diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index bace9b7971..3f1ba69e06 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ void SConfig::SaveCoreSettings(IniFile& ini)
 	core->Set("GPUDeterminismMode", m_strGPUDeterminismMode);
 	core->Set("GameCubeAdapter", m_GameCubeAdapter);
 	core->Set("AdapterRumble", m_AdapterRumble);
+	core->Set("PerfMapDir", m_perfDir);
 }
 
 void SConfig::SaveMovieSettings(IniFile& ini)
@@ -522,6 +523,7 @@ void SConfig::LoadCoreSettings(IniFile& ini)
 	core->Get("GPUDeterminismMode",        &m_strGPUDeterminismMode, "auto");
 	core->Get("GameCubeAdapter",           &m_GameCubeAdapter,                             true);
 	core->Get("AdapterRumble",             &m_AdapterRumble,                               true);
+	core->Get("PerfMapDir",                &m_perfDir, "");
 }
 
 void SConfig::LoadMovieSettings(IniFile& ini)
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Main.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Main.cpp
index 43a79ac6f7..150fef7f37 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Main.cpp
@@ -104,12 +104,10 @@ bool DolphinApp::OnInit()
 	bool UseLogger = false;
 	bool selectVideoBackend = false;
 	bool selectAudioEmulation = false;
-	bool selectPerfDir = false;
 
 	wxString videoBackendName;
 	wxString audioEmulationName;
 	wxString userPath;
-	wxString perfDir;
 
 #if wxUSE_CMDLINE_PARSER // Parse command lines
 	wxCmdLineEntryDesc cmdLineDesc[] =
@@ -159,11 +157,6 @@ bool DolphinApp::OnInit()
 			"User folder path",
 			wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING, wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL
 		},
-		{
-			wxCMD_LINE_OPTION, "P", "perf_dir",
-			"Directory for Linux perf perf-$pid.map file",
-			wxCMD_LINE_VAL_STRING, wxCMD_LINE_PARAM_OPTIONAL
-		},
 		{
 			wxCMD_LINE_NONE, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, wxCMD_LINE_VAL_NONE, 0
 		}
@@ -189,7 +182,6 @@ bool DolphinApp::OnInit()
 	BatchMode = parser.Found("batch");
 	selectVideoBackend = parser.Found("video_backend", &videoBackendName);
 	selectAudioEmulation = parser.Found("audio_emulation", &audioEmulationName);
-	selectPerfDir = parser.Found("perf_dir", &perfDir);
 	playMovie = parser.Found("movie", &movieFile);
 	parser.Found("user", &userPath);
 #endif // wxUSE_CMDLINE_PARSER
@@ -207,12 +199,6 @@ bool DolphinApp::OnInit()
 	InitLanguageSupport();	// The language setting is loaded from the user directory
 	UICommon::Init();
 
-	if (selectPerfDir)
-	{
-		SConfig::GetInstance().m_perfDir =
-			WxStrToStr(perfDir);
-	}
-
 	if (selectVideoBackend && videoBackendName != wxEmptyString)
 		SConfig::GetInstance().m_strVideoBackend =
 			WxStrToStr(videoBackendName);