diff --git a/src/postamble.js b/src/postamble.js
index 157581ece8378..5cbf8ab9bebe5 100644
--- a/src/postamble.js
+++ b/src/postamble.js
@@ -9,34 +9,6 @@
 {{{ exportRuntime() }}}
 
 #if MEM_INIT_IN_WASM == 0
-#if MEM_INIT_METHOD == 2
-#if USE_PTHREADS
-if (memoryInitializer && !ENVIRONMENT_IS_PTHREAD) (function(s) {
-#else
-if (memoryInitializer) (function(s) {
-#endif
-  var i, n = s.length;
-#if ASSERTIONS
-  n -= 4;
-  var crc, bit, table = new Int32Array(256);
-  for (i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
-    for (crc = i, bit = 0; bit < 8; ++bit)
-      crc = (crc >>> 1) ^ ((crc & 1) * 0xedb88320);
-    table[i] = crc >>> 0;
-  }
-  crc = -1;
-  crc = table[(crc ^ n) & 0xff] ^ (crc >>> 8);
-  crc = table[(crc ^ (n >>> 8)) & 0xff] ^ (crc >>> 8);
-  for (i = 0; i < s.length; ++i) {
-    crc = table[(crc ^ s.charCodeAt(i)) & 0xff] ^ (crc >>> 8);
-  }
-  assert(crc === 0, "memory initializer checksum");
-#endif
-  for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-    HEAPU8[GLOBAL_BASE + i] = s.charCodeAt(i);
-  }
-})(memoryInitializer);
-#else
 #if USE_PTHREADS
 if (memoryInitializer && !ENVIRONMENT_IS_PTHREAD) {
 #else
@@ -115,7 +87,6 @@ if (memoryInitializer) {
     }
   }
 }
-#endif
 #endif // MEM_INIT_IN_WASM == 0
 
 var calledRun;
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index e5814a90dc05d..9894188701599 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ var EXIT_RUNTIME = 0;
 // 1: create a *.mem file containing the binary data of the initial memory;
 
 //    use the --memory-init-file command line switch to select this method
-// 2: embed a string literal representing that initial memory data
 var MEM_INIT_METHOD = 0;
 
 // The total stack size. There is no way to enlarge the stack, so this
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/csmith_driver.py b/tests/fuzz/csmith_driver.py
index 1a47d709d3739..81519313110e5 100755
--- a/tests/fuzz/csmith_driver.py
+++ b/tests/fuzz/csmith_driver.py
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ def try_js(args=[]):
       js_args += ['-s', 'MAIN_MODULE=1']
     if random.random() < 0.25:
       js_args += ['-s', 'INLINING_LIMIT=1'] # inline nothing, for more call interaction
-    if random.random() < 0.5:
-      js_args += ["--memory-init-file", "0", "-s", "MEM_INIT_METHOD=2"]
     if random.random() < 0.5:
       js_args += ['-s', 'ASSERTIONS=1']
     print('(compile)', ' '.join(js_args))
diff --git a/tests/test_browser.py b/tests/test_browser.py
index 03a3aca5f7b92..52bd3b5cdeaf6 100644
--- a/tests/test_browser.py
+++ b/tests/test_browser.py
@@ -3998,31 +3998,6 @@ def test_atomicrmw_i64(self):
   def test_sigalrm(self):
     self.btest(path_from_root('tests', 'sigalrm.cpp'), expected='0', args=['-O3'])
 
-  @no_wasm_backend('mem init file')
-  def test_meminit_pairs(self):
-    d = 'const char *data[] = {\n  "'
-    d += '",\n  "'.join(''.join('\\x{:02x}\\x{:02x}'.format(i, j)
-                                for j in range(256)) for i in range(256))
-    with open(path_from_root('tests', 'meminit_pairs.c')) as f:
-      d += '"\n};\n' + f.read()
-    args = ["-O2", "--memory-init-file", "0", "-s", "MEM_INIT_METHOD=2", "-s", "ASSERTIONS=1", '-s', 'WASM=0']
-    self.btest(d, expected='0', args=args + ["--closure", "0"])
-    self.btest(d, expected='0', args=args + ["--closure", "0", "-g"])
-    self.btest(d, expected='0', args=args + ["--closure", "1"])
-
-  @no_wasm_backend('mem init file')
-  def test_meminit_big(self):
-    d = 'const char *data[] = {\n  "'
-    d += '",\n  "'.join([''.join('\\x{:02x}\\x{:02x}'.format(i, j)
-                                 for j in range(256)) for i in range(256)] * 256)
-    with open(path_from_root('tests', 'meminit_pairs.c')) as f:
-      d += '"\n};\n' + f.read()
-    assert len(d) > (1 << 27) # more than 32M memory initializer
-    args = ["-O2", "--memory-init-file", "0", "-s", "MEM_INIT_METHOD=2", "-s", "ASSERTIONS=1", '-s', 'WASM=0']
-    self.btest(d, expected='0', args=args + ["--closure", "0"])
-    self.btest(d, expected='0', args=args + ["--closure", "0", "-g"])
-    self.btest(d, expected='0', args=args + ["--closure", "1"])
-
   def test_canvas_style_proxy(self):
     self.btest('canvas_style_proxy.c', expected='1', args=['--proxy-to-worker', '--shell-file', path_from_root('tests/canvas_style_proxy_shell.html'), '--pre-js', path_from_root('tests/canvas_style_proxy_pre.js')])
 
diff --git a/tests/test_other.py b/tests/test_other.py
index c5f1ae697c1d8..c84c979afdade 100644
--- a/tests/test_other.py
+++ b/tests/test_other.py
@@ -5801,23 +5801,6 @@ def test_debug_asmLastOpts(self):
     self.run_process([EMCC, 'src.c', '-s', 'EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=["_main", "_treecount"]', '--minify', '0', '-g4', '-Oz'])
     self.assertContained('hello, world!', self.run_js('a.out.js'))
 
-  @no_wasm_backend('MEM_INIT_METHOD not supported under wasm')
-  def test_meminit_crc(self):
-    create_test_file('src.c', r'''
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main() { printf("Mary had a little lamb.\n"); }
-''')
-
-    self.run_process([EMCC, 'src.c', '--memory-init-file', '0', '-s', 'MEM_INIT_METHOD=2', '-s', 'ASSERTIONS=1', '-s', 'WASM=0'])
-    with open('a.out.js') as f:
-      d = f.read()
-    return
-    self.assertContained('Mary had', d)
-    d = d.replace('Mary had', 'Paul had')
-    create_test_file('a.out.js', d)
-    out = self.run_js('a.out.js', assert_returncode=NON_ZERO)
-    self.assertContained('Assertion failed: memory initializer checksum', out)
-
   def test_emscripten_print_double(self):
     create_test_file('src.c', r'''
 #include <stdio.h>