diff --git a/src/st_stuff.c b/src/st_stuff.c
index d4c710e9770f39c68f3d5d360e4e030d5a10a16c..fa13e008a05b346766ead91d43c66a1b4af182b6 100644
--- a/src/st_stuff.c
+++ b/src/st_stuff.c
@@ -2465,21 +2465,6 @@ static void ST_overlayDrawer(void)
 	ST_drawDebugInfo();
 }
 
-static void ST_drawTutorial(void)
-{
-	INT32 charheight = 8;
-	INT32 y = BASEVIDHEIGHT - ((charheight * 4) + (charheight/2)*4);
-	char *test;
-	//INT32 i;
-	// Nothing, ...yet
-	// Except this for now, just to check it works
-	//V_DrawCenteredString(BASEVIDWIDTH/2, BASEVIDHEIGHT/2, 0, "Tutorial placeholder");
-	V_DrawTutorialBack();
-	//for (i = 0; i < 4; i++, y += 12)
-	test = V_WordWrap(4, BASEVIDWIDTH-4, 0, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum");
-	V_DrawString(4, y, V_SNAPTOBOTTOM, test);
-}
-
 void ST_Drawer(void)
 {
 #ifdef SEENAMES
@@ -2553,8 +2538,4 @@ void ST_Drawer(void)
 			ST_overlayDrawer();
 		}
 	}
-
-	// Draw tutorial text over everything else
-	if (tutorialmode)
-		ST_drawTutorial();
 }
diff --git a/src/v_video.c b/src/v_video.c
index 05401ce56f26b65055c91794a65d0eeae870b5f9..765965ffdc83f5bc3845d6a875a8184bca8ea348 100644
--- a/src/v_video.c
+++ b/src/v_video.c
@@ -1480,25 +1480,6 @@ void V_DrawFadeConsBack(INT32 plines)
 		*buf = consolebgmap[*buf];
 }
 
-// Very similar to F_DrawFadeConsBack, except we draw from the middle(-ish) of the screen to the bottom.
-void V_DrawTutorialBack(void)
-{
-	INT32 charheight = 8*vid.dupy;
-	UINT8 *deststop, *buf;
-
-#ifdef HWRENDER
-	if (rendermode != render_soft) // no support for OpenGL yet
-		return;
-#endif
-
-	// heavily simplified -- we don't need to know x or y position,
-	// just the start and stop positions
-	deststop = screens[0] + vid.rowbytes * vid.height;
-	buf = deststop - vid.rowbytes * ((charheight * 4) + (charheight/2)*5); // 4 lines of space plus gaps between and some leeway
-	for (; buf < deststop; ++buf)
-		*buf = consolebgmap[*buf];
-}
-
 // Gets string colormap, used for 0x80 color codes
 //
 static const UINT8 *V_GetStringColormap(INT32 colorflags)
diff --git a/src/v_video.h b/src/v_video.h
index 850206816f9fb3736deb65455560b4fc3715b351..6113d08ecdc9f1ad1c46868fc24149bfb80c6213 100644
--- a/src/v_video.h
+++ b/src/v_video.h
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ void V_DrawFlatFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, lumpnum_t flatnum);
 void V_DrawFadeScreen(UINT16 color, UINT8 strength);
 
 void V_DrawFadeConsBack(INT32 plines);
-void V_DrawTutorialBack(void);
 
 // draw a single character
 void V_DrawCharacter(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 c, boolean lowercaseallowed);