diff --git a/SADXModLoader/MediaFns.cpp b/SADXModLoader/MediaFns.cpp
index a4ea8c8c..45830219 100644
--- a/SADXModLoader/MediaFns.cpp
+++ b/SADXModLoader/MediaFns.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ void WMPInit_r()
 	bassinit = !!BASS_Init(-1, 44100, BASS_DEVICE_3D, nullptr, nullptr);
 	BASS_Set3DFactors(0.1f, 0.1f, 0.0f);
 	BASS_SetConfig(BASS_CONFIG_3DALGORITHM, BASS_3DALG_FULL);
-	// Load the WavPack plugin
-	std::wstring fullPath = bassFolder + L"basswv.dll";
-	HPLUGIN plugin = BASS_PluginLoad(fullPath.c_str(), BASS_UNICODE);
-	if (!plugin)
-		PrintDebug("Error loading BASS WavPack plugin: %d\n", BASS_ErrorGetCode());
-	else if (!BASS_PluginEnable(plugin, TRUE))
-		PrintDebug("Error initializing BASS WavPack plugin: %d\n", BASS_ErrorGetCode());
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/SADXModLoader/sound.cpp b/SADXModLoader/sound.cpp
index 72cf04af..f1a2a5fe 100644
--- a/SADXModLoader/sound.cpp
+++ b/SADXModLoader/sound.cpp
@@ -163,21 +163,10 @@ static void StopBASS(int ch)
 
 static BOOL LoadBASS(int ch, void* wavememory, int wavesize, bool dolby)
 {
-	if (!wavememory || !sndname)
-		return FALSE;
 	if (ch >= 0 && ch < MAX_SOUND)
 	{
 		StopBASS(ch);
-		if (sndname[10] == 'w' && sndname[11] == 'v')
-		{
-			// WavPack .wv loaded directly with BASS
-			bass_channels[ch] = BASS_StreamCreateFile(true, (unsigned char*)wavememory, 0, wavesize, dolby ? BASS_SAMPLE_3D : NULL);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Other files loaded with vgmstream
-			bass_channels[ch] = BASS_VGMSTREAM_StreamCreateFromMemory((unsigned char*)wavememory, wavesize, sndname, dolby ? BASS_SAMPLE_3D : NULL);
-		}
+		bass_channels[ch] = BASS_VGMSTREAM_StreamCreateFromMemory((unsigned char*)wavememory, wavesize, sndname, dolby ? BASS_SAMPLE_3D : NULL);
 		return bass_channels[ch] != NULL;
 	}
 	return FALSE;
diff --git a/extlib/bass/basswv.dll b/extlib/bass/basswv.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 2944ff98..00000000
Binary files a/extlib/bass/basswv.dll and /dev/null differ