diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.cpp b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.cpp
index 6d58e23e9b..e01ab90fb9 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ ControllerEmu::AnalogStick::AnalogStick(const char* const _name) : ControlGroup(
 
 	settings.emplace_back(new Setting(_trans("Radius"), 0.7f, 0, 100));
 	settings.emplace_back(new Setting(_trans("Dead Zone"), 0, 0, 50));
-	settings.emplace_back(new Setting(_trans("Square Stick"), 0));
-
 }
 
 ControllerEmu::Buttons::Buttons(const std::string& _name) : ControlGroup(_name, GROUP_TYPE_BUTTONS)
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.h b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.h
index ebfd98294a..4cfc75b235 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.h
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerEmu.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ enum
 {
 	SETTING_RADIUS,
 	SETTING_DEADZONE,
-	SETTING_SQUARE,
 };
 
 const char* const named_directions[] =
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ public:
 
 			ControlState radius = settings[SETTING_RADIUS]->value;
 			ControlState deadzone = settings[SETTING_DEADZONE]->value;
-			ControlState square = settings[SETTING_SQUARE]->value;
 			ControlState m = controls[4]->control_ref->State();
 
 			// modifier code
@@ -142,32 +140,18 @@ public:
 				xx = (fabsf(xx)>deadzone) * sign(xx) * (m + deadzone/2);
 			}
 
-			// deadzone / square stick code
-			if (radius != 1 || deadzone || square)
+			if (radius != 1 || deadzone)
 			{
-				// this section might be all wrong, but its working good enough, I think
-
 				ControlState ang = atan2(yy, xx);
 				ControlState ang_sin = sin(ang);
 				ControlState ang_cos = cos(ang);
 
-				// the amt a full square stick would have at current angle
-				ControlState square_full = std::min(ang_sin ? 1/fabsf(ang_sin) : 2, ang_cos ? 1/fabsf(ang_cos) : 2);
-
-				// the amt a full stick would have that was ( user setting squareness) at current angle
-				// I think this is more like a pointed circle rather than a rounded square like it should be
-				ControlState stick_full = (1 + (square_full - 1) * square);
-
 				ControlState dist = sqrt(xx*xx + yy*yy);
 
 				// dead zone code
-				dist = std::max(0.0f, dist - deadzone * stick_full);
+				dist = std::max(0.0f, dist - deadzone);
 				dist /= (1 - deadzone);
 
-				// square stick code
-				ControlState amt = dist / stick_full;
-				dist -= ((square_full - 1) * amt * square);
-
 				// radius
 				dist *= radius;