diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 2a0bcb108..81fb2e6a7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine (Settings::Manager & settings)
 
     window->setStore(mEnvironment.getWorld()->getStore());
     window->initUI();
-    window->renderWorldMap();
 
     //Load translation data
     mTranslationDataStorage.setEncoder(mEncoder);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 9238e5cfd..cb5450988 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         mMenu = new MainMenu(w, h, mResourceSystem->getVFS(), mVersionDescription);
         mLocalMapRender = new MWRender::LocalMap(mViewer->getSceneData()->asGroup());
         mMap = new MapWindow(mCustomMarkers, mDragAndDrop, mLocalMapRender, mWorkQueue);
+        mMap->renderGlobalMap();
         trackWindow(mMap, "map");
         mStatsWindow = new StatsWindow(mDragAndDrop);
         trackWindow(mStatsWindow, "stats");
@@ -374,11 +375,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         MWBase::Environment::get().getInputManager()->changeInputMode(false);
     }
 
-    void WindowManager::renderWorldMap()
-    {
-        mMap->renderGlobalMap();
-    }
-
     void WindowManager::setNewGame(bool newgame)
     {
         // This method will always be called after loading a savegame or starting a new game
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
index a8f6263c2..b1948c1f7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ namespace MWGui
     void setStore (const MWWorld::ESMStore& store);
 
     void initUI();
-    void renderWorldMap();
 
     virtual Loading::Listener* getLoadingScreen();