diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86976ecc790bd7956b60fb307a06bd1eb0fcbaea..8a032bdfa8125eecd8f30c69784df6a9cff59ff8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-06-22  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
+	* src/browser.c (parse_browser_input), src/help.c (parse_help_input):
+	Remove two pointless calls of get_shortcut(), and adjust the comments.
+
 2014-06-22  Mark Majeres  <mark@engine12.com>
 	* src/text.c (do_redo): When redoing a line join at the tail
         of the file, make sure openfile->filebot is updated.
diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index b1e7d7251bb5953f778f2561952c0e4757b0056b..9fb30d90d2293a810744a9f4aa8d309f09051522 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -532,15 +532,10 @@ void browser_init(const char *path, DIR *dir)
 	width = longest;
 }
 
-/* Determine the shortcut key corresponding to the values of kbinput
- * (the key itself) and meta_key (whether the key is a meta sequence).
- * Also convert certain non-shortcut keys into their corresponding
- * shortcut keys. */
+/* Convert certain non-shortcut keys into their corresponding shortcut
+ * sequences, for compatibility with Pico. */
 void parse_browser_input(int *kbinput, bool *meta_key)
 {
-    get_shortcut(MBROWSER, kbinput, meta_key);
-
-    /* Pico compatibility. */
     if (!*meta_key) {
 	switch (*kbinput) {
 	    case ' ':
diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index 3ec70b816770bdd54a80416f2ba0a8d09d44a5e3..09f9787126b34aace51fc437dca9c5cf88da5555 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -479,14 +479,10 @@ void help_init(void)
     assert(strlen(help_text) <= allocsize + 1);
 }
 
-/* Determine the shortcut key corresponding to the values of kbinput
- * (the key itself) and meta_key (whether the key is a meta sequence).
- * Also convert certain non-shortcut keys into their corresponding
- * shortcut keys. */
+/* Convert certain non-shortcut keys into their corresponding shortcut
+ * sequences. */
 void parse_help_input(int *kbinput, bool *meta_key)
 {
-    get_shortcut(MHELP, kbinput, meta_key);
-
     if (!*meta_key) {
 	switch (*kbinput) {
 	    /* For consistency with the file browser. */