A choke removal mechanism for an autochoked engine includes an actuator arm which is configured to have an actuated state and an idle state, an actuator which is configured to be mechanically coupled to the actuator arm, a choke which is configured to have an open state and a closed state, and a choke spring which is configured to be mechanically coupled to the choke and the actuator arm, where the choke spring is configured to mechanically link the actuator arm to the choke such that when the actor arm is in the actuated state the choke is in the open state and when the actuator arm is in the idle state the choke is in the closed state.