# Remove Pattern Shell

> A technique for deleting the structure of a pattern whose forces are absent, leaving the plain code it wrapped.

Record: `lexicon:remove-pattern-shell`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-remove-pattern-shell

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Architecture Test](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/architecture-test.md) and before [Duplicate Until the Pattern Stabilizes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/duplicate-until-the-pattern-stabilizes.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Refactors

- [Pattern Cargo Cult](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/pattern-cargo-cult.md)
- [First-Principles Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/first-principles-design.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Architecture Review / Evolution / Governance Artifacts](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-architecture-review-evolution-governance-artifacts.md)