diff --git a/libguile/objects.c b/libguile/objects.c
index 568e25a9e..b8c6ac0dd 100644
--- a/libguile/objects.c
+++ b/libguile/objects.c
@@ -468,13 +468,11 @@ void
 scm_init_objects ()
 {
   SCM ms = scm_makfrom0str (SCM_METACLASS_STANDARD_LAYOUT);
-  SCM ml = scm_make_struct_layout (ms);
-  SCM mt = scm_make_vtable_vtable (ml, SCM_INUM0,
+  SCM mt = scm_make_vtable_vtable (ms, SCM_INUM0,
 				   SCM_LIST3 (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL, SCM_EOL));
   
   SCM os = scm_makfrom0str (SCM_METACLASS_OPERATOR_LAYOUT);
-  SCM ol = scm_make_struct_layout (os);
-  SCM ot = scm_make_vtable_vtable (ol, SCM_INUM0,
+  SCM ot = scm_make_vtable_vtable (os, SCM_INUM0,
 				   SCM_LIST3 (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL, SCM_EOL));
   
   SCM es = scm_makfrom0str (SCM_ENTITY_LAYOUT);
diff --git a/libguile/print.c b/libguile/print.c
index 225a81bcd..5b3e35e69 100644
--- a/libguile/print.c
+++ b/libguile/print.c
@@ -1113,9 +1113,7 @@ scm_init_print ()
   SCM vtable, layout, type;
   
   scm_init_opts (scm_print_options, scm_print_opts, SCM_N_PRINT_OPTIONS);
-  vtable = scm_make_vtable_vtable (scm_make_struct_layout (scm_nullstr),
-				   SCM_INUM0,
-				   SCM_EOL);
+  vtable = scm_make_vtable_vtable (scm_nullstr, SCM_INUM0, SCM_EOL);
   layout = scm_make_struct_layout (scm_makfrom0str (SCM_PRINT_STATE_LAYOUT));
   type = scm_make_struct (vtable, SCM_INUM0, SCM_LIST1 (layout));
   scm_set_struct_vtable_name_x (type, SCM_CAR (scm_intern0 ("print-state")));