diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp
index b20ec14e68..580ca3a277 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp
@@ -890,12 +890,9 @@ int game_list_frame::PopulateGameList()
 
 	auto l_GetItem = [](const std::string& text)
 	{
-		// force single line text ("hack" used instead of Qt shenanigans like Qt::TextSingleLine)
-		QString formattedText = gui::get_Single_Line(qstr(text));
-
 		QTableWidgetItem* curr = new QTableWidgetItem;
 		curr->setFlags(curr->flags() & ~Qt::ItemIsEditable);
-		curr->setText(formattedText);
+		curr->setText(qstr(text).simplified()); // simplified() forces single line text
 		return curr;
 	};
 
@@ -1008,7 +1005,7 @@ void game_list_frame::PopulateGameGrid(int maxCols, const QSize& image_size, con
 
 	for (const auto& app : matching_apps)
 	{
-		QString title = gui::get_Single_Line(qstr(app.first->info.name));
+		const QString title = qstr(app.first->info.name).simplified(); // simplified() forces single line text
 
 		m_xgrid->addItem(app.first->pxmap, title, app.second, r, c);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h
index ba0a7af65a..82e61fc83b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h
@@ -70,16 +70,9 @@ namespace gui
 		return gl_max_slider_pos * current_delta / size_delta;
 	};
 
-	inline QString get_Single_Line(const QString& multi_line_string)
-	{
-		QString single_line_string = multi_line_string;
-		single_line_string.replace("\n"," ");
-		return single_line_string;
-	}
-
 	inline q_string_pair Recent_Game(const QString& path, const QString& title)
 	{
-		return q_string_pair(path, get_Single_Line(title));
+		return q_string_pair(path, title.simplified()); // simplified() forces single line text
 	}
 
 	const QString Default     = QObject::tr("default");