diff --git a/functions/run_game.sh b/functions/run_game.sh
index 774cce4b..76b90a4f 100755
--- a/functions/run_game.sh
+++ b/functions/run_game.sh
@@ -365,30 +365,6 @@ handle_inject_placeholder() {
     echo "$cmd"
 }
 
-# Function to get the first available emulator in the list
-get_first_emulator() {
-    local system_name=$system
-    system_section=$(xmllint --xpath "//system[name='$system_name']" "$es_systems" 2>/dev/null)
-
-    if [ -z "$system_section" ]; then
-        log e "System not found: $system_name"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Extract the first command and use it as the selected emulator
-    first_command=$(echo "$system_section" | xmllint --xpath "string(//command[1])" - 2>/dev/null)
-
-    if [[ -n "$first_command" ]]; then
-        # Substitute placeholders in the command
-        first_command=$(substitute_placeholders "$first_command")
-        log d "Automatically selected the first emulator: $first_command"
-        echo "$first_command"
-    else
-        log e "No command found for the system: $system_name"
-        return 1
-    fi
-}
-
 # Find the emulator path from the es_find_rules.xml file
 find_emulator() {
     local emulator_name="$1"
@@ -433,24 +409,6 @@ find_emulator() {
     fi
 }
 
-# Function to find the emulator name from the label in es_systems.xml
-find_emulator_name_from_label() {
-    local label="$1"
-    
-    # Search for the emulator matching the label in the es_systems.xml file
-    extracted_emulator_name=$(xmllint --recover --xpath "string(//system[name='$system']/command[@label='$label']/text())" "$es_systems" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/%//g' | sed 's/EMULATOR_//g' | cut -d' ' -f1)
-    log d "Found emulator from label: $extracted_emulator_name"
-
-    emulator_command=$(find_emulator "$extracted_emulator_name")
-
-    if [[ -n "$emulator_command" ]]; then
-        echo "$emulator_command"
-    else
-        log e "Found emulator from label: emulator name not found for label: $label"
-        return 1
-    fi
-}
-
 # Function to find systems by file extension and let user choose
 find_system_by_extension() {
     local file_path="$1"