diff --git a/src/gmenu2x.cpp b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
index 625d388..935f28b 100644
--- a/src/gmenu2x.cpp
+++ b/src/gmenu2x.cpp
@@ -1704,7 +1704,6 @@ void GMenu2X::editLink() {
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingString(this, ts, tr["Selector Filter"], tr["Selector filter (Separate values with a comma)"], &linkSelFilter, diagTitle, diagIcon));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingDir(this, ts, tr["Selector Screenshots"], tr["Directory of the screenshots for the selector"], &linkSelScreens));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingFile(this, ts, tr["Selector Aliases"], tr["File containing a list of aliases for the selector"], &linkSelAliases));
-	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingBool(this, ts, tr["Wrapper"], tr["Explicitly relaunch GMenu2X after execution"], &menu->selLinkApp()->needsWrapperRef()));
 	sd.addSetting(new MenuSettingBool(this, ts, tr["Don't Leave"], tr["Don't quit GMenu2X when launching this link"], &menu->selLinkApp()->runsInBackgroundRef()));
 
 	if (sd.exec() && sd.edited()) {
diff --git a/src/linkapp.cpp b/src/linkapp.cpp
index ae093c4..011b1ff 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.cpp
+++ b/src/linkapp.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ LinkApp::LinkApp(GMenu2X *gmenu2x_, Touchscreen &ts, InputManager &inputMgr_,
 {
 	manual = "";
 	file = linkfile;
-	wrapper = false;
 	dontleave = false;
 	setClock(336);
 	selectordir = "";
@@ -77,8 +76,6 @@ LinkApp::LinkApp(GMenu2X *gmenu2x_, Touchscreen &ts, InputManager &inputMgr_,
 			params = value;
 		} else if (name == "manual") {
 			manual = value;
-		} else if (name == "wrapper") {
-			if (value=="true") wrapper = true;
 		} else if (name == "dontleave") {
 			if (value=="true") dontleave = true;
 		} else if (name == "clock") {
@@ -169,7 +166,6 @@ bool LinkApp::save() {
 		if (selectorfilter!="" ) f << "selectorfilter="  << selectorfilter  << endl;
 		if (selectorscreens!="") f << "selectorscreens=" << selectorscreens << endl;
 		if (aliasfile!=""      ) f << "selectoraliases=" << aliasfile       << endl;
-		if (wrapper            ) f << "wrapper=true"                        << endl;
 		if (dontleave          ) f << "dontleave=true"                      << endl;
 		f.close();
 		sync();
@@ -393,7 +389,6 @@ void LinkApp::launch(const string &selectedFile, const string &selectedDir) {
 
 	if (params!="") command += " " + params;
 	if (gmenu2x->confInt["outputLogs"]) command += " &> " + cmdclean(gmenu2x->getHome()) + "/log.txt";
-	if (wrapper) command += "; sync & cd "+cmdclean(gmenu2x->getExePath())+"; exec ./gmenu2x";
 	if (dontleave) {
 		system(command.c_str());
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/linkapp.h b/src/linkapp.h
index 4b41afc..058a2a6 100644
--- a/src/linkapp.h
+++ b/src/linkapp.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ private:
 	std::string aliasfile;
 	std::string file;
 
-	bool wrapper;
 	bool dontleave;
 
 	void start();
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ public:
 
 	const std::string &getFile() { return file; }
 	void renameFile(const std::string &name);
-	bool &needsWrapperRef() { return wrapper; }
 	bool &runsInBackgroundRef() { return dontleave; }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/menu.cpp b/src/menu.cpp
index c6bcdd4..f379722 100644
--- a/src/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/menu.cpp
@@ -194,16 +194,12 @@ bool Menu::addLink(string path, string file, string section) {
 			return false;
 	}
 
-	//if the extension is not equal to gpu or dge then enable the wrapper by default
-	bool wrapper = false;
-
 	//strip the extension from the filename
 	string title = file;
 	string::size_type pos = title.rfind(".");
 	if (pos!=string::npos && pos>0) {
 		string ext = title.substr(pos, title.length());
 		transform(ext.begin(), ext.end(), ext.begin(), (int(*)(int)) tolower);
-		if (ext == ".gpu" || ext == ".dge") wrapper = false;
 		title = title.substr(0, pos);
 	}
 
@@ -278,7 +274,6 @@ bool Menu::addLink(string path, string file, string section) {
 		if (!description.empty()) f << "description=" << description << endl;
 		if (!icon.empty()) f << "icon=" << icon << endl;
 		if (!manual.empty()) f << "manual=" << manual << endl;
-		if (wrapper) f << "wrapper=true" << endl;
 		f.close();
  		sync();
 		int isection = find(sections.begin(),sections.end(),section) - sections.begin();