diff --git a/tailbone/forms/core.py b/tailbone/forms/core.py
index e04126a3..aee85330 100644
--- a/tailbone/forms/core.py
+++ b/tailbone/forms/core.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2023 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2024 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -794,12 +794,11 @@ class Form(object):
     def set_vuejs_field_converter(self, field, converter):
         self.vuejs_field_converters[field] = converter
 
-    def render(self, template=None, **kwargs):
-        if not template:
-            template = '/forms/form.mako'
-        context = kwargs
-        context['form'] = self
-        return render(template, context)
+    def render(self, **kwargs):
+        warnings.warn("Form.render() is deprecated (for now?); "
+                      "please use Form.render_deform() instead",
+                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return self.render_deform(**kwargs)
 
     def make_deform_form(self):
         if not hasattr(self, 'deform_form'):
@@ -841,14 +840,14 @@ class Form(object):
 
     def render_deform(self, dform=None, template=None, **kwargs):
         if not template:
-            template = '/forms/deform_buefy.mako'
+            template = '/forms/deform.mako'
 
         if dform is None:
             dform = self.make_deform_form()
 
         # TODO: would perhaps be nice to leverage deform's default rendering
         # someday..? i.e. using Chameleon *.pt templates
-        # return form.render()
+        # return dform.render()
 
         context = kwargs
         context['form'] = self
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako b/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako
index fa8fa19f..aa9677b7 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/batch/view.mako
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
 
 <%def name="render_form()">
   ## TODO: should use self.render_form_buttons()
-  ## ${form.render(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(self.render_form_buttons))|n}
-  ${form.render(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(buttons))|n}
+  ## ${form.render_deform(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(self.render_form_buttons))|n}
+  ${form.render_deform(form_id='batch-form', buttons=capture(buttons))|n}
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="render_this_page()">
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/form.mako b/tailbone/templates/form.mako
index 5878e030..c225bd3a 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/form.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/form.mako
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <%def name="render_form_buttons()"></%def>
 
 <%def name="render_form()">
-  ${form.render(buttons=capture(self.render_form_buttons))|n}
+  ${form.render_deform(buttons=capture(self.render_form_buttons))|n}
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="render_buefy_form()">
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako b/tailbone/templates/forms/deform.mako
similarity index 100%
rename from tailbone/templates/forms/deform_buefy.mako
rename to tailbone/templates/forms/deform.mako
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/forms/form.mako b/tailbone/templates/forms/form.mako
deleted file mode 100644
index cd8fecc8..00000000
--- a/tailbone/templates/forms/form.mako
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-## -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
-${form.render_deform(buttons=buttons)|n}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/products/batch.mako b/tailbone/templates/products/batch.mako
index 81af729b..868ad9b1 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/products/batch.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/products/batch.mako
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
   ${parent.modify_this_page_vars()}
   <script type="text/javascript">
 
-    ## TODO: ugh, an awful lot of duplicated code here (from /forms/deform_buefy.mako)
+    ## TODO: ugh, an awful lot of duplicated code here (from /forms/deform.mako)
 
     let ${form.component_studly} = {
         template: '#${form.component}-template',