diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/stv.c b/src/mame/drivers/stv.c
index eecf20151ce..15af23c3f5a 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/stv.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/stv.c
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ ToDo / Notes:
 
 (per-game issues)
 -stress: accesses the Sound Memory Expansion Area (0x05a00000-0x05afffff), unknown purpose;
--groovef: hangs soon after loaded,caused by two memory addresses in the Work RAM-H range.
- Kludged for now to work.
 -smleague / finlarch: it randomly hangs / crashes,it works if you use a ridiculous MDRV_INTERLEAVE number,might need strict
  SH-2 synching.
 -various: find idle skip if possible.
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/stvinit.c b/src/mame/drivers/stvinit.c
index 37b25c487c2..7e59d6dba34 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/stvinit.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/stvinit.c
@@ -249,23 +249,6 @@ DRIVER_INIT(fhboxers)
 	DRIVER_INIT_CALL(stv);
 }
 
-
-
-
-static READ32_HANDLER( groovef_hack1_r )
-{
-	if(cpu_get_pc(space->cpu) == 0x6005e7c) stv_workram_h[0x0fffcc/4] = 0x00000000;
-//  popmessage("1 %08x",cpu_get_pc(space->cpu));
-	return stv_workram_h[0x0fffcc/4];
-}
-
-static READ32_HANDLER( groovef_hack2_r )
-{
-	if(cpu_get_pc(space->cpu) == 0x6005e86) stv_workram_h[0x0ca6cc/4] = 0x00000000;
-//  popmessage("2 %08x",cpu_get_pc(space->cpu));
-	return stv_workram_h[0x0ca6cc/4];
-}
-
 DRIVER_INIT( groovef )
 {
 	sh2drc_add_pcflush(devtag_get_device(machine, "maincpu"), 0x6005e7c);
@@ -274,10 +257,6 @@ DRIVER_INIT( groovef )
 
 	sh2drc_add_pcflush(devtag_get_device(machine, "slave"), 0x60060c2);
 
-	/* prevent game from hanging on startup -- todo: remove these hacks */
-	memory_install_read32_handler(cputag_get_address_space(machine, "maincpu", ADDRESS_SPACE_PROGRAM), 0x60ca6cc, 0x60ca6cf, 0, 0, groovef_hack2_r );
-	memory_install_read32_handler(cputag_get_address_space(machine, "maincpu", ADDRESS_SPACE_PROGRAM), 0x60fffcc, 0x60fffcf, 0, 0, groovef_hack1_r );
-
 	DRIVER_INIT_CALL(stv);
 
 	minit_boost = sinit_boost = 0;