diff --git a/examples/array_assignments.ion b/examples/array_assignments.ion
index 632ffcab734f3dec85160df1e685471c5314ba85..15e6d67c3334545da916df576c6be24dc3e87482 100644
--- a/examples/array_assignments.ion
+++ b/examples/array_assignments.ion
@@ -6,19 +6,3 @@ let array[$value] = 5
echo @array
let array[2]:int = 6
echo @array
-
-let FOO = [4 5 6]
-let FOO[0] = [1 2 3]
-echo @FOO
-
-let FOO = [4 5 6]
-let FOO[1] = [1 2 3]
-echo @FOO
-
-let FOO = [4 5 6]
-let FOO[2] = [1 2 3]
-echo @FOO
-
-let FOO = [4 5 6]
-let FOO[3] = [1 2 3]
-echo @FOO
diff --git a/examples/array_assignments.out b/examples/array_assignments.out
index 58914b3d3988860b0347d406e530a3a7185b356a..be78b833be118b3197ad965852aac0df16d937c6 100644
--- a/examples/array_assignments.out
+++ b/examples/array_assignments.out
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
4 2 3
4 5 3
4 5 6
-1 2 3 4 5 6
-4 1 2 3 5 6
-4 5 1 2 3 6
-4 5 6 1 2 3
diff --git a/src/lib/shell/assignments.rs b/src/lib/shell/assignments.rs
index 735dc4f7e5f9b9c200c1f9891b07765400d2c3c3..13508b5690505e94120323cf82aa11b73743b612 100644
--- a/src/lib/shell/assignments.rs
+++ b/src/lib/shell/assignments.rs
@@ -263,21 +263,9 @@ impl VariableStore for Shell {
Ok(Action::UpdateArray(key, _, _)) => {
match collected.remove(key.name) {
Some(ReturnValue::Vector(values)) => {
- if let Primitive::Indexed(ref index, _) = key.kind {
- match parse_index(index, &self) {
- Ok(index_num) => {
- if let Some(mut array) = self.variables.get_array(key.name) {
- for (i, value) in values.into_iter().enumerate() {
- array.insert(index_num + i, value);
- }
- self.variables.set_array(key.name, array);
- }
- }
- Err(why) => {
- eprintln!("{}", why);
- return FAILURE;
- }
- };
+ if let Primitive::Indexed(_, _) = key.kind {
+ eprintln!("ion: multi-dimensional arrays are not yet supported");
+ return FAILURE;
} else {
self.variables.set_array(key.name, values);
}