diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.cs
index 4bc8b8c276..01ecac99d8 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.cs
@@ -447,14 +447,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.Gameboy
 		public void LoadStateText(System.IO.TextReader reader)
 		{
 			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			if (hex.StartsWith("emuVersion")) // movie save
-			{
-				do // theoretically, our portion should start right after StartsFromSavestate, maybe...
-				{
-					hex = reader.ReadLine();
-				} while (!hex.StartsWith("StartsFromSavestate"));
-				hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			}
 			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
 			state.ReadFromHex(hex);
 			LoadStateBinary(new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(state)));
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/N64/N64.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/N64/N64.cs
index d83d484ade..7a2674eb7a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/N64/N64.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/N64/N64.cs
@@ -197,14 +197,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.N64
 		public void LoadStateText(TextReader reader)
 		{
 			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			if (hex.StartsWith("emuVersion")) // movie save
-			{
-				do // theoretically, our portion should start right after StartsFromSavestate, maybe...
-				{
-					hex = reader.ReadLine();
-				} while (!hex.StartsWith("StartsFromSavestate"));
-				hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			}
 			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
 			state.ReadFromHexFast(hex);
 			LoadStateBinary(new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(state)));
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
index 62ead5f5f1..2c763c2072 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
@@ -243,14 +243,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 		public void LoadStateText(System.IO.TextReader reader)
 		{
 			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			if (hex.StartsWith("emuVersion")) // movie save
-			{
-				do // theoretically, our portion should start right after StartsFromSavestate, maybe...
-				{
-					hex = reader.ReadLine();
-				} while (!hex.StartsWith("StartsFromSavestate"));
-				hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			}
 			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
 			state.ReadFromHexFast(hex);
 			LoadStateBinary(new System.IO.BinaryReader(new System.IO.MemoryStream(state)));
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs
index 230ee5a6ea..b01c0f2d79 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/LibsnesCore.cs
@@ -826,14 +826,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.SNES
 		public void LoadStateText(TextReader reader)
 		{
 			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			if (hex.StartsWith("emuVersion")) // movie save
-			{
-				do // theoretically, our portion should start right after StartsFromSavestate, maybe...
-				{
-					hex = reader.ReadLine();
-				} while (!hex.StartsWith("StartsFromSavestate"));
-				hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			}
 			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
 			state.ReadFromHexFast(hex);
 			LoadStateBinary(new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(state)));
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs
index ddc043bfc7..75c0c4b4ea 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs
@@ -364,14 +364,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Sega.Saturn
 		public void LoadStateText(TextReader reader)
 		{
 			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			if (hex.StartsWith("emuVersion")) // movie save
-			{
-				do // theoretically, our portion should start right after StartsFromSavestate, maybe...
-				{
-					hex = reader.ReadLine();
-				} while (!hex.StartsWith("StartsFromSavestate"));
-				hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			}
 			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
 			state.ReadFromHexFast(hex);
 			LoadStateBinary(new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(state)));
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/gpgx/GPGX.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/gpgx/GPGX.cs
index 17e4895f7a..98f9029a25 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/gpgx/GPGX.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/gpgx/GPGX.cs
@@ -489,14 +489,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Sega.gpgx
 		public void LoadStateText(System.IO.TextReader reader)
 		{
 			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			if (hex.StartsWith("emuVersion")) // movie save
-			{
-				do // theoretically, our portion should start right after StartsFromSavestate, maybe...
-				{
-					hex = reader.ReadLine();
-				} while (!hex.StartsWith("StartsFromSavestate"));
-				hex = reader.ReadLine();
-			}
 			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
 			state.ReadFromHexFast(hex);
 			LoadStateBinary(new System.IO.BinaryReader(new System.IO.MemoryStream(state)));