diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c
index 7cb4461068..2004a19630 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "../menu_setting.h"
 #include "../menu_shader.h"
 #include "../menu_navigation.h"
-#include "../menu_popup.h"
 #include "../menu_content.h"
 
 #include "../../configuration.h"
@@ -241,8 +240,9 @@ int generic_action_ok_displaylist_push(const char *path,
          break;
       case ACTION_OK_DL_HELP:
          info_label             = label;
+         menu->help_screen.type = type;
+         menu->help_screen.push = true;
          dl_type                = DISPLAYLIST_HELP;
-         menu_popup_push_pending(menu, true, type);
          break;
       case ACTION_OK_DL_RPL_ENTRY:
          strlcpy(menu->deferred_path, label, sizeof(menu->deferred_path));
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index ec8a8fe882..86547bdcc2 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include "menu_content.h"
 #include "menu_driver.h"
 #include "menu_navigation.h"
-#include "menu_popup.h"
 #include "menu_cbs.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBRETRODB
@@ -4178,7 +4177,7 @@ bool menu_displaylist_ctl(enum menu_displaylist_ctl_state type, void *data)
       case DISPLAYLIST_HELP:
          menu_entries_append_enum(info->list, info->path,
                info->label, MSG_UNKNOWN, info->type, info->directory_ptr, 0);
-         menu_popup_push_pending(menu, false, MENU_HELP_NONE);
+         menu->help_screen.push = false;
          break;
       case DISPLAYLIST_SETTING_ENUM:
          {
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.c b/menu/menu_driver.c
index 6060574149..d78349dcf6 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.c
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "menu_cbs.h"
 #include "menu_display.h"
 #include "menu_navigation.h"
-#include "menu_popup.h"
 #include "menu_shader.h"
 
 #include "../config.def.h"
@@ -172,9 +171,8 @@ static bool menu_init(menu_handle_t *menu_data)
 
    if (settings->menu_show_start_screen)
    {
-      menu_popup_push_pending(menu_data, true,
-            MENU_HELP_WELCOME);
-
+      menu_data->help_screen.push = true;
+      menu_data->help_screen.type = MENU_HELP_WELCOME;
       settings->menu_show_start_screen   = false;
       command_event(CMD_EVENT_MENU_SAVE_CURRENT_CONFIG, NULL);
    }
@@ -183,14 +181,15 @@ static bool menu_init(menu_handle_t *menu_data)
          && !string_is_empty(settings->path.bundle_assets_src) 
          && !string_is_empty(settings->path.bundle_assets_dst)
 #ifdef IOS
-         && menu_popup_is_push_pending(menu_data)
+         && menu_data->help_screen.push
 #else
          && (settings->bundle_assets_extract_version_current 
             != settings->bundle_assets_extract_last_version)
 #endif
       )
    {
-      menu_popup_push_pending(menu_data, true, MENU_HELP_EXTRACT);
+      menu_data->help_screen.type           = MENU_HELP_EXTRACT;
+      menu_data->help_screen.push           = true;
 #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB
       task_push_decompress(settings->path.bundle_assets_src, 
             settings->path.bundle_assets_dst,
@@ -568,7 +567,6 @@ bool menu_driver_ctl(enum rarch_menu_ctl_state state, void *data)
             core_info_deinit_list();
             core_info_free_current_core();
 
-            menu_popup_deinit(menu_driver_data);
             free(menu_driver_data);
          }
          menu_driver_data = NULL;
diff --git a/menu/menu_popup.c b/menu/menu_popup.c
index e4018a7eb8..48674d6364 100644
--- a/menu/menu_popup.c
+++ b/menu/menu_popup.c
@@ -220,27 +220,11 @@ int menu_popup_iterate_help(menu_handle_t *menu,
    return 0;
 }
 
-void menu_popup_push_pending(menu_handle_t *menu,
-      bool push, enum menu_help_type type)
-{
-   if (!menu)
-      return;
-   menu->help_screen.push = push;
-   menu->help_screen.type = type;
-}
-
-bool menu_popup_is_push_pending(menu_handle_t *menu)
-{
-   if (!menu)
-      return false;
-   return menu->help_screen.push;
-}
-
 void menu_popup_push(menu_handle_t *menu)
 {
    menu_displaylist_info_t info = {0};
 
-   if (!menu_popup_is_push_pending(menu))
+   if (!menu->help_screen.push)
       return;
 
    info.list = menu_entries_get_menu_stack_ptr(0);
@@ -251,11 +235,3 @@ void menu_popup_push(menu_handle_t *menu)
 
    menu_displaylist_ctl(DISPLAYLIST_HELP, &info);
 }
-
-void menu_popup_deinit(menu_handle_t *menu)
-{
-   if (!menu)
-      return;
-   menu->help_screen.push = false;
-   menu->help_screen.type = MENU_HELP_NONE;
-}
diff --git a/menu/menu_popup.h b/menu/menu_popup.h
index 136cc36c64..898dd01460 100644
--- a/menu/menu_popup.h
+++ b/menu/menu_popup.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include <boolean.h>
-
 #include <retro_common_api.h>
 
 RETRO_BEGIN_DECLS
@@ -29,15 +27,8 @@ RETRO_BEGIN_DECLS
 int menu_popup_iterate_help(menu_handle_t *menu, 
       char *s, size_t len, const char *label);
 
-bool menu_popup_is_push_pending(menu_handle_t *menu);
-
-void menu_popup_push_pending(menu_handle_t *menu,
-      bool push, enum menu_help_type type);
-
 void menu_popup_push(menu_handle_t *menu);
 
-void menu_popup_deinit(menu_handle_t *menu);
-
 RETRO_END_DECLS
 
 #endif