diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/ISettable.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/ISettable.cs
index cd60d85e6e..856acf5921 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/ISettable.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/ISettable.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 {
+	/// <summary>
+	/// serves as a shim between strongly typed ISettable and consumers
+	/// </summary>
 	public class SettingsAdapter
 	{
 		public SettingsAdapter(IEmulator e)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/BizSwan.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/BizSwan.cs
index b56528c4b7..9aa024bf21 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/BizSwan.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/BizSwan.cs
@@ -87,14 +87,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.WonderSwan
 		[DllImport(dd, CallingConvention = cc)]
 		public static extern bool bizswan_saveramsave(IntPtr core, byte[] data, int maxsize);
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// bad function
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="core"></param>
-		/// <param name="settings">pass EXACTLY the same syncsettings you originally passed on core load, else DRAGONS</param>
-		[DllImport(dd, CallingConvention = cc)]
-		public static extern void bizswan_saveramclearhacky(IntPtr core, [In] ref SyncSettings settings);
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// put non-sync settings, can be done at any time
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/WonderSwan.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/WonderSwan.cs
index ee61a08683..662e16fba3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/WonderSwan.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/WonderSwan/WonderSwan.cs
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.WonderSwan
 				if (!BizSwan.bizswan_load(Core, file, file.Length, ref ss, ref rotate))
 					throw new InvalidOperationException("bizswan_load() returned FALSE!");
 
-				// adelikat: TODO: ClearSaveRam() doesn't exist anymore, do we still need this?
-				// for future uses of ClearSaveRam(), it's important that we save this
-				_DONTTOUCHME = ss;
-
 				CoreComm.VsyncNum = 3072000; // master CPU clock, also pixel clock
 				CoreComm.VsyncDen = (144 + 15) * (224 + 32); // 144 vislines, 15 vblank lines; 224 vispixels, 32 hblank pixels
 
@@ -383,7 +379,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.WonderSwan
 
 		Settings _Settings;
 		SyncSettings _SyncSettings;
-		BizSwan.SyncSettings _DONTTOUCHME;
 
 		public class Settings
 		{
diff --git a/output/dll/bizswan.dll b/output/dll/bizswan.dll
index a696b5bbd2..7c6b69620b 100644
Binary files a/output/dll/bizswan.dll and b/output/dll/bizswan.dll differ
diff --git a/wonderswan/system.cpp b/wonderswan/system.cpp
index 2af8b6c70c..3a61d3992b 100644
--- a/wonderswan/system.cpp
+++ b/wonderswan/system.cpp
@@ -304,13 +304,6 @@ namespace MDFN_IEN_WSWAN
 		NSS(oldbuttons);
 	}
 
-	void System::SaveRamClearHacky(const SyncSettings &s)
-	{
-		// this really shouldn't be done
-		// be sure to pass the same SyncSettings that the core was originally initialized with!
-		memory.Init(s);
-	}
-
 	EXPORT System *bizswan_new()
 	{
 		return new System();
@@ -403,11 +396,6 @@ namespace MDFN_IEN_WSWAN
 		s->SyncState<true>(&loader);
 	}
 
-	EXPORT void bizswan_saveramclearhacky(System *s, const SyncSettings *settings)
-	{
-		s->SaveRamClearHacky(*settings);
-	}
-
 	EXPORT void bizswan_setmemorycallbacks(System *s, void (*rcb)(uint32), void (*ecb)(uint32), void (*wcb)(uint32))
 	{
 		s->cpu.ReadHook = rcb;
diff --git a/wonderswan/system.h b/wonderswan/system.h
index beeffe27ff..51dff3972e 100644
--- a/wonderswan/system.h
+++ b/wonderswan/system.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public:
 
 	bool GetMemoryArea(int index, const char *&name, int &size, uint8 *&data);
 
-	void SaveRamClearHacky(const SyncSettings &s);
-
 public:
 	GFX gfx;
 	Memory memory;