diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 57723cac9..5e49ae2f7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -333,10 +333,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
         mExtensions, mFpsLevel, mNewGame, mOgre, mCfgMgr.getLogPath().string() + std::string("/"));
 
     // Create sound system
-    mEnvironment.mSoundManager = new MWSound::SoundManager(mOgre->getRoot(),
-                                                           mOgre->getCamera(),
-                                                           mDataDirs,
-                                                           mUseSound, mFSStrict, mEnvironment);
+    mEnvironment.mSoundManager = new MWSound::SoundManager(mUseSound, mEnvironment);
 
     // Create script system
     mScriptContext = new MWScript::CompilerContext (MWScript::CompilerContext::Type_Full,
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
index 38b9bee25..272956082 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@
 
 namespace MWSound
 {
-    SoundManager::SoundManager(Ogre::Root *root, Ogre::Camera *camera,
-        const Files::PathContainer& dataDirs,
-        bool useSound, bool fsstrict, MWWorld::Environment& environment)
-        : mFSStrict(fsstrict)
+    SoundManager::SoundManager(bool useSound, MWWorld::Environment& environment)
+        : mResourceMgr(Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingleton())
         , mEnvironment(environment)
     {
         if(!useSound)
@@ -67,8 +65,6 @@ namespace MWSound
             mOutput.reset();
             return;
         }
-
-        mResourceMgr = Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::getSingletonPtr();
     }
 
     SoundManager::~SoundManager()
@@ -161,8 +157,8 @@ namespace MWSound
     void SoundManager::startRandomTitle()
     {
         Ogre::StringVectorPtr filelist;
-        filelist = mResourceMgr->findResourceNames(Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME,
-                                                   "Music/"+mCurrentPlaylist+"/*");
+        filelist = mResourceMgr.findResourceNames(Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::DEFAULT_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME,
+                                                  "Music/"+mCurrentPlaylist+"/*");
         if(!filelist->size())
             return;
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
index 433f2c169..aef4a8ace 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -31,13 +31,7 @@ namespace MWSound
 
     class SoundManager
     {
-        Ogre::ResourceGroupManager *mResourceMgr;
-
-        // This is used for case insensitive and slash-type agnostic file
-        // finding. It takes DOS paths (any case, \\ slashes or / slashes)
-        // relative to the sound dir, and translates them into full paths
-        // of existing files in the filesystem, if they exist.
-        bool mFSStrict;
+        Ogre::ResourceGroupManager& mResourceMgr;
 
         MWWorld::Environment& mEnvironment;
 
@@ -64,9 +58,7 @@ namespace MWSound
         friend class OpenAL_Output;
 
     public:
-        SoundManager(Ogre::Root*, Ogre::Camera*,
-                   const Files::PathContainer& dataDir, bool useSound, bool fsstrict,
-                   MWWorld::Environment& environment);
+        SoundManager(bool useSound, MWWorld::Environment& environment);
         ~SoundManager();
 
         void stopMusic();