diff --git a/lib/aliases.zsh b/lib/aliases.zsh
index 0555be2642fcd73e6d4ced8bc44e7eee75e13607..14f6ad289b1e27af6936978fc90a393b1e2acc18 100644
--- a/lib/aliases.zsh
+++ b/lib/aliases.zsh
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ alias history='fc -l 1'
 
 # List direcory contents
 alias lsa='ls -lah'
-alias l='ls -la'
+alias l='ls -lA1'
 alias ll='ls -l'
+alias la='ls -lA'
 alias sl=ls # often screw this up
 
 alias afind='ack-grep -il'
diff --git a/lib/directories.zsh b/lib/directories.zsh
index a787db9ebda2664163bebd1a42ce4727801eef61..e445eb84cf69b96d968eff970751b00d556392b3 100644
--- a/lib/directories.zsh
+++ b/lib/directories.zsh
@@ -37,8 +37,3 @@ cd () {
 alias md='mkdir -p'
 alias rd=rmdir
 alias d='dirs -v | head -10'
-
-# mkdir & cd to it
-function mcd() { 
-  mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1"; 
-}