Base.Meta
 @reexport using PlotUtils
 @reexport using PlotThemes
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ export
     grid,
     bbox,
     plotarea,
-    @layout,
     KW,
 
     wrap,
diff --git a/src/layouts.jl b/src/layouts.jl
index 243f073b..f9ec793d 100644
--- a/src/layouts.jl
+++ b/src/layouts.jl
@@ -578,137 +578,6 @@ function build_layout(layout::GridLayout, n::Integer, plts::AVec{Plot})
     layout, subplots, spmap
 end
 
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# @layout macro
-
-function add_layout_pct!(kw::AKW, v::Expr, idx::Integer, nidx::Integer)
-    # dump(v)
-    # something like {0.2w}?
-    if v.head == :call && v.args[1] == :*
-        num = v.args[2]
-        if length(v.args) == 3 && isa(num, Number)
-            units = v.args[3]
-            if units == :h
-                return kw[:h] = num * pct
-            elseif units == :w
-                return kw[:w] = num * pct
-            elseif units in (:pct, :px, :mm, :cm, :inch)
-                idx == 1 && (kw[:w] = v)
-                (idx == 2 || nidx == 1) && (kw[:h] = v)
-                # return kw[idx == 1 ? :w : :h] = v
-            end
-        end
-    end
-    error("Couldn't match layout curly (idx=$idx): $v")
-end
-
-function add_layout_pct!(kw::AKW, v::Number, idx::Integer)
-    # kw[idx == 1 ? :w : :h] = v*pct
-    idx == 1 && (kw[:w] = v * pct)
-    (idx == 2 || nidx == 1) && (kw[:h] = v * pct)
-end
-
-isrow(v) = isa(v, Expr) && v.head in (:hcat, :row)
-iscol(v) = isa(v, Expr) && v.head == :vcat
-rowsize(v) = isrow(v) ? length(v.args) : 1
-
-function create_grid(expr::Expr)
-    if iscol(expr)
-        create_grid_vcat(expr)
-    elseif isrow(expr)
-        :(
-            let cell = Matrix(undef, 1, $(length(expr.args)))
-                $(
-                    [
-                        :(cell[1, $i] = $(create_grid(v))) for
-                        (i, v) in enumerate(expr.args)
-                    ]...
-                )
-                cell
-            end
-        )
-
-    elseif expr.head == :curly
-        create_grid_curly(expr)
-    else
-        # if it's something else, just return that (might be an existing layout?)
-        esc(expr)
-    end
-end
-
-function create_grid_vcat(expr::Expr)
-    rowsizes = map(rowsize, expr.args)
-    rmin, rmax = extrema(rowsizes)
-    if rmin > 0 && rmin == rmax
-        # we have a grid... build the whole thing
-        # note: rmin is the number of columns
-        nr = length(expr.args)
-        nc = rmin
-        body = Expr(:block)
-        for r in 1:nr
-            arg = expr.args[r]
-            if isrow(arg)
-                for (c, item) in enumerate(arg.args)
-                    push!(body.args, :(cell[$r, $c] = $(create_grid(item))))
-                end
-            else
-                push!(body.args, :(cell[$r, 1] = $(create_grid(arg))))
-            end
-        end
-        :(
-            let cell = Matrix(undef, $nr, $nc)
-                $body
-                cell
-            end
-        )
-    else
-        # otherwise just build one row at a time
-        :(
-            let cell = Matrix(undef, $(length(expr.args)), 1)
-                $(
-                    [
-                        :(cell[$i, 1] = $(create_grid(v))) for
-                        (i, v) in enumerate(expr.args)
-                    ]...
-                )
-                cell
-            end
-        )
-    end
-end
-
-function create_grid_curly(expr::Expr)
-    kw = KW()
-    for (i, arg) in enumerate(expr.args[2:end])
-        add_layout_pct!(kw, arg, i, length(expr.args) - 1)
-    end
-    s = expr.args[1]
-    if isa(s, Expr) && s.head == :call && s.args[1] == :grid
-        create_grid(
-            :(grid(
-                $(s.args[2:end]...),
-                width = $(get(kw, :w, QuoteNode(:auto))),
-                height = $(get(kw, :h, QuoteNode(:auto))),
-            )),
-        )
-    elseif isa(s, Symbol)
-        :((
-            label = $(QuoteNode(s)),
-            width = $(get(kw, :w, QuoteNode(:auto))),
-            height = $(get(kw, :h, QuoteNode(:auto))),
-        ))
-    else
-        error("Unknown use of curly brackets: $expr")
-    end
-end
-
-function create_grid(s::Symbol)
-    :((label = $(QuoteNode(s)), blank = $(s == :_)))
-end
-
-macro layout(mat::Expr)
-    create_grid(mat)
-end
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------