diff --git a/pd/src/s_main.c b/pd/src/s_main.c
index 3fe9013996e263c916159111dfa7d30dc93ec6f3..525d6de1fe869d56785d5853e2f1d328cca67762 100644
--- a/pd/src/s_main.c
+++ b/pd/src/s_main.c
@@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ int sys_main(int argc, char **argv)
         sys_reopen_midi();
         sys_reopen_audio();
 
-        if (sys_console) sys_vgui("pdtk_toggle_console 1\n");
+        // ag: no longer needed (cruft from the pd-l2ork1 days)
+        //if (sys_console) sys_vgui("pdtk_toggle_console 1\n");
         if (sys_k12_mode)
         {
             t_namelist *path = pd_extrapath;