diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
index d7d6763454..bc332cbaf5 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
@@ -485,34 +485,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 						game.System = VSystemID.Raw.SGB;
 					}
 					break;
-				case VSystemID.Raw.PSX when ext is ".bin":
-					const string FILE_EXT_CUE = ".cue";
-					var cuePath = TempFileManager.GetTempFilename(friendlyName: "syn", dotAndExtension: FILE_EXT_CUE, delete: false);
-					DiscMountJob.CreateSyntheticCue(cueFilePath: cuePath, binFilePath: file.Name);
-					var gameBak = game;
-					var nextEmulatorBak = nextEmulator;
-					try
-					{
-						if (LoadDisc(
-							path: cuePath,
-							nextComm,
-							new(cuePath),
-							ext: FILE_EXT_CUE,
-							forcedCoreName: forcedCoreName,
-							out nextEmulator,
-							out game))
-						{
-							return;
-						}
-						Console.WriteLine("synthesised .cue failed to load");
-					}
-					catch (Exception e)
-					{
-						Console.WriteLine($"synthesised .cue failed to load: {e}");
-					}
-					game = gameBak;
-					nextEmulator = nextEmulatorBak;
-					break;
 			}
 			var cip = new CoreInventoryParameters(this)
 			{
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs
index fcf38d2d24..03d4ab3861 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem/DiscMountJob.cs
@@ -230,10 +230,5 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.DiscSystem
 			var len = new FileInfo(binFilePath).Length;
 			return GenerateCue(binFilename, isMode2: len % 2048 is not 0 && len % 2352 is 0);
 		}
-
-		public static void CreateSyntheticCue(string cueFilePath, string binFilePath)
-			=> File.WriteAllText(
-				path: cueFilePath,
-				contents: GenerateCue(binFilename: binFilePath/*abs is fine here*/, binFilePath: binFilePath)); //TODO as with .iso, may want to try both
 	}
 }