diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/windowmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/windowmanager.hpp
index 8a9eb2ea6..d454067c8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/windowmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/windowmanager.hpp
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ namespace MWBase
             /// Cycle to next or previous weapon
             virtual void cycleWeapon(bool next) = 0;
 
-            virtual void playSound(const std::string& soundId, bool preventOverlapping = false, float volume = 1.f, float pitch = 1.f) = 0;
+            virtual void playSound(const std::string& soundId, float volume = 1.f, float pitch = 1.f) = 0;
 
             // In WindowManager for now since there isn't a VFS singleton
             virtual std::string correctIconPath(const std::string& path) = 0;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp
index cb902cadf..c18548dad 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/bookwindow.cpp
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         if ((mCurrentPage+1)*2 < mPages.size())
         {
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->playSound("book page2", true);
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->playSound("book page2");
 
             ++mCurrentPage;
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         if (mCurrentPage > 0)
         {
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->playSound("book page", true);
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->playSound("book page");
 
             --mCurrentPage;
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index c103f60ad..b1e18209a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -1919,16 +1919,12 @@ namespace MWGui
             mInventoryWindow->cycle(next);
     }
 
-    void WindowManager::playSound(const std::string& soundId, bool preventOverlapping, float volume, float pitch)
+    void WindowManager::playSound(const std::string& soundId, float volume, float pitch)
     {
         if (soundId.empty())
             return;
 
-        MWBase::SoundManager *sndmgr = MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager();
-        if (preventOverlapping && sndmgr->getSoundPlaying(MWWorld::Ptr(), soundId))
-            return;
-
-        sndmgr->playSound(soundId, volume, pitch, MWSound::Type::Sfx, MWSound::PlayMode::NoEnv);
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager()->playSound(soundId, volume, pitch, MWSound::Type::Sfx, MWSound::PlayMode::NoEnv);
     }
 
     void WindowManager::updateSpellWindow()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
index 56ccea33b..1d250f6d4 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     /// Cycle to next or previous weapon
     virtual void cycleWeapon(bool next);
 
-    virtual void playSound(const std::string& soundId, bool preventOverlapping = false, float volume = 1.f, float pitch = 1.f);
+    virtual void playSound(const std::string& soundId, float volume = 1.f, float pitch = 1.f);
 
     // In WindowManager for now since there isn't a VFS singleton
     virtual std::string correctIconPath(const std::string& path);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
index db02bb482..ba8ac1bba 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -577,6 +577,9 @@ namespace MWSound
         Sound_Buffer *sfx = loadSound(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(soundId));
         if(!sfx) return nullptr;
 
+        // Only one copy of given sound can be played at time, so stop previous copy
+        stopSound(soundId);
+
         Sound *sound = getSoundRef();
         sound->init(volume * sfx->mVolume, volumeFromType(type), pitch, mode|type|Play_2D);
         if(!mOutput->playSound(sound, sfx->mHandle, offset))