diff --git a/sphaira/include/ui/menus/game_menu.hpp b/sphaira/include/ui/menus/game_menu.hpp
index 8bc5ba8..89301d1 100644
--- a/sphaira/include/ui/menus/game_menu.hpp
+++ b/sphaira/include/ui/menus/game_menu.hpp
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ private:
     s64 m_index{}; // where i am in the array
     s64 m_selected_count{};
     std::unique_ptr<List> m_list{};
-    Event m_event{};
     bool m_is_reversed{};
     bool m_dirty{};
 
diff --git a/sphaira/source/ui/menus/game_menu.cpp b/sphaira/source/ui/menus/game_menu.cpp
index c4d6294..fe7c0c3 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/ui/menus/game_menu.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/ui/menus/game_menu.cpp
@@ -1060,7 +1060,6 @@ Menu::Menu() : grid::Menu{"Games"_i18n} {
     OnLayoutChange();
 
     nsInitialize();
-    nsGetApplicationRecordUpdateSystemEvent(&m_event);
     es::Initialize();
 
     for (auto& e : ncm_entries) {
@@ -1079,7 +1078,6 @@ Menu::~Menu() {
     }
 
     FreeEntries();
-    eventClose(&m_event);
     nsExit();
     es::Exit();
 
@@ -1088,11 +1086,6 @@ Menu::~Menu() {
 }
 
 void Menu::Update(Controller* controller, TouchInfo* touch) {
-    if (R_SUCCEEDED(eventWait(&m_event, 0))) {
-        log_write("got ns event\n");
-        m_dirty = true;
-    }
-
     if (m_dirty) {
         App::Notify("Updating application record list");
         SortAndFindLastFile(true);
@@ -1182,10 +1175,6 @@ void Menu::ScanHomebrew() {
     FreeEntries();
     m_entries.reserve(ENTRY_CHUNK_COUNT);
 
-    // wait on event in order to clear it as this event will trigger when
-    // an application is launched, causing a double list.
-    eventWait(&m_event, 0);
-
     std::vector<NsApplicationRecord> record_list(ENTRY_CHUNK_COUNT);
     s32 offset{};
     while (true) {