diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
index a8ef87483a..5088c78e31 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.cpp
@@ -281,22 +281,6 @@ void RageSoundManager::DeleteSound( RageSound *p )
 	g_SoundManMutex.Unlock(); /* finished with owned_sounds */
 }
 
-void RageSoundManager::StopPlayingSoundsForThisThread()
-{
-	/* Lock to make sure sounds don't become invalidated below before we get to them. */
-	g_DeletionMutex.Lock();
-
-	set<RageSound *> Sounds = GetPlayingSounds();
-	set<RageSound *>::iterator it;
-	for( it = Sounds.begin(); it != Sounds.end(); ++it )
-	{
-		if( (*it)->GetPlayingThread() != RageThread::GetCurrentThreadID() )
-			continue;
-		(*it)->Stop();
-	}
-	g_DeletionMutex.Unlock();
-}
-
 /*
  * If bLockSounds is true, all returned sounds will be locked; you must call Unlock()
  * on all returned sounds when you're done.  This is used for thread safety: without
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.h b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.h
index 557e48fd31..38dc7fc2a7 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundManager.h
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ public:
 	RageSound *PlaySound( RageSound &snd, const RageSoundParams *params );
 	void StopPlayingAllCopiesOfSound(RageSound &snd);
 
-	/* Stop all sounds that were started by this thread.  This should be called
-	 * before exiting a thread. */
-	void StopPlayingSoundsForThisThread();
-
 	void GetCopies( RageSound &snd, vector<RageSound *> &snds, bool bLockSounds=false );
 
 	static void AttenuateBuf( int16_t *buf, int samples, float vol );