diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
index cc933d4bbb..81b54c5660 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/soundmanager.hpp
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ namespace MWBase
             virtual void stopSound(const MWWorld::CellStore *cell) = 0;
             ///< Stop all sounds for the given cell.
 
-            virtual void stopSound(const std::string& soundId) = 0;
-            ///< Stop a non-3d looping sound
-
             virtual void fadeOutSound3D(const MWWorld::ConstPtr &reference, const std::string& soundId, float duration) = 0;
             ///< Fade out given sound (that is already playing) of given object
             ///< @param reference Reference to object, whose sound is faded out
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
index 65214e5ff4..64e8f0ddbd 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -767,17 +767,6 @@ namespace MWSound
         }
     }
 
-    void SoundManager::stopSound(const std::string& soundId)
-    {
-        if(!mOutput->isInitialized())
-            return;
-
-        Sound_Buffer *sfx = lookupSound(Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(soundId));
-        if (!sfx) return;
-
-        stopSound(sfx, MWWorld::ConstPtr());
-    }
-
     void SoundManager::stopSound3D(const MWWorld::ConstPtr &ptr, const std::string& soundId)
     {
         if(!mOutput->isInitialized())
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp
index 55588d06fa..56c993d3cc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwsound/soundmanagerimp.hpp
@@ -233,9 +233,6 @@ namespace MWSound
         virtual void stopSound(const MWWorld::CellStore *cell);
         ///< Stop all sounds for the given cell.
 
-        virtual void stopSound(const std::string& soundId);
-        ///< Stop a non-3d looping sound
-
         virtual void fadeOutSound3D(const MWWorld::ConstPtr &reference, const std::string& soundId, float duration);
         ///< Fade out given sound (that is already playing) of given object
         ///< @param reference Reference to object, whose sound is faded out