diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
index f724323b73..642f2bfc1d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/journalwindow.cpp
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ namespace
 
             setBookMode ();
 
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager()->playSound ("book open", 1.0, 1.0);
-
             /// \todo Wiping the whole book layout each time the journal is opened is probably too costly for a large journal (eg 300+ pages).
             /// There should be a way to keep the existing layout and append new entries to the end of it.
             /// However, that still leaves the problem of having to add links to previously unknown, but now known topics, so
@@ -186,8 +184,6 @@ namespace
                 mStates.pop ();
 
             mTopicIndexBook.reset ();
-
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getSoundManager()->playSound ("book close", 1.0, 1.0);
         }
 
         void setVisible (bool newValue)