diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player.cpp
index 401ebc327..12a6306ab 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player.cpp
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@
 
 AudioPlayer::AudioPlayer() {
 	provider = NULL;
-	displayTimer = NULL;
-}
-
-AudioPlayer::~AudioPlayer() {
-	if (displayTimer) {
-		displayTimer->Stop();
-	}
 }
 
 AudioPlayer* AudioPlayerFactory::GetAudioPlayer() {
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.cpp
index 7fe1cd9c0..8477b88ae 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.cpp
@@ -404,33 +404,23 @@ void AlsaPlayer::Play(int64_t start, int64_t count)
 {
 	OpenStream();
 
-	{
-		PthreadMutexLocker ml(ps->mutex);
-		ps->signal_start = true;
-		ps->signal_stop = true; // make sure to stop any ongoing playback first
-		ps->start_position = start;
-		ps->end_position = start + count;
-		pthread_cond_signal(&ps->cond);
-	}
-
-	if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning())
-		displayTimer->Start(15);
+	PthreadMutexLocker ml(ps->mutex);
+	ps->signal_start = true;
+	ps->signal_stop = true; // make sure to stop any ongoing playback first
+	ps->start_position = start;
+	ps->end_position = start + count;
+	pthread_cond_signal(&ps->cond);
 }
 
 
-void AlsaPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
+void AlsaPlayer::Stop()
 {
 	if (!open) return;
 
-	{
-		PthreadMutexLocker ml(ps->mutex);
-		ps->signal_stop = true;
-		LOG_D("audio/player/alsa") << "stop stream, stop signal";
-		pthread_cond_signal(&ps->cond);
-	}
-
-	if (timerToo && displayTimer)
-		    displayTimer->Stop();
+	PthreadMutexLocker ml(ps->mutex);
+	ps->signal_stop = true;
+	LOG_D("audio/player/alsa") << "stop stream, stop signal";
+	pthread_cond_signal(&ps->cond);
 }
 
 bool AlsaPlayer::IsPlaying()
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.h
index 8de886cc8..a28e0322e 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_alsa.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public:
 	void CloseStream();
 
 	void Play(int64_t start, int64_t count);
-	void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+	void Stop();
 	bool IsPlaying();
 
 	int64_t GetStartPosition();
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.cpp
index 1c70645b5..a6198369d 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.cpp
@@ -258,15 +258,12 @@ void DirectSoundPlayer::Play(int64_t start,int64_t count) {
 	res = buffer->Play(0,0,play_flag);
 	if (SUCCEEDED(res)) playing = true;
 	startTime = GetTickCount();
-
-	// Update timer
-	if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning()) displayTimer->Start(15);
 }
 
 /// @brief Stop
 /// @param timerToo
 ///
-void DirectSoundPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo) {
+void DirectSoundPlayer::Stop() {
 	// Stop the thread
 	if (thread) {
 		if (thread->IsAlive()) {
@@ -286,11 +283,6 @@ void DirectSoundPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo) {
 	startPos = 0;
 	endPos = 0;
 	offset = 0;
-
-	// Stop timer
-	if (timerToo && displayTimer) {
-		displayTimer->Stop();
-	}
 }
 
 /// @brief Set end
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.h
index 7d5c4424e..5045da6cf 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public:
 	void CloseStream();
 
 	void Play(int64_t start,int64_t count);
-	void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+	void Stop();
 
 	/// @brief DOCME
 	/// @return
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
index ba3e7a97b..80ef1be67 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
@@ -870,8 +870,6 @@ void DirectSoundPlayer2::Play(int64_t start,int64_t count)
 	{
 		OpenStream();
 		thread->Play(start, count);
-
-		if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning()) displayTimer->Start(15);
 	}
 	catch (const char *msg)
 	{
@@ -879,15 +877,11 @@ void DirectSoundPlayer2::Play(int64_t start,int64_t count)
 	}
 }
 
-void DirectSoundPlayer2::Stop(bool timerToo)
+void DirectSoundPlayer2::Stop()
 {
 	try
 	{
 		if (IsThreadAlive()) thread->Stop();
-
-		if (timerToo && displayTimer) {
-			displayTimer->Stop();
-		}
 	}
 	catch (const char *msg)
 	{
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.h
index 7a73403d6..0cd3cbfbd 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public:
 
 	/// @brief Stop audio playback
 	/// @param timerToo Whether to also stop the playback update timer
-	void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+	void Stop();
 
 	/// @brief Tell whether playback is active
 	/// @return True if audio is playing back
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.cpp
index 6b6660d9e..5f53e503f 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.cpp
@@ -161,12 +161,9 @@ void OpenALPlayer::Play(int64_t start, int64_t count)
 	alSourcePlay(source);
 	wxTimer::Start(100);
 	playback_segment_timer.Start();
-
-	// Update timer
-	if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning()) displayTimer->Start(15);
 }
 
-void OpenALPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
+void OpenALPlayer::Stop()
 {
 	if (!open) return;
 	if (!playing) return;
@@ -181,10 +178,6 @@ void OpenALPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
 	// Then drop the playback
 	alSourceStop(source);
 	alSourcei(source, AL_BUFFER, 0);
-
-	if (timerToo && displayTimer) {
-		displayTimer->Stop();
-	}
 }
 
 void OpenALPlayer::FillBuffers(ALsizei count)
@@ -237,7 +230,7 @@ void OpenALPlayer::Notify()
 	LOG_D("player/audio/openal") << "frames played=" << (buffers_played - num_buffers) * decode_buffer.size() / bpf << " num frames=" << end_frame - start_frame;
 	// Check that all of the selected audio plus one full set of buffers has been queued
 	if ((buffers_played - num_buffers) * (int64_t)decode_buffer.size() > (end_frame - start_frame) * bpf) {
-		Stop(true);
+		Stop();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.h
index daa5c5574..3afd9f00a 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_openal.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public:
 	void CloseStream();
 
 	void Play(int64_t start,int64_t count);
-	void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+	void Stop();
 	bool IsPlaying() { return playing; }
 
 	int64_t GetStartPosition() { return start_frame; }
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.cpp
index d06cd1f80..f9c6a917b 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.cpp
@@ -141,12 +141,10 @@ void OSSPlayer::Play(int64_t start, int64_t count)
     thread->Create();
     thread->Run();
 
-    // Update timer
-    if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning()) displayTimer->Start(15);
     playing = true;
 }
 
-void OSSPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
+void OSSPlayer::Stop()
 {
     if (!open) return;
     if (!playing) return;
@@ -168,11 +166,6 @@ void OSSPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
     start_frame = 0;
     cur_frame = 0;
     end_frame = 0;
-
-    // Stop timer
-    if (timerToo && displayTimer) {
-        displayTimer->Stop();
-    }
 }
 
 void OSSPlayer::SetEndPosition(int64_t pos)
@@ -208,10 +201,6 @@ int64_t OSSPlayer::GetCurrentPosition()
         played_frames = pos.samples + pos.fifo_samples;
 #endif
         LOG_D("player/audio/oss") << "played_frames: " << played_frames << " fifo " << pos.fifo_samples;
-        if (start_frame + played_frames >= end_frame) {
-            if (displayTimer)
-                displayTimer->Stop();
-        }
         return start_frame + played_frames;
     }
 #endif
@@ -224,8 +213,6 @@ int64_t OSSPlayer::GetCurrentPosition()
         LOG_D("player/audio/oss") << "cur_frame: " << cur_frame << " delay " << delay;
         // delay can jitter a bit at the end, detect that
         if (cur_frame == end_frame && delay < rate / 20) {
-            if (displayTimer)
-                displayTimer->Stop();
             return cur_frame;
         }
         return MAX(0, (long) cur_frame - delay);
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.h
index ccdd93c88..585d531da 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_oss.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public:
     void CloseStream();
 
     void Play(int64_t start, int64_t count);
-    void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+    void Stop();
     bool IsPlaying() { return playing; }
 
     int64_t GetStartPosition() { return start_frame; }
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.cpp
index 9d7c393f7..16f3faa0d 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.cpp
@@ -173,15 +173,11 @@ void PortAudioPlayer::OpenStream() {
 }
 
 void PortAudioPlayer::CloseStream() {
-	Stop(false);
+	Stop();
 	Pa_CloseStream(stream);
 }
 
-void PortAudioPlayer::paStreamFinishedCallback(void *userData) {
-	PortAudioPlayer *player = (PortAudioPlayer *) userData;
-
-	if (player->displayTimer)
-		player->displayTimer->Stop();
+void PortAudioPlayer::paStreamFinishedCallback(void *) {
 	LOG_D("audio/player/portaudio") << "stopping stream";
 }
 
@@ -205,17 +201,10 @@ void PortAudioPlayer::Play(int64_t start_sample, int64_t count) {
 		}
 	}
 	pa_start = Pa_GetStreamTime(stream);
-
-	// Update timer
-	if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning())
-		displayTimer->Start(15);
 }
 
-void PortAudioPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo) {
+void PortAudioPlayer::Stop() {
 	Pa_StopStream(stream);
-
-	if (timerToo && displayTimer)
-		displayTimer->Stop();
 }
 
 int PortAudioPlayer::paCallback(const void *inputBuffer, void *outputBuffer,
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.h
index 9289666d6..d026272dc 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_portaudio.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public:
 	void Play(int64_t start,int64_t count);
 	/// @brief Stop Playback
 	/// @param timerToo Stop display timer?
-	void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+	void Stop();
 
 	/// @brief Whether audio is currently being played.
 	/// @return Status
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.cpp
index 737974534..518ed6dc4 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.cpp
@@ -217,12 +217,9 @@ void PulseAudioPlayer::Play(int64_t start,int64_t count)
 		paerror = pa_context_errno(context);
 		printf("PulseAudio player: Error triggering stream: %s (%d)\n", pa_strerror(paerror), paerror);
 	}
-
-	// Update timer
-	if (displayTimer && !displayTimer->IsRunning()) displayTimer->Start(15);
 }
 
-void PulseAudioPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
+void PulseAudioPlayer::Stop()
 {
 	if (!is_playing) return;
 	//printf("Stopping PulseAudio\n");
@@ -247,10 +244,6 @@ void PulseAudioPlayer::Stop(bool timerToo)
 
 	// And unref it
 	//printf("Stopped stream\n\n");
-
-        if (timerToo && displayTimer) {
-                displayTimer->Stop();
-        }
 }
 
 bool PulseAudioPlayer::IsPlaying()
diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.h b/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.h
index 440e99ad1..07437ab46 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_pulse.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
 	void CloseStream();
 
 	void Play(int64_t start,int64_t count);
-	void Stop(bool timerToo=true);
+	void Stop();
 	bool IsPlaying();
 
 	int64_t GetStartPosition();
diff --git a/aegisub/src/include/aegisub/audio_player.h b/aegisub/src/include/aegisub/audio_player.h
index c9b802a08..08ca10340 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/include/aegisub/audio_player.h
+++ b/aegisub/src/include/aegisub/audio_player.h
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#ifndef AGI_PRE
-#include <wx/event.h>
-#include <wx/thread.h>
-#include <wx/timer.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "factory_manager.h"
 
 class AudioProvider;
@@ -55,18 +49,15 @@ protected:
 	/// DOCME
 	AudioProvider *provider;
 
-	/// DOCME
-	wxTimer *displayTimer;
-
 public:
 	AudioPlayer();
-	virtual ~AudioPlayer();
+	virtual ~AudioPlayer() { }
 
 	virtual void OpenStream()=0;
 	virtual void CloseStream()=0;
 
 	virtual void Play(int64_t start,int64_t count)=0;	// Play sample range
-	virtual void Stop(bool timerToo=true)=0;			// Stop playing
+	virtual void Stop()=0;			// Stop playing
 	virtual bool IsPlaying()=0;
 
 	virtual void SetVolume(double volume)=0;