diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
index 525682c603d2..e1805df07c2e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/cores.nix
@@ -164,16 +164,6 @@ in
     };
   };
 
-  beetle-snes = mkLibretroCore {
-    core = "mednafen-snes";
-    src = getCoreSrc "beetle-snes";
-    makefile = "Makefile";
-    meta = {
-      description = "Port of Mednafen's SNES core to libretro";
-      license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
-    };
-  };
-
   beetle-supafaust = mkLibretroCore {
     core = "mednafen-supafaust";
     src = getCoreSrc "beetle-supafaust";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
index f1099967fe78..78cb11c7d98d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/hashes.json
@@ -59,12 +59,6 @@
         "rev": "cd395e9e3ee407608450ebc565e871b24e7ffed6",
         "hash": "sha256-EIZRv1EydfLWFoBb8TzvAY3kkL9Qr2OrwrljOnnM92A="
     },
-    "beetle-snes": {
-        "owner": "libretro",
-        "repo": "beetle-bsnes-libretro",
-        "rev": "d770563fc3c4bd9abb522952cefb4aa923ba0b91",
-        "hash": "sha256-zHPtfgp9hc8Q4gXJ5VgfJLWLeYjCsQhkfU1T5RM7AL0="
-    },
     "beetle-supafaust": {
         "owner": "libretro",
         "repo": "supafaust",
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
index 5348092c5247..e9536d8318dc 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/update_cores.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=../../../../ -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ requests nix-prefetch-github ])" -p "git"
+#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=../../../../ -i python3 -p "python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ nix-prefetch-github ])" -p "git"
 
 import json
 import os
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ CORES = {
     "beetle-pcfx": {"repo": "beetle-pcfx-libretro"},
     "beetle-psx": {"repo": "beetle-psx-libretro"},
     "beetle-saturn": {"repo": "beetle-saturn-libretro"},
-    "beetle-snes": {"repo": "beetle-bsnes-libretro"},
     "beetle-supafaust": {"repo": "supafaust"},
     "beetle-supergrafx": {"repo": "beetle-supergrafx-libretro"},
     "beetle-vb": {"repo": "beetle-vb-libretro"},