diff --git a/Core/Config.cpp b/Core/Config.cpp
index da0b1aa0d1..cce0b9d7cb 100644
--- a/Core/Config.cpp
+++ b/Core/Config.cpp
@@ -877,7 +877,6 @@ static const ConfigSetting graphicsSettings[] = {
 	ReportedConfigSetting("ReplaceTextures", &g_Config.bReplaceTextures, true, true, true),
 	ReportedConfigSetting("SaveNewTextures", &g_Config.bSaveNewTextures, false, true, true),
 	ConfigSetting("IgnoreTextureFilenames", &g_Config.bIgnoreTextureFilenames, false, true, true),
-	ConfigSetting("ReplaceTexturesAllowLate", &g_Config.bReplaceTexturesAllowLate, true, true, true),
 
 	ReportedConfigSetting("TexScalingLevel", &g_Config.iTexScalingLevel, 1, true, true),
 	ReportedConfigSetting("TexScalingType", &g_Config.iTexScalingType, 0, true, true),
diff --git a/Core/Config.h b/Core/Config.h
index f5f902c5f1..38f90902a0 100644
--- a/Core/Config.h
+++ b/Core/Config.h
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ public:
 	bool bReplaceTextures;
 	bool bSaveNewTextures;
 	bool bIgnoreTextureFilenames;
-	bool bReplaceTexturesAllowLate;
 	int iTexScalingLevel; // 0 = auto, 1 = off, 2 = 2x, ..., 5 = 5x
 	int iTexScalingType; // 0 = xBRZ, 1 = Hybrid
 	bool bTexDeposterize;
diff --git a/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp b/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp
index 98de573b2f..2ac2e23133 100644
--- a/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp
+++ b/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ ReplacedTexture *TextureReplacer::FindReplacement(u64 cachekey, u32 hash, int w,
 	ReplacedTexture *result = new ReplacedTexture();
 	cache_[replacementKey] = result;
 	result->vfs_ = this->vfs_;
-	if (!g_Config.bReplaceTexturesAllowLate || budget > 0.0) {
+	if (budget > 0.0) {
 		PopulateReplacement(result, cachekey, hash, w, h);
 	}
 	return result;
@@ -998,20 +998,13 @@ bool ReplacedTexture::IsReady(double budget) {
 	if (!prepareDone_)
 		return false;
 
-	if (g_Config.bReplaceTexturesAllowLate) {
-		if (threadWaitable_)
-			delete threadWaitable_;
-		threadWaitable_ = new LimitedWaitable();
-		g_threadManager.EnqueueTask(new ReplacedTextureTask(vfs_, *this, threadWaitable_));
-
-		if (threadWaitable_->WaitFor(budget)) {
-			// If we finished all the levels, we're done.
-			return initDone_ && levelData_ != nullptr && !levelData_->data.empty();
-		}
-	} else {
-		Prepare(vfs_);
-		_assert_(initDone_);
-		return true;
+	if (threadWaitable_)
+		delete threadWaitable_;
+	threadWaitable_ = new LimitedWaitable();
+	g_threadManager.EnqueueTask(new ReplacedTextureTask(vfs_, *this, threadWaitable_));
+	if (threadWaitable_->WaitFor(budget)) {
+		// If we finished all the levels, we're done.
+		return initDone_ && levelData_ != nullptr && !levelData_->data.empty();
 	}
 
 	// Still pending on thread.