diff --git a/src/xrEngine/x_ray.cpp b/src/xrEngine/x_ray.cpp
index 1ca5abf3b1e..a2bb89a9719 100644
--- a/src/xrEngine/x_ray.cpp
+++ b/src/xrEngine/x_ray.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ struct _SoundProcessor : public pureFrame
 ENGINE_API CApplication* pApp = NULL;
 static HWND logoWindow = NULL;
 
-int doLauncher();
 void doBenchmark(LPCSTR name);
 ENGINE_API bool g_bBenchmark = false;
 string512 g_sBenchmarkName;
@@ -800,14 +799,7 @@ int APIENTRY WinMain_impl(HINSTANCE hInstance,
             g_SASH.Init(sash_arg);
             g_SASH.MainLoop();
             return 0;
-        }
-        if (strstr(lpCmdLine, "-launcher"))
-        {
-            int l_res = doLauncher();
-            if (l_res != 0)
-                return 0;
-        }
-        
+        }        
 #ifndef DEDICATED_SERVER
         if (strstr(Core.Params, "-r2a"))
             Console->Execute("renderer renderer_r2a");
@@ -1386,64 +1378,6 @@ void CApplication::LoadAllArchives()
     }
 }
 
-//launcher stuff----------------------------
-extern "C" {
-    typedef int __cdecl LauncherFunc(int);
-}
-HMODULE hLauncher = NULL;
-LauncherFunc* pLauncher = NULL;
-
-void InitLauncher()
-{
-    if (hLauncher)
-        return;
-    hLauncher = LoadLibrary("xrLauncher.dll");
-    if (0 == hLauncher) R_CHK(GetLastError());
-    R_ASSERT2(hLauncher, "xrLauncher DLL raised exception during loading or there is no xrLauncher.dll at all");
-
-    pLauncher = (LauncherFunc*)GetProcAddress(hLauncher, "RunXRLauncher");
-    R_ASSERT2(pLauncher, "Cannot obtain RunXRLauncher function from xrLauncher.dll");
-};
-
-void FreeLauncher()
-{
-    if (hLauncher)
-    {
-        FreeLibrary(hLauncher);
-        hLauncher = NULL;
-        pLauncher = NULL;
-    };
-}
-
-int doLauncher()
-{
-    /*
-    execUserScript();
-    InitLauncher();
-    int res = pLauncher(0);
-    FreeLauncher();
-    if(res == 1) // do benchmark
-    g_bBenchmark = true;
-
-    if(g_bBenchmark){ //perform benchmark cycle
-    doBenchmark();
-
-    // InitLauncher ();
-    // pLauncher (2); //show results
-    // FreeLauncher ();
-
-    Core._destroy ();
-    return (1);
-
-    };
-    if(res==8){//Quit
-    Core._destroy ();
-    return (1);
-    }
-    */
-    return 0;
-}
-
 void doBenchmark(LPCSTR name)
 {
     g_bBenchmark = true;