diff --git a/src/MacVim/MMAtsuiTextView.m b/src/MacVim/MMAtsuiTextView.m
index c2eaa9c45f..cbc51eecc4 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/MMAtsuiTextView.m
+++ b/src/MacVim/MMAtsuiTextView.m
@@ -418,14 +418,6 @@ enum {
     if ([[NSApp mainMenu] performKeyEquivalent:event])
         return YES;
 
-    // HACK! Give the default main menu a chance to handle the key down event.
-    // This is to ensure that the standard mappings (which are in the default
-    // main menu) are always available, also when the default Vim menus are
-    // used (these do not set any key equivalents!).
-    if ([[[MMAppController sharedInstance] defaultMainMenu]
-            performKeyEquivalent:event])
-        return YES;
-
     // HACK!  On Leopard Ctrl-key events end up here instead of keyDown:.
     if (flags & NSControlKeyMask) {
         [self keyDown:event];
diff --git a/src/MacVim/MMTextView.m b/src/MacVim/MMTextView.m
index c90bc23e50..2da9148349 100644
--- a/src/MacVim/MMTextView.m
+++ b/src/MacVim/MMTextView.m
@@ -652,14 +652,6 @@ enum {
     if ([[NSApp mainMenu] performKeyEquivalent:event])
         return YES;
 
-    // HACK! Give the default main menu a chance to handle the key down event.
-    // This is to ensure that the standard mappings (which are in the default
-    // main menu) are always available, also when the default Vim menus are
-    // used (these do not set any key equivalents!).
-    if ([[[MMAppController sharedInstance] defaultMainMenu]
-            performKeyEquivalent:event])
-        return YES;
-
     // HACK!  On Leopard Ctrl-key events end up here instead of keyDown:.
     if (flags & NSControlKeyMask) {
         [self keyDown:event];