diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/AppUserMode.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/AppUserMode.cpp
index bb5f709d02..40a9d85d81 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/AppUserMode.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/AppUserMode.cpp
@@ -195,23 +195,19 @@ wxConfigBase* Pcsx2App::TestForPortableInstall()
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-// Removes both portable ini and user local ini entry conforming to this instance of PCSX2.
+// Reset RunWizard so the FTWizard is run again on next PCSX2 start.
 void Pcsx2App::WipeUserModeSettings()
 {	
 	if (InstallationMode == InstallMode_Portable)
 	{
-		// Reset RunWizard so the FTWizard is run again on next PCSX2 start.
-		// If the user does not have admin rights to the PCSX2 folder, writing to the file may fail.
-		// PCSX2 does checks for admin rights on start-up if the file is found, though,
-		// so there should (in theory) be no sane way for this to error if we're running
-		// in portable mode.
+		// Remove the portable.ini entry "RunWizard" conforming to this instance of PCSX2.
 		wxFileName portableIniFile( GetPortableIniPath() );
 		ScopedPtr<wxFileConfig> conf_portable( OpenFileConfig( portableIniFile.GetFullPath() ) );
-		conf_portable->Write( L"RunWizard", true );
+		conf_portable->DeleteEntry(L"RunWizard");
 	}
 	else 
 	{
-		// Remove the app-local / registry entry conforming to this instance of PCSX2.
+		// Remove the registry entry "RunWizard" conforming to this instance of PCSX2.
 		ScopedPtr<wxConfigBase> conf_install( OpenInstallSettingsFile() );
 		conf_install->DeleteEntry(L"RunWizard");
 	}