diff --git a/include/apple2.mem.h b/include/apple2.mem.h
index 8199727..89c8741 100644
--- a/include/apple2.mem.h
+++ b/include/apple2.mem.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 
 extern SEGMENT_READER(apple2_mem_zp_read);
 extern SEGMENT_WRITER(apple2_mem_zp_write);
-extern int apple2_mem_init_peripheral_rom(apple2 *);
 extern int apple2_mem_init_sys_rom(apple2 *);
 extern void apple2_mem_map(apple2 *, vm_segment *);
 
diff --git a/src/apple2.c b/src/apple2.c
index f959c36..88d227b 100644
--- a/src/apple2.c
+++ b/src/apple2.c
@@ -87,12 +87,6 @@ apple2_create(int width, int height)
     apple2_mem_map(mach, mach->main);
     apple2_mem_map(mach, mach->aux);
 
-    if (apple2_mem_init_peripheral_rom(mach) != OK) {
-        log_critical("Could not initialize disk2 ROM");
-        apple2_free(mach);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     if (apple2_mem_init_sys_rom(mach) != OK) {
         log_critical("Could not initialize apple2 ROM");
         apple2_free(mach);
diff --git a/src/apple2.mem.c b/src/apple2.mem.c
index 54abe80..17053bb 100644
--- a/src/apple2.mem.c
+++ b/src/apple2.mem.c
@@ -35,28 +35,6 @@ apple2_mem_map(apple2 *mach, vm_segment *segment)
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * Initialize the peripheral ROM ($C100 - $C7FF).
- */
-int
-apple2_mem_init_peripheral_rom(apple2 *mach)
-{
-    int err;
-
-    // Let's copy beginning at the 1-slot offset in memory, but going
-    // all the way as far as the length of all peripheral ROM in memory.
-    err = vm_segment_copy_buf(mach->main, 
-                              objstore_apple2_peripheral_rom(),
-                              APPLE2_PERIPHERAL_SLOT(1), 0, 
-                              APPLE2_PERIPHERAL_SIZE);
-    if (err != OK) {
-        log_critical("Could not copy apple2 peripheral rom");
-        return ERR_BADFILE;
-    }
-
-    return OK;
-}
-
 /*
  * I'm still a bit hazy on how this _should_ work, but this function
  * will copy as much as we can from the system rom into both main memory