diff --git a/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs b/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
index 8782c6c48cbe6c97c0c3d26d12582b39d5cf2bc6..4c5ffefb6a87268cd41d2a922705ea981ddfe57c 100644
--- a/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
+++ b/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ impl Emulator {
         }
         self.rom_path = String::from(rom_path);
         self.ram_path = ram_path;
-
-        // @TODO: hardcoded adding of game genie codes
-        self.system.add_cheat_code("00A-17B-C49").unwrap();
-        self.system.add_cheat_code("008-60A-E6E").unwrap();
-        self.system.add_cheat_code("99D-49C-E62").unwrap();
     }
 
     pub fn reset(&mut self) {