diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.cpp b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
index d8660003a8..3615ef19fc 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
@@ -1722,8 +1722,6 @@ DECLARE(thread_ctrl::g_native_core_layout) { native_core_arrangement::undefined
 
 void thread_base::start(native_entry entry)
 {
-	thread_ctrl::g_thread_count++;
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	m_thread = ::_beginthreadex(nullptr, 0, entry, this, CREATE_SUSPENDED, nullptr);
 	verify("thread_ctrl::start" HERE), m_thread, ::ResumeThread(reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(+m_thread)) != -1;
@@ -1871,7 +1869,6 @@ void thread_base::finalize() noexcept
 {
 	g_tls_log_prefix = []() -> std::string { return {}; };
 	thread_ctrl::g_tls_this_thread = nullptr;
-	thread_ctrl::g_thread_count--;
 }
 
 void thread_ctrl::_wait_for(u64 usec, bool alert /* true */)
diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.h b/Utilities/Thread.h
index 553faa84c2..153eb4c008 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.h
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.h
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@ class thread_ctrl final
 	// Target cpu core layout
 	static atomic_t<native_core_arrangement> g_native_core_layout;
 
-	// Global thread counter
-	static inline atomic_t<u64> g_thread_count = 0;
-
 	// Internal waiting function, may throw. Infinite value is -1.
 	static void _wait_for(u64 usec, bool alert);
 
@@ -260,11 +257,6 @@ public:
 		return g_tls_this_thread;
 	}
 
-	static u64 get_count()
-	{
-		return g_thread_count.load();
-	}
-
 	// Detect layout
 	static void detect_cpu_layout();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index c6329e684b..5bbf4e48f0 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -1638,12 +1638,6 @@ void Emulator::Stop(bool restart)
 	cpu_thread::stop_all();
 	g_fxo->reset();
 
-	while (u32 x = thread_ctrl::get_count())
-	{
-		sys_log.fatal("Waiting for %u threads...", x);
-		std::this_thread::sleep_for(300ms);
-	}
-
 	sys_log.notice("All threads have been stopped.");
 
 	lv2_obj::cleanup();