diff --git a/emulators/hatari.yml b/emulators/hatari.yml
index 3ff4605f..512f7433 100644
--- a/emulators/hatari.yml
+++ b/emulators/hatari.yml
@@ -151,18 +151,7 @@ files:
       stand in for the default, and a .gz or archive is unpacked first. The
       program exits when no image loads and none is picked in the settings
       dialog (src/options.c:1937-1940, src/configuration.c:489,
-      src/tos.c:983, src/main.c:191-201). The aliases are the names the platform launchers
-      give it. Batocera passes tos<version><language>.img from the BIOS
-      root, trying the chosen version then each machine's list and the
-      languages us, uk, de, es, fr, it, nl, ru, se and none in turn
-      (configgen generators/hatari/hatariGenerator.py:74-75, 158-193).
-      Recalbox writes atarist/st.img, ste.img, megaste.img, tt.img or
-      falcon.img by machine, then tos.img, then emutos.img, and emutos.img
-      for any content whose path names emutos
-      (configgen generators/hatari/hatariGenerator.py:151-167). RetroBat
-      writes hatari/tos/ followed by the hatari_tos option, tos206.img,
-      tos106.img, tos104.img, tos102.img or emutos.img, and tos.img at the
-      BIOS root otherwise (emulatorlauncher Generators/Hatari.Generator.cs:144-154).
+      src/tos.c:983, src/main.c:191-201).
 
   - name: "tos.sym"
     path: "tos.sym"
diff --git a/emulators/hatarib.yml b/emulators/hatarib.yml
index 1af8b986..c5027191 100644
--- a/emulators/hatarib.yml
+++ b/emulators/hatarib.yml
@@ -113,14 +113,7 @@ files:
       are selected with the hatarib_tos option. Without tos.img the
       built-in EmuTOS 192uk is the default. A hatarib_tos value that is not
       one of the four special values is opened as a path under the system
-      directory (core/core_config.c:1121-1122), and the aliases are the
-      names the platform launchers write there. RetroBat sets
-      hatarib/tos206.img, tos106.img, tos104.img or tos102.img from its
-      hatarib_tos option (emulatorlauncher Generators/LibRetro.CoreOptions.cs:3167-3195),
-      and emutos.img in system/hatarib/ is listed by the scan like any other
-      image. Recalbox sets atarist/st.img, ste.img, megaste.img, tt.img or
-      falcon.img by machine, falling back to tos.img and the built-in
-      EmuTOS 1024k (configgen generators/libretro/libretroCores.py:211-229).
+      directory (core/core_config.c:1121-1122).
 
   - name: "etos1024k.img"
     description: "EmuTOS 1.4 1024 KB image, all machine types"
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_checks.py b/tests/test_profile_checks.py
index c9522dbf..1666f4c0 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_checks.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ check left out lets through a file the emulator refuses.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
@@ -377,5 +378,40 @@ class FbAlpha2012HiscoreFromSaveDir(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.assertFalse(read_from_system_dir(entry))
 
 
+_LAUNCHER_CODE = re.compile(
+    r"Generator\.(py|cs)|configgen|emulatorlauncher|libretroCores\.py|LibRetro\.CoreOptions",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+
+def _prose(node: object) -> list[str]:
+    if isinstance(node, dict):
+        return [
+            text
+            for key, value in node.items()
+            for text in ([value] if key in ("note", "notes") and isinstance(value, str)
+                         else _prose(value))
+        ]
+    if isinstance(node, list):
+        return [text for item in node for text in _prose(item)]
+    return []
+
+
+class HatariTosNamesLiveWithTheLaunchers(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The TOS names Batocera, Recalbox and RetroBat pass to Hatari are
+    recorded under each platform's launchers: since 8dc485dc. The tos.img
+    notes kept describing those generators and an aliases field the entry
+    no longer had."""
+
+    def test_no_launcher_in_the_profiles(self):
+        for emulator in ("hatari", "hatarib"):
+            with self.subTest(emulator=emulator):
+                profile = _profile(emulator)
+                tos = next(f for f in profile["files"] if f["name"] == "tos.img")
+                self.assertNotIn("aliases", tos)
+                cited = [t for t in _prose(profile) if _LAUNCHER_CODE.search(t)]
+                self.assertEqual(cited, [])
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()