diff --git a/src/twn_textures.c b/src/twn_textures.c
index 9d61334..4ef1197 100644
--- a/src/twn_textures.c
+++ b/src/twn_textures.c
@@ -461,55 +461,10 @@ void textures_update_atlas(TextureCache *cache) {
     arrfree(rects);
 }
 
-/* EXPERIMANTAL: LIKELY TO BE REMOVED! */
-#if defined(__linux_x_) /* use rodata elf section for fast lookups of repeating textures */
-
-#include "system/linux/twn_elf.h"
-
-static const char *rodata_start;
-static const char *rodata_stop;
-
-static const char *last_path = NULL;
-static TextureKey last_texture;
-static struct PtrToTexture {
-    const void *key;
-    TextureKey value;
-} *ptr_to_texture;
-
-/* TODO: separate and reuse */
 TextureKey textures_get_key(TextureCache *cache, const char *path) {
-    if (rodata_stop == NULL)
-        if (!infer_elf_section_bounds(".rodata", &rodata_start, &rodata_stop))
-            CRY("Section inference", ".rodata section lookup failed");
+    /* to prevent hashing errors */
+    if (!path) path = "";
 
-    /* the fastest path */
-    if (path == last_path)
-        return last_texture;
-    else {
-        /* moderately fast path, by pointer hashing */
-        const ptrdiff_t texture = hmgeti(ptr_to_texture, path);
-        if (texture != -1) {
-            if (path >= rodata_start && path < rodata_stop)
-                last_path = path;
-            last_texture = ptr_to_texture[texture].value;
-            return last_texture;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* TODO: this will be bad when dynamic strings are involved */
-    /* to mitigate that we could free ptr_to_texture each frame */
-    /* try loading */
-    last_texture = textures_load(cache, path);
-    hmput(ptr_to_texture, path, last_texture);
-
-    if (path >= rodata_start && path < rodata_stop)
-        last_path = path;
-
-    return last_texture;
-}
-
-#else
-TextureKey textures_get_key(TextureCache *cache, const char *path) {
     /* hash tables are assumed to be stable, so we just return indices */
     const ptrdiff_t texture = shgeti(cache->hash, path);
 
@@ -520,8 +475,6 @@ TextureKey textures_get_key(TextureCache *cache, const char *path) {
         return (TextureKey){ (uint16_t)texture };
 }
 
-#endif /* generic implementation of textures_get_key() */
-
 int32_t textures_get_atlas_id(const TextureCache *cache, TextureKey key) {
     if (m_texture_key_is_valid(key)) {
         if (cache->hash[key.id].value.loner_texture != 0)
@@ -628,10 +581,4 @@ size_t textures_get_num_atlases(const TextureCache *cache) {
 }
 
 void textures_reset_state(void) {
-#if defined(__linux__x) && !defined(HOT_RELOAD_SUPPORT)
-    last_path = NULL;
-    last_texture = (TextureKey){0};
-    shfree(ptr_to_texture);
-
-#endif
 }