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diff --git a/src/emu/debug/debughlp.cpp b/src/emu/debug/debughlp.cpp
index 74d6b7f29ea..99fda175735 100644
--- a/src/emu/debug/debughlp.cpp
+++ b/src/emu/debug/debughlp.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static const help_item static_help_list[] =
" wpdisable [<wpnum>] -- disables a given watchpoint or all if no <wpnum> specified\n"
" wpenable [<wpnum>] -- enables a given watchpoint or all if no <wpnum> specified\n"
" wplist -- lists all the watchpoints\n"
- " hotspot [<CPU>,[<depth>[,<hits>]]] -- attempt to find hotspots\n"
},
{
"registerpoints",
@@ -1215,36 +1214,6 @@ static const help_item static_help_list[] =
"conditions or actions attached to them.\n"
},
{
- "hotspot",
- "\n"
- " hotspot [<CPU>,[<depth>[,<hits>]]]\n"
- "\n"
- "The hotspot command attempts to help locate hotspots in the code where speedup opportunities "
- "might be present. <CPU>, which defaults to the currently active CPU, specified which "
- "processor's memory to track. <depth>, which defaults to 64, controls the depth of the search "
- "buffer. The search buffer tracks the last <depth> memory reads from unique PCs. The <hits> "
- "parameter, which defaults to 250, specifies the minimum number of hits to report.\n"
- "\n"
- "The basic theory of operation is like this: each memory read is trapped by the debugger and "
- "logged in the search buffer according to the address which was read and the PC that executed "
- "the opcode. If the search buffer already contains a matching entry, that entry's count is "
- "incremented and the entry is moved to the top of the list. If the search buffer does not "
- "contain a matching entry, the entry from the bottom of the list is removed, and a new entry "
- "is created at the top with an initial count of 1. Entries which fall off the bottom are "
- "examined and if their count is larger than <hits>, they are reported to the debugger "
- "console.\n"
- "\n"
- "Examples:\n"
- "\n"
- "hotspot 0,10\n"
- " Looks for hotspots on CPU 0 using a search buffer of 16 entries, reporting any entries which "
- "end up with 250 or more hits.\n"
- "\n"
- "hotspot 1,40,#1000\n"
- " Looks for hotspots on CPU 1 using a search buffer of 64 entries, reporting any entries which "
- "end up with 1000 or more hits.\n"
- },
- {
"rpset",
"\n"
" rp[set] {<condition>}[,<action>]]\n"