diff --git a/drawing.cpp b/drawing.cpp
index 77aa67f4..2e26de41 100644
--- a/drawing.cpp
+++ b/drawing.cpp
@@ -2405,8 +2405,6 @@ EX void drawqueue() {
     glClear(GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
 #endif
   
-  profile_start(3);
-  
   sort_drawqueue();
 
   DEBB(DF_GRAPH, ("sort walls"));
@@ -2437,8 +2435,6 @@ EX void drawqueue() {
         });
     }
 
-  profile_stop(3);
-
 #if CAP_SDL
   if(current_display->stereo_active() && !vid.usingGL) {
 
diff --git a/graph.cpp b/graph.cpp
index 435defb3..4163fa51 100644
--- a/graph.cpp
+++ b/graph.cpp
@@ -4667,8 +4667,6 @@ EX void drawthemap() {
   if(sightrange_bonus > 0 && !allowIncreasedSight()) 
     sightrange_bonus = 0;
   
-  profile_frame();
-  profile_start(0);
   swap(gmatrix0, gmatrix);
   gmatrix.clear();
   current_display->all_drawn_copies.clear();
@@ -4742,7 +4740,6 @@ EX void drawthemap() {
   
   arrowtraps.clear();
 
-  profile_start(1);
   make_actual_view();
   currentmap->draw_all();
   drawWormSegments();
@@ -4757,10 +4754,7 @@ EX void drawthemap() {
   
   callhooks(hooks_frame);
   
-  profile_stop(1);
-  profile_start(4);
   drawMarkers();
-  profile_stop(4);
   drawFlashes();
   
   mapeditor::draw_dtshapes();
@@ -4818,7 +4812,6 @@ EX void drawthemap() {
     lmouseover = mousedest.d >= 0 ? cwt.at->modmove(cwt.spin + mousedest.d) : cwt.at;
     }
   #endif
-  profile_stop(0);
   }
 
 EX void drawmovestar(double dx, double dy) {
@@ -5006,14 +4999,11 @@ EX void drawfullmap() {
     if(cmode & sm::DRAW) mapeditor::drawGrid();
 #endif
     }
-  profile_start(2);
 
   drawaura();
   #if CAP_QUEUE
   drawqueue();
   #endif
-
-  profile_stop(2);
   }
 
 #if ISMOBILE
diff --git a/hyper-main.cpp b/hyper-main.cpp
index 5c18629a..bd753ea3 100644
--- a/hyper-main.cpp
+++ b/hyper-main.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ EX int hyper_main(int argc, char **argv) {
 #endif
   mainloop();
   finishAll();  
-  profile_info();
   return 0;
   }
 }
diff --git a/shmup.cpp b/shmup.cpp
index 89fa7514..5f3e7e9a 100644
--- a/shmup.cpp
+++ b/shmup.cpp
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@ ld sqdist(shiftpoint a, shiftpoint b) {
   else return intval(a.h, unshift(b, a.shift));
   }
 
-/*
-const char *lastprofile = "";
-int lt = 0;
-
-void profile(const char *buf) {
-  int gt = SDL_GetTicks();
-  printf("%4d %s\n", gt - lt, lastprofile);
-  lt = gt;
-  lastprofile = buf;
-  }
-*/
-
 #if HDR
 #define SCALE cgi.scalefactor
 #define SCALE2 (SCALE*SCALE)
diff --git a/util.cpp b/util.cpp
index 2cd6d4a0..f12daa98 100644
--- a/util.cpp
+++ b/util.cpp
@@ -72,46 +72,6 @@ EX ld ilerp(ld a0, ld a1, ld x) {
   return (x-a0) / (a1-a0);
   }
 
-// debug utilities
-
-#if CAP_PROFILING
-
-#define FRAMES 64
-#define CATS 16
-
-long long proftable[16][FRAMES];
-int pframeid;
-
-void profile_frame() { 
-  pframeid++; pframeid %=  FRAMES;
-  for(int t=0; t<16; t++) proftable[t][pframeid] = 0;
-  }
-
-EX void profile_start(int t) { proftable[t][pframeid] -= getms(); }
-EX void profile_stop(int t) { proftable[t][pframeid] += getms(); }
-
-void profile_info() {
-  for(int t=0; t<16; t++) {
-    sort(proftable[t], proftable[t]+FRAMES);
-    if(proftable[t][FRAMES-1] == 0) continue;
-    long long sum = 0;
-    for(int f=0; f<FRAMES; f++) sum += proftable[t][f];
-    printf("Category %d: avg = %Ld, %Ld..%Ld..%Ld..%Ld..%Ld\n",
-      t, sum / FRAMES, proftable[t][0], proftable[t][16], proftable[t][32],
-      proftable[t][48], proftable[t][63]);
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-
-#if !CAP_PROFILING
-#if HDR
-#define profile_frame()
-#define profile_start(t)
-#define profile_stop(t)
-#define profile_info()
-#endif
-#endif
-
 EX purehookset hooks_tests;
 
 EX string simplify(const string& s) {