diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index b876f643..f46aa8f5 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
          "depstar/src" "process/src"
          "deps.clj/src" "deps.clj/resources"
          "resources" "sci/resources"],
- :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.0-alpha4"},
+ :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.0-beta1"},
         borkdude/sci {:local/root "sci"}
         babashka/babashka.curl {:local/root "babashka.curl"}
         babashka/fs {:local/root "fs"}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 90b6bc46..ca1c1851 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   :resource-paths ["resources" "sci/resources"]
   :test-selectors {:default (complement :windows-only)
                    :windows (complement :skip-windows)}
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.0-alpha4"]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.0-beta1"]
                  [borkdude/edamame "0.0.19"]
                  [borkdude/graal.locking "0.0.2"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.cli "1.0.206"]
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/java/shell.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/java/shell.clj
index eda6407f..4c11d2d9 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/java/shell.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/java/shell.clj
@@ -38,5 +38,4 @@
    '*sh-env* sh-env
    'with-sh-dir (sci/copy-var shell/with-sh-dir shell-ns)
    'with-sh-env (sci/copy-var shell/with-sh-env shell-ns)
-   'sh (sci/copy-var sh shell-ns)
-   'launch (sci/copy-var shell/launch shell-ns)})
+   'sh (sci/copy-var sh shell-ns)})