diff --git a/qemu/target/mips/translate.c b/qemu/target/mips/translate.c
index f0ab2e5b..5e773fae 100644
--- a/qemu/target/mips/translate.c
+++ b/qemu/target/mips/translate.c
@@ -7485,15 +7485,7 @@ static void gen_dmtc0(DisasContext *ctx, TCGv arg, int reg, int sel)
         switch (sel) {
         case 0:
             save_cpu_state(ctx, 1);
-            /* Mark as an IO operation because we may trigger a software
-               interrupt.  */
-            //if (ctx->tb->cflags & CF_USE_ICOUNT) {
-            //    gen_io_start();
-            //}
             gen_helper_mtc0_cause(tcg_ctx, tcg_ctx->cpu_env, arg);
-            //if (ctx->tb->cflags & CF_USE_ICOUNT) {
-            //    gen_io_end();
-            //}
             /* Stop translation as we may have triggered an intetrupt. BS_STOP
              * isn't sufficient, we need to ensure we break out of translated
              * code to check for pending interrupts.  */