Can't rid boot screen of Windows HD

New rMBP.  Attempted Win 8.1 Bootcamp Install.  Too many issues preventing it.  Decided to do at a later date.  Removed partition via Bootcamp. 
BUT,  I still have 3 drives in the bootable screen when pressing option during boot.  1) Mac HD 2) Recovery HD and 3) Windows HD.   Looked at Disk Utility, looks good there - No Windows partition.  No Windows HD. 
So how do I get rid of the "Ghost" Windows HD in the boot screen?
Thanks - DR
Sorry to sound so robotic in my question.  Just the facts, ma'am.

Turbostar,
I sure would like to avoid the clean install. 
This is all I am seeing as drives go.  Which looks good to me.
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.4 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3

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