diff --git a/src/emucore/FSNode.cxx b/src/emucore/FSNode.cxx
index 327bbbedb..b06dc77f6 100644
--- a/src/emucore/FSNode.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/FSNode.cxx
@@ -38,12 +38,7 @@ FilesystemNode::FilesystemNode(AbstractFilesystemNode *realNode)
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 FilesystemNode::FilesystemNode(const string& p)
 {
-  AbstractFilesystemNode* tmp = 0;
-  if (p.empty() || p == "." || p == "~")
-    tmp = AbstractFilesystemNode::makeHomeDirectoryFileNode();
-  else
-    tmp = AbstractFilesystemNode::makeFileNodePath(p);
-
+  AbstractFilesystemNode* tmp = AbstractFilesystemNode::makeFileNodePath(p);
   _realNode = Common::SharedPtr<AbstractFilesystemNode>(tmp);
 }
 
@@ -78,9 +73,7 @@ bool FilesystemNode::getChildren(FSList& fslist, ListMode mode, bool hidden) con
     return false;
 
   for (AbstractFSList::iterator i = tmp.begin(); i != tmp.end(); ++i)
-  {
     fslist.push_back(FilesystemNode(*i));
-  }
 
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx b/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx
index 5323aeb7a..cba5badbd 100644
--- a/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx
+++ b/src/emucore/FSNode.hxx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class FilesystemNode
      * Create a new FilesystemNode referring to the specified path. This is
      * the counterpart to the path() method.
      *
-     * If path is empty or equals "." or "~", then a node representing the
+     * If path is empty or equals '~', then a node representing the
      * "home directory" will be created. If that is not possible (since e.g. the
      * operating system doesn't support the concept), some other directory is
      * used (usually the root directory).
@@ -374,15 +374,6 @@ class AbstractFilesystemNode
      */
     virtual AbstractFilesystemNode* getParent() const = 0;
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a node representing the "home directory".
-     *
-     * On Unix, this will be the value of $HOME.
-     * On Windows, it will be the 'My Documents' folder.
-     * Otherwise, it should just return the same value as getRoot().
-     */
-    static AbstractFilesystemNode* makeHomeDirectoryFileNode();
-
     /**
      * Construct a node based on a path; the path is in the same format as it
      * would be for calls to fopen().
@@ -395,6 +386,8 @@ class AbstractFilesystemNode
      */
     static AbstractFilesystemNode* makeFileNodePath(const string& path);
 
+    // TODO - the following method isn't actually used anywhere in
+    //        the current code (2012-06-14)
     /**
      * Returns a special node representing the filesystem root.
      * The starting point for any file system browsing.
diff --git a/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.cxx b/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.cxx
index 3393210fa..09691917e 100644
--- a/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.cxx
+++ b/src/unix/FSNodePOSIX.cxx
@@ -301,12 +301,6 @@ AbstractFilesystemNode* AbstractFilesystemNode::makeRootFileNode()
   return new POSIXFilesystemNode();
 }
 
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-AbstractFilesystemNode* AbstractFilesystemNode::makeHomeDirectoryFileNode()
-{
-  return new POSIXFilesystemNode("~/", true);
-}
-
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 AbstractFilesystemNode* AbstractFilesystemNode::makeFileNodePath(const string& path)
 {
diff --git a/src/win32/FSNodeWin32.cxx b/src/win32/FSNodeWin32.cxx
index 0eb57fa1a..e3a8b5554 100644
--- a/src/win32/FSNodeWin32.cxx
+++ b/src/win32/FSNodeWin32.cxx
@@ -376,12 +376,6 @@ AbstractFilesystemNode* AbstractFilesystemNode::makeRootFileNode()
   return new WindowsFilesystemNode();
 }
 
-// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-AbstractFilesystemNode* AbstractFilesystemNode::makeHomeDirectoryFileNode()
-{
-  return new WindowsFilesystemNode("~\\");
-}
-
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 AbstractFilesystemNode* AbstractFilesystemNode::makeFileNodePath(const string& path)
 {