diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 409f530d0b..8153f71a44 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::prepareEngine()
     // Create the world
     mWorld = std::make_unique<MWWorld::World>(mViewer, rootNode, mResourceSystem.get(), mWorkQueue.get(), *mUnrefQueue,
         mFileCollections, mContentFiles, mGroundcoverFiles, mEncoder.get(), mActivationDistanceOverride, mCellName,
-        mStartupScript, mCfgMgr.getUserDataPath());
+        mCfgMgr.getUserDataPath());
     mWorld->setupPlayer();
     mWorld->setRandomSeed(mRandomSeed);
     mEnvironment.setWorld(*mWorld);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index b9aee0665d..e792faf018 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
         SceneUtil::WorkQueue* workQueue, SceneUtil::UnrefQueue& unrefQueue, const Files::Collections& fileCollections,
         const std::vector<std::string>& contentFiles, const std::vector<std::string>& groundcoverFiles,
         ToUTF8::Utf8Encoder* encoder, int activationDistanceOverride, const std::string& startCell,
-        const std::string& startupScript, const std::filesystem::path& userDataPath)
+        const std::filesystem::path& userDataPath)
         : mResourceSystem(resourceSystem)
         , mLocalScripts(mStore)
         , mWorldModel(mStore, mReaders)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
index f246728fe1..59b308e388 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             SceneUtil::WorkQueue* workQueue, SceneUtil::UnrefQueue& unrefQueue,
             const Files::Collections& fileCollections, const std::vector<std::string>& contentFiles,
             const std::vector<std::string>& groundcoverFiles, ToUTF8::Utf8Encoder* encoder,
-            int activationDistanceOverride, const std::string& startCell, const std::string& startupScript,
-            const std::filesystem::path& userDataPath);
+            int activationDistanceOverride, const std::string& startCell, const std::filesystem::path& userDataPath);
 
         virtual ~World();