diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/example_test.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/example_test.rs
index af353520c..8ee7f1b1b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/example_test.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/example_test.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ mod test_examples {
                     &mut make_engine_state(cmd.clone_box()),
                     &signature.input_output_types,
                     signature.operates_on_cell_paths(),
-                    signature.vectorizes_over_list,
                 ),
             );
             check_example_evaluates_to_expected_output(&example, cwd.as_path(), &mut engine_state);
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/and.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/and.rs
index 104cbe7de..5a3e245bd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/and.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/and.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ impl Command for BitsAnd {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required(
                 "target",
                 SyntaxShape::Int,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/not.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/not.rs
index 851458f95..4d21a2698 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/not.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/not.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ impl Command for BitsNot {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .switch(
                 "signed",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/or.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/or.rs
index 41110e17c..037d9cd78 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/or.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/or.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ impl Command for BitsOr {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required(
                 "target",
                 SyntaxShape::Int,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_left.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_left.rs
index 363c01042..6e9fe7480 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_left.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_left.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for BitsRol {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("bits", SyntaxShape::Int, "number of bits to rotate left")
             .switch(
                 "signed",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_right.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_right.rs
index c9f4f9ce9..f7edded5f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_right.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/rotate_right.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for BitsRor {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("bits", SyntaxShape::Int, "number of bits to rotate right")
             .switch(
                 "signed",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_left.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_left.rs
index 05289b282..983513f5d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_left.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_left.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for BitsShl {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("bits", SyntaxShape::Int, "number of bits to shift left")
             .switch(
                 "signed",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_right.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_right.rs
index f94d81829..dcb0a563e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_right.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/shift_right.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for BitsShr {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("bits", SyntaxShape::Int, "number of bits to shift right")
             .switch(
                 "signed",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/xor.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/xor.rs
index c40d5ea58..7819af433 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/xor.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bits/xor.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ impl Command for BitsXor {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required(
                 "target",
                 SyntaxShape::Int,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/add.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/add.rs
index 1a6476248..a3aba9691 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/add.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/add.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ impl Command for BytesAdd {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .required("data", SyntaxShape::Binary, "the binary to add")
             .named(
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/at.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/at.rs
index 180d319bc..2e60c88a4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/at.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/at.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ impl Command for BytesAt {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("range", SyntaxShape::Range, "the range to get bytes")
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/length.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/length.rs
index 11e22eb1c..bfca8fd6d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/length.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/bytes/length.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ impl Command for BytesLen {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccos.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccos.rs
index 7be63d6a5..3798cea75 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccos.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccos.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccosh.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccosh.rs
index 277a76dcd..70acfcb6a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccosh.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arccosh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsin.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsin.rs
index 501793c63..774a4e76b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsin.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsin.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsinh.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsinh.rs
index 719671e48..72665a4cf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsinh.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arcsinh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctan.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctan.rs
index 284a6b8a5..40d7f8927 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctan.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctan.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctanh.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctanh.rs
index 716cf8e33..9082cd051 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctanh.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/arctanh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cos.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cos.rs
index 96486431c..a7d899e47 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cos.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cos.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Float)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cosh.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cosh.rs
index 23f4d72b8..dcfd854e4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cosh.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/cosh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/exp.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/exp.rs
index 75fb15646..5b7aa0cb3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/exp.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/exp.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/ln.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/ln.rs
index d93e94080..b6ce3ba30 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/ln.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/ln.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sin.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sin.rs
index 276163eb0..95b799493 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sin.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sin.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Float)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sinh.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sinh.rs
index 24a755172..490ac3910 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sinh.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/sinh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tan.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tan.rs
index 65b8b6138..7470ef3a7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tan.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tan.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Float)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tanh.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tanh.rs
index 2f4f99cbf..0dbf6413f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tanh.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/math/tanh.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/gradient.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/gradient.rs
index 2bf71eb89..ba9cd34e5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/gradient.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/gradient.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Platform)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/link.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/link.rs
index a5505d66b..8d577de51 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/link.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/platform/ansi/link.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
                 "for a data structure input, add links to all strings at the given cell paths",
             )
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Platform)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/decode_hex.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/decode_hex.rs
index 1bba8c65a..47cad4627 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/decode_hex.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/decode_hex.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for DecodeHex {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/encode_hex.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/encode_hex.rs
index e0629684d..80681e30f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/encode_hex.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-extra/src/extra/strings/encode_decode/encode_hex.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for EncodeHex {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs
index aac09d98a..5076ad6bb 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_support.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ pub fn check_example_input_and_output_types_match_command_signature(
     engine_state: &mut Box<EngineState>,
     signature_input_output_types: &Vec<(Type, Type)>,
     signature_operates_on_cell_paths: bool,
-    signature_vectorizes_over_list: bool,
 ) -> HashSet<(Type, Type)> {
     let mut witnessed_type_transformations = HashSet::<(Type, Type)>::new();
 
@@ -37,40 +36,6 @@ pub fn check_example_input_and_output_types_match_command_signature(
                             }
                     });
 
-            // The example type checks as vectorization over an input list if both:
-            // 1. The command is declared to vectorize over list input.
-            // 2. There exists an entry t -> u in the type map such that the
-            //    example_input_type is a subtype of list<t> and the
-            //    example_output_type is a subtype of list<u>.
-            let example_matches_signature_via_vectorization_over_list =
-                signature_vectorizes_over_list
-                    && match &example_input_type {
-                        Type::List(ex_in_type) => {
-                            match signature_input_output_types.iter().find_map(
-                                |(sig_in_type, sig_out_type)| {
-                                    if ex_in_type.is_subtype(sig_in_type) {
-                                        Some((sig_in_type, sig_out_type))
-                                    } else {
-                                        None
-                                    }
-                                },
-                            ) {
-                                Some((sig_in_type, sig_out_type)) => match &example_output_type {
-                                    Type::List(ex_out_type)
-                                        if ex_out_type.is_subtype(sig_out_type) =>
-                                    {
-                                        witnessed_type_transformations
-                                            .insert((sig_in_type.clone(), sig_out_type.clone()));
-                                        true
-                                    }
-                                    _ => false,
-                                },
-                                None => false,
-                            }
-                        }
-                        _ => false,
-                    };
-
             // The example type checks as a cell path operation if both:
             // 1. The command is declared to operate on cell paths.
             // 2. The example_input_type is list or record or table, and the example
@@ -80,22 +45,22 @@ pub fn check_example_input_and_output_types_match_command_signature(
                        // TODO: This is too permissive; it should make use of the signature.input_output_types at least.
                        && example_output_type.to_shape() == example_input_type.to_shape();
 
-            if !(example_matches_signature
-                || example_matches_signature_via_vectorization_over_list
-                || example_matches_signature_via_cell_path_operation)
-            {
+            if !(example_matches_signature || example_matches_signature_via_cell_path_operation) {
                 panic!(
-                       "The example `{}` demonstrates a transformation of type {:?} -> {:?}. \
+                    "The example `{}` demonstrates a transformation of type {:?} -> {:?}. \
                        However, this does not match the declared signature: {:?}.{} \
-                       For this command, `vectorizes_over_list` is {} and `operates_on_cell_paths()` is {}.",
-                       example.example,
-                       example_input_type,
-                       example_output_type,
-                       signature_input_output_types,
-                       if signature_input_output_types.is_empty() { " (Did you forget to declare the input and output types for the command?)" } else { "" },
-                       signature_vectorizes_over_list,
-                       signature_operates_on_cell_paths
-                   );
+                       For this command `operates_on_cell_paths()` is {}.",
+                    example.example,
+                    example_input_type,
+                    example_output_type,
+                    signature_input_output_types,
+                    if signature_input_output_types.is_empty() {
+                        " (Did you forget to declare the input and output types for the command?)"
+                    } else {
+                        ""
+                    },
+                    signature_operates_on_cell_paths
+                );
             };
         };
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_test.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_test.rs
index 336cf38a1..fa74059f9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_test.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/example_test.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ mod test_examples {
                     &mut make_engine_state(cmd.clone_box()),
                     &signature.input_output_types,
                     signature.operates_on_cell_paths(),
-                    signature.vectorizes_over_list,
                 ),
             );
             check_example_evaluates_to_expected_output(&example, cwd.as_path(), &mut engine_state);
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs
index 4572621d4..94205ebb6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/fill.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ impl Command for Fill {
                 // General case for heterogeneous lists
                 (Type::List(Box::new(Type::Any)), Type::List(Box::new(Type::String))),
                 ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .named(
                 "width",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/filesize.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/filesize.rs
index 3f97e8625..92b911057 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/filesize.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/filesize.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/int.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/int.rs
index bf4d9c112..f03c8e36c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/int.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/conversions/into/int.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Int)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .named("radix", SyntaxShape::Number, "radix of integer", Some('r'))
             .switch("little-endian", "use little-endian byte decoding", None)
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/example_test.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/example_test.rs
index 121ee7679..5026d1a13 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/example_test.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/example_test.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ mod test_examples {
                     &mut make_engine_state(cmd.clone_box()),
                     &signature.input_output_types,
                     signature.operates_on_cell_paths(),
-                    signature.vectorizes_over_list,
                 ),
             );
             check_example_evaluates_to_expected_output(&example, cwd.as_path(), &mut engine_state);
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/abs.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/abs.rs
index 2eeecb30b..574a6b3bf 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/abs.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/abs.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/ceil.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/ceil.rs
index ae7f18173..2dd26f769 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/ceil.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/ceil.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/floor.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/floor.rs
index 5625417bf..beab1159e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/floor.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/floor.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/log.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/log.rs
index 1276b8d17..dcc91e694 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/log.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/log.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 ),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/round.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/round.rs
index aee5f54c2..ebe60b23d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/round.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/round.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .named(
                 "precision",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs
index f67f42b06..85b3134ff 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/math/sqrt.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::Number)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Math)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs
index 5fb8627d8..df1596923 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/url/encode.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .switch(
             "all",
             "encode all non-alphanumeric chars including `/`, `.`, `:`",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/decode_base64.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/decode_base64.rs
index 27dcd72ad..7ef209f3a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/decode_base64.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/decode_base64.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ impl Command for DecodeBase64 {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .named(
                 "character-set",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/encode_base64.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/encode_base64.rs
index 91adaf9a1..b38476c65 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/encode_base64.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/encode_decode/encode_base64.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ impl Command for EncodeBase64 {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .named(
                 "character-set",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/row.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/row.rs
index 2ee5c83fb..71cc0bc7c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/row.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/row.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::String, Type::List(Box::new(Type::String))),
                 (Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)), Type::Table(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .required(
                 "separator",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/camel_case.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/camel_case.rs
index 982bdc08d..725ee2ce8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/camel_case.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/camel_case.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/capitalize.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/capitalize.rs
index 21411041b..2f105a85e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/capitalize.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/capitalize.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/downcase.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/downcase.rs
index 3405b4e53..4bfbe6968 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/downcase.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/downcase.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/kebab_case.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/kebab_case.rs
index 613d1207d..b33fe2414 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/kebab_case.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/kebab_case.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/pascal_case.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/pascal_case.rs
index cdcf6b5e5..29bfa974b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/pascal_case.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/pascal_case.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/screaming_snake_case.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/screaming_snake_case.rs
index 9423fe446..97dea2277 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/screaming_snake_case.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/screaming_snake_case.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/snake_case.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/snake_case.rs
index 00a5fd403..16b3bd977 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/snake_case.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/snake_case.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/title_case.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/title_case.rs
index 4ed50f5b1..67968ae01 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/title_case.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/title_case.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/upcase.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/upcase.rs
index 9154b0c28..a4d580502 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/upcase.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/case/upcase.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/contains.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/contains.rs
index eebb9cf95..e9ddf3eb8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/contains.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/contains.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
                 (Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)), Type::List(Box::new(Type::Bool)))
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("string", SyntaxShape::String, "the substring to find")
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/ends_with.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/ends_with.rs
index a93027a7e..e3d8311bc 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/ends_with.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/ends_with.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("string", SyntaxShape::String, "the string to match")
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
index 15a6d2c73..de11f10c4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)))),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .category(Category::Strings)
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/index_of.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/index_of.rs
index 51179217a..3b9f877b4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/index_of.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/index_of.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true) // TODO: no test coverage
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .required("string", SyntaxShape::String, "the string to find in the input")
             .switch(
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/length.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/length.rs
index 98a49aea0..5f08a7dd7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/length.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/length.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .switch(
                 "grapheme-clusters",
                 "count length using grapheme clusters (all visible chars have length 1)",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/replace.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/replace.rs
index 22fa3b467..80d4060ea 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/replace.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/replace.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                     Type::List(Box::new(Type::String)),
                 ),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .required("find", SyntaxShape::String, "the pattern to find")
             .required("replace", SyntaxShape::String, "the replacement string")
             .rest(
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/reverse.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/reverse.rs
index 18c9d59c0..f3fa11cb9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/reverse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/reverse.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
                 SyntaxShape::CellPath,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/starts_with.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/starts_with.rs
index 72541dc9f..9a44551b9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/starts_with.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/starts_with.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .required("string", SyntaxShape::String, "the string to match")
             .rest(
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/substring.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/substring.rs
index 0058ff946..44843e831 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/substring.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/substring.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .switch(
                 "grapheme-clusters",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/trim/trim_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/trim/trim_.rs
index 3b06d2c9f..9fb994a0e 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/trim/trim_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/trim/trim_.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
                 (Type::Table(vec![]), Type::Table(vec![])),
                 (Type::Record(vec![]), Type::Record(vec![])),
             ])
-            .vectorizes_over_list(true)
             .allow_variants_without_examples(true)
             .rest(
                 "rest",
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/plugin_signature.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/plugin_signature.rs
index 5c9dd0699..b4ac8deb4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/plugin_signature.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/plugin_signature.rs
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ impl PluginSignature {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn vectorizes_over_list(mut self, vectorizes_over_list: bool) -> PluginSignature {
-        self.sig = self.sig.vectorizes_over_list(vectorizes_over_list);
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Set the input-output type signature variants of the command
     pub fn input_output_types(mut self, input_output_types: Vec<(Type, Type)>) -> PluginSignature {
         self.sig = self.sig.input_output_types(input_output_types);
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs b/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs
index 99026397d..ad2b65f7f 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/src/signature.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ pub struct Signature {
     pub required_positional: Vec<PositionalArg>,
     pub optional_positional: Vec<PositionalArg>,
     pub rest_positional: Option<PositionalArg>,
-    pub vectorizes_over_list: bool,
     pub named: Vec<Flag>,
     pub input_output_types: Vec<(Type, Type)>,
     pub allow_variants_without_examples: bool,
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ impl Signature {
             required_positional: vec![],
             optional_positional: vec![],
             rest_positional: None,
-            vectorizes_over_list: false,
             input_output_types: vec![],
             allow_variants_without_examples: false,
             named: vec![],
@@ -464,11 +462,6 @@ impl Signature {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn vectorizes_over_list(mut self, vectorizes_over_list: bool) -> Signature {
-        self.vectorizes_over_list = vectorizes_over_list;
-        self
-    }
-
     /// Set the input-output type signature variants of the command
     pub fn input_output_types(mut self, input_output_types: Vec<(Type, Type)>) -> Signature {
         self.input_output_types = input_output_types;