diff --git a/input-settings/main.qml b/input-settings/main.qml
index ca7485b..b3c347b 100644
--- a/input-settings/main.qml
+++ b/input-settings/main.qml
@@ -842,28 +842,6 @@ Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
                     opacity: 0.7
                     font: Kirigami.Theme.smallFont
                 }
-                ColumnLayout {
-                    Kirigami.FormData.label: "Pointer takes the role:"
-                    Repeater {
-                        model: backend.pointerRoles
-                        delegate: Controls.RadioButton {
-                            required property var modelData
-                            text: modelData.text
-                            checked: backend.pointerRole === modelData.value
-                            onToggled: if (checked) backend.setPointerRole(modelData.value)
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                Controls.Label {
-                    Layout.maximumWidth: Kirigami.Units.gridUnit * 30
-                    wrapMode: Text.WordWrap
-                    text: "A controller in your hand takes that hand's role, and then the pointer's clicks don't land. "
-                          + "Holding the right controller as the precision tool, give the pointer the left hand, or the "
-                          + "stylus role. It applies the next time the pointer wakes."
-                    opacity: 0.7
-                    font: Kirigami.Theme.smallFont
-                }
-
                 Kirigami.Separator { Kirigami.FormData.isSection: true; Kirigami.FormData.label: "Key combinations" }
 
                 Repeater {
diff --git a/session/frametop.conf.example b/session/frametop.conf.example
index b084574..d3dac6d 100644
--- a/session/frametop.conf.example
+++ b/session/frametop.conf.example
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ POINTER_GAZE_MOUSE=precision # gaze mode: the left button holds back its press,
 POINTER_PRECISION_GAIN=0.5  # gaze precision (a button mapped to gaze_precision): the pointer turns this times the controller's turn
 POINTER_PRECISION_DEADZONE=0.3 # gaze precision: degrees the controller turns before the pointer does (the press's own jolt)
 POINTER_GAZE_DRAG_GAIN=1   # gaze drag (gaze_drag): the pointer turns this times the controller's turn
-POINTER_ROLE=right         # the hand role the pointer takes: right | left | stylus. A controller held in that hand takes it back (clicks stop landing)
 GAZE_TRACKER=steam         # gaze service: steam = SteamVR's eye tracker | own = our own (frame-eyes' fe-trackd, calibrated in the gaze probe with Own tracker)
 GAZE_EYE=auto              # gaze service: eye bias. auto = each eye weighted by how far off it was at your recent nudges | left | right = that eye counts twice
 HANDS_SWAP_SIDES=0         # hand tracking (hands/run.sh install): 1 = the side cameras' names are swapped, which some SteamVR restarts cause (hands/tools/check_sides.py --ring tells)