diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
index eaf8a3e280..ad889b5157 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
@@ -986,10 +986,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 								}
 							}
 							break;
-						case "A78":
-							var gameDbPath = Path.Combine(PathUtils.ExeDirectoryPath, "gamedb", "gamedb_a7800.csv");
-							nextEmulator = new A7800Hawk(nextComm, game, rom.RomData, gameDbPath, GetCoreSettings<A7800Hawk>(), GetCoreSyncSettings<A7800Hawk>());
-							break;
 						case "C64":
 							var c64 = new C64(nextComm, Enumerable.Repeat(rom.FileData, 1), rom.GameInfo, GetCoreSettings<C64>(), GetCoreSyncSettings<C64>());
 							nextEmulator = c64;
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Atari/A7800Hawk/A7800Hawk.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Atari/A7800Hawk/A7800Hawk.cs
index 6d626654dc..0dfbeef5b8 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Atari/A7800Hawk/A7800Hawk.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Atari/A7800Hawk/A7800Hawk.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Atari.A7800Hawk
 			public void WriteMemory(ushort address, byte value) => _a7800.WriteMemory(address, value);
 		}
 
-		public A7800Hawk(CoreComm comm, GameInfo game, byte[] rom, string gameDbFn, object settings, object syncSettings)
+		[CoreConstructor("A78")]
+		public A7800Hawk(CoreComm comm, byte[] rom, object settings, object syncSettings)
 		{
 			var ser = new BasicServiceProvider(this);