diff --git a/debug/kons.scm b/debug/kons.scm
index d1cd89a2..7cfc462a 100644
--- a/debug/kons.scm
+++ b/debug/kons.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;; A temporary test file
 (import (scheme base)
         (scheme write)
-        (srfi 9)
+        ;(srfi 9)
         )
 
 ;; TODO: seems begins are not spliced when part of an applied lambda??
diff --git a/scheme/base.sld b/scheme/base.sld
index 4cbd9f0c..4511c028 100644
--- a/scheme/base.sld
+++ b/scheme/base.sld
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@
     ; TODO: need filter for the next two. also, they really belong in SRFI-1, not here
     ;delete
     ;delete-duplicates
-    ;; TODO: possibly relocating here in the future
+    ;; Record types
     define-record-type
     record?
-    ;  register-simple-type
-    ;  make-type-predicate
-    ;  make-constructor
-    ;  make-getter
-    ;  make-setter
-    ;  slot-set!
-    ;  type-slot-offset
+    register-simple-type
+    make-type-predicate
+    make-constructor
+    make-getter
+    make-setter
+    slot-set!
+    type-slot-offset
+    ;; END records
     receive
     abs
     max
@@ -1385,7 +1386,7 @@
       new)))
 (define (type-slot-offset name sym)
   (let ((field-tags (vector-ref name 2)))
-    (list-index2 sym field-tags)))
+    (_list-index sym field-tags)))
 (define (slot-set! name obj idx val)
   (let ((vec obj)) ;; TODO: get actual slots from obj
     (vector-set! (vector-ref vec 2) idx val)))
@@ -1396,6 +1397,17 @@
   (lambda (obj val)
     (vector-set! (vector-ref obj 2) idx val)))
 
+;; Find index of element in list, or -1 if not found
+(define _list-index
+  (lambda (e lst)
+    (if (null? lst)
+      -1
+      (if (eq? (car lst) e)
+        0
+        (if (= (_list-index e (cdr lst)) -1) 
+          -1
+          (+ 1 (_list-index e (cdr lst))))))))
+
 (define (record? obj)
   (and (vector? obj)
        (> (vector-length obj) 0)
diff --git a/srfi/9.sld b/srfi/9.sld
index 9fd82feb..b286e32a 100644
--- a/srfi/9.sld
+++ b/srfi/9.sld
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
           new)))
     (define (type-slot-offset name sym)
       (let ((field-tags (vector-ref name 2)))
-        (list-index2 sym field-tags)))
+        (_list-index sym field-tags)))
     (define (slot-set! name obj idx val)
       (let ((vec obj)) ;; TODO: get actual slots from obj
         (vector-set! (vector-ref vec 2) idx val)))
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@
            (> (vector-length obj) 0)
            (equal? record-marker (vector-ref obj 0))))
 
+    ;; Find index of element in list, or -1 if not found
+    (define _list-index
+      (lambda (e lst)
+        (if (null? lst)
+          -1
+          (if (eq? (car lst) e)
+            0
+            (if (= (_list-index e (cdr lst)) -1) 
+              -1
+              (+ 1 (_list-index e (cdr lst))))))))
+
     (define-syntax define-record-type
       (er-macro-transformer
        (lambda (expr rename compare)
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests.scm b/tests/unit-tests.scm
index 856a10b2..cdfaee16 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests.scm
+++ b/tests/unit-tests.scm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         (scheme read)
         (scheme write)
         (scheme eval)
-        (srfi 9)
+        ;(srfi 9)
 )
 
 (define *num-passed* 0)