diff --git a/package/batocera/core/batocera-configgen/configgen/configgen/generators/libretro/libretroControllers.py b/package/batocera/core/batocera-configgen/configgen/configgen/generators/libretro/libretroControllers.py
index afd4a4f3265..a30b3467a84 100755
--- a/package/batocera/core/batocera-configgen/configgen/configgen/generators/libretro/libretroControllers.py
+++ b/package/batocera/core/batocera-configgen/configgen/configgen/generators/libretro/libretroControllers.py
@@ -89,22 +89,6 @@ def cleanControllerConfig(retroconfig: UnixSettings, controllers: Controllers, /
 def writeHotKeyConfig(retroconfig: UnixSettings, controllers: Controllers, /) -> None:
     if controllers and 'hotkey' in controllers[0].inputs and controllers[0].inputs['hotkey'].type == 'button':
         retroconfig.save('input_enable_hotkey_btn', controllers[0].inputs['hotkey'].id)
-        # Without this, input_enable_hotkey_btn alone arms the hotkey
-        # modifier but no joypad action is bound to it, so Hotkey+Start
-        # (the batocera keyboard convention for force-quitting a game, see
-        # es_input.cfg's keyboard hotkey=select binding) does nothing on a
-        # gamepad - only the keyboard input_exit_emulator="escape" above
-        # ever quits a running libretro core. Confirmed live on hardware
-        # (ODROID-M1, SHAKS S6b pad): Hotkey+Start did not exit FBNeo
-        # until this was added.
-        #
-        # Nested inside the hotkey check (not a second top-level if): if a
-        # pad has no hotkey button mapped, RetroArch treats a lone
-        # input_exit_emulator_btn as unmodified - Start alone would quit
-        # mid-game on every such pad, on every board, the moment
-        # controllers are configured at all.
-        if 'start' in controllers[0].inputs and controllers[0].inputs['start'].type == 'button':
-            retroconfig.save('input_exit_emulator_btn', controllers[0].inputs['start'].id)
 
 # Write a configuration for a specified controller
 def writeControllerConfig(