diff --git a/apple/common/main.m b/apple/common/main.m
index 63db8de0f4..daba463753 100644
--- a/apple/common/main.m
+++ b/apple/common/main.m
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ void apple_run_core(NSString* core, const char* file)
    {
 	   char basedir[256];
 	   fill_pathname_basedir(basedir, file, sizeof(basedir));
-	   strlcpy(basedir, file, sizeof(basedir));
 	   if (file && access(basedir, R_OK | W_OK | X_OK))
 		   apple_display_alert(@"The directory containing the selected file has limited permissions. This may "
 				   "prevent zipped games from loading, and will cause some cores to not function.", 0);