diff --git a/Scripts/song_select/song_select.lua b/Scripts/song_select/song_select.lua
index 5472e27..99aaa3a 100644
--- a/Scripts/song_select/song_select.lua
+++ b/Scripts/song_select/song_select.lua
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ function SongSelect.new()
     -- the 演奏オプション panel, so the NEIRO slot is unreachable and is not drawn.
     local neiro_row = tex.get_skin_config("option_neiro_row")
     self._neiro_in_options = (neiro_row ~= nil) and (neiro_row.x >= 1)
-    self._id_btn_neiro   = (not self._neiro_in_options) and get_any("diff_select", "neiro") or nil
     self._id_btn_glow    = tex.get_id("yellow_box", "s_crown_clear")            -- 168x168 button cursor plate (moved off diff_select: every 1p/2p_* name there is drawn by the engine in 2P)
     self._id_small_crown = tex.get_id("diff_select", "difficulty_crown")       -- 40x40, frame = crown (0 none)
     self._id_small_rank  = tex.get_id("yellow_box", "s_crown_outline")          -- 40x40, frame = rank-1 (moved off 1p_outline_back)
@@ -1622,10 +1621,8 @@ function SongSelect:draw_song_diff_select(box)
     -- ROUND 4d (user): option = same 128 px plain icon as return, full opacity (main_diff_other_board
     -- 'option' / 'return' are the same-size boards; the cursor frame/glow geometry is shared in draw_selector)
     draw_centered(self._id_btn_option, DS_SLOT_X[DIFF_MODIFIER], DS_BTN_Y,   128, 128, { fade = fade })
-    if self._id_btn_neiro then
-        draw_centered(self._id_btn_neiro, DS_SLOT_X[DIFF_NEIRO], DS_NEIRO_Y, 80, 80,
-                      { fade = fade * 0.35, x2 = 80 - 168, y2 = 80 - 168 })
-    end
+    -- (The faint 80 px NEIRO placeholder frame that used to sit under the return button
+    -- is gone: the cabinet's course-select board has no such element.)
 
     -- diff boards
     for i = 0, 3 do