diff --git a/menu/menu_event.c b/menu/menu_event.c
index a0b3d64d96..27c94c384e 100644
--- a/menu/menu_event.c
+++ b/menu/menu_event.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "menu_navigation.h"
 
 #include "../configuration.h"
-#include "../runloop_defines.h"
+#include "../retroarch.h"
 #include "../tasks/tasks_internal.h"
 
 static unsigned char menu_keyboard_key_state[RETROK_LAST] = {0};
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 628cde22b2..9bcb6ac4fd 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -1330,8 +1330,6 @@ bool rarch_ctl(enum rarch_ctl_state state, void *data)
       case RARCH_CTL_UNSET_IPS_PREF:
          rarch_ips_pref = false;
          break;
-      case RARCH_CTL_IS_PLAIN_CORE:
-         return (current_core_type == CORE_TYPE_PLAIN);
       case RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE:
          return (current_core_type == CORE_TYPE_DUMMY);
       case RARCH_CTL_USERNAME_SET:
diff --git a/retroarch.h b/retroarch.h
index 489dd3ea64..87342e02f0 100644
--- a/retroarch.h
+++ b/retroarch.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "core_type.h"
 #include "core.h"
-#include "runloop_defines.h"
+
+#define runloop_cmd_press(current_input, id)     (BIT64_GET(current_input, id))
 
 RETRO_BEGIN_DECLS
 
@@ -42,8 +43,6 @@ enum rarch_ctl_state
 
    RARCH_CTL_IS_INITED,
 
-   RARCH_CTL_IS_PLAIN_CORE,
-
    RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE,
 
    RARCH_CTL_PREINIT,
diff --git a/runloop_defines.h b/runloop_defines.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d57f473437..0000000000
--- a/runloop_defines.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*  RetroArch - A frontend for libretro.
- *  Copyright (C) 2011-2017 - Daniel De Matteis
- *  Copyright (C) 2016-2017 - Brad Parker
- * 
- *  RetroArch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
- *  of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Found-
- *  ation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- *  RetroArch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
- *  without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- *  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with RetroArch.
- *  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#ifndef __RETROARCH_RUNLOOP_DEFINES_H
-#define __RETROARCH_RUNLOOP_DEFINES_H
-
-#define runloop_cmd_press(current_input, id)     (BIT64_GET(current_input, id))
-
-#endif