diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameAudio.h b/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameAudio.h
index dae9d7cd132..5c83fd91681 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameAudio.h
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/GameAudio.h
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ class AudioManager : public SubsystemInterface
 		// For the file cache to know when to remove files.
 		virtual void closeAnySamplesUsingFile( const void *fileToClose ) = 0;
 
-		virtual Bool isMusicAlreadyLoaded() const;
-
 		Bool getDisallowSpeech() const { return m_disallowSpeech; }
 		void setDisallowSpeech( Bool disallowSpeech ) { m_disallowSpeech = disallowSpeech; }
 
diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/GameAudio.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/GameAudio.cpp
index c1df413bb7a..41be35aeeed 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/GameAudio.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/GameAudio.cpp
@@ -944,33 +944,6 @@ Real AudioManager::getAudioLengthMS( const AudioEventRTS *event )
 				 getFileLengthMS(tmpEvent.getDecayFilename());
 }
 
-//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Bool AudioManager::isMusicAlreadyLoaded() const
-{
-	const AudioEventInfo *musicToLoad = nullptr;
-	AudioEventInfoHash::const_iterator it;
-	for (it = m_allAudioEventInfo.begin(); it != m_allAudioEventInfo.end(); ++it) {
-		if (it->second) {
-			const AudioEventInfo *aet = it->second;
-			if (aet->m_soundType == AT_Music) {
-				musicToLoad = aet;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!musicToLoad) {
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	AudioEventRTS aud;
-	aud.setAudioEventInfo(musicToLoad);
-	aud.generateFilename();
-
-	AsciiString astr = aud.getFilename();
-
-	return (TheFileSystem->doesFileExist(astr.str()));
-}
-
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void AudioManager::findAllAudioEventsOfType( AudioType audioType, std::vector<AudioEventInfo*>& allEvents )
 {
diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
index ce2fdf16bac..0350d007b23 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ void GameEngine::init()
 		initSubsystem(TheGlobalLanguageData,"TheGlobalLanguageData",MSGNEW("GameEngineSubsystem") GlobalLanguage, nullptr); // must be before the game text
 		TheGlobalLanguageData->parseCustomDefinition();
 		initSubsystem(TheAudio,"TheAudio", createAudioManager(TheGlobalData->m_headless), nullptr);
-		if (!TheAudio->isMusicAlreadyLoaded())
-			setQuitting(TRUE);
 
 #if RTS_ZEROHOUR && RETAIL_COMPATIBLE_CRC
 		TheNameKeyGenerator->syncNameKeyID();
diff --git a/Generals/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp b/Generals/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp
index 71d6c44b1f3..b71492898b9 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@ BOOL CWorldBuilderApp::InitInstance()
 
 	initSubsystem(TheScriptEngine, (ScriptEngine*)(new ScriptEngine()));
 	initSubsystem(TheAudio, (AudioManager*)new MilesAudioManager());
-	if (!TheAudio->isMusicAlreadyLoaded())
-		return FALSE;
-
 	initSubsystem(TheVideoPlayer, (VideoPlayerInterface*)(new VideoPlayer()));
 	initSubsystem(TheModuleFactory, (ModuleFactory*)(new W3DModuleFactory()));
 	initSubsystem(TheSidesList, new SidesList());
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
index a34487538d8..ad861da8d90 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/GameEngine.cpp
@@ -526,8 +526,6 @@ void GameEngine::init()
 	DEBUG_LOG(("%s", Buf));////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	#endif/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 		initSubsystem(TheAudio,"TheAudio", createAudioManager(TheGlobalData->m_headless), nullptr);
-		if (!TheAudio->isMusicAlreadyLoaded())
-			setQuitting(TRUE);
 
 #if RTS_ZEROHOUR && RETAIL_COMPATIBLE_CRC
 		TheNameKeyGenerator->syncNameKeyID();
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp
index 7efd924e2b1..7f49898e497 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/WorldBuilder.cpp
@@ -384,9 +384,6 @@ BOOL CWorldBuilderApp::InitInstance()
 	ini.loadFileDirectory( "Data\\Scripts\\Scripts", INI_LOAD_OVERWRITE, nullptr );
 
 	initSubsystem(TheAudio, (AudioManager*)new MilesAudioManager());
-	if (!TheAudio->isMusicAlreadyLoaded())
-		return FALSE;
-
 	initSubsystem(TheVideoPlayer, (VideoPlayerInterface*)(new VideoPlayer()));
 	initSubsystem(TheModuleFactory, (ModuleFactory*)(new W3DModuleFactory()));
 	initSubsystem(TheSidesList, new SidesList());