diff --git a/menu/drivers/rmenu.c b/menu/drivers/rmenu.c
index 273d9d48b4..39b9bb2843 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/rmenu.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/rmenu.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static void rmenu_render(void *data)
    char title[256]               = {0};
    char title_buf[256]           = {0};
    char title_msg[64]            = {0};
-   menu_handle_t *menu           = menu_driver_get_ptr();
    size_t  entries_end           = menu_entries_get_end();
 
    video_driver_ctl(RARCH_DISPLAY_CTL_GET_FRAME_COUNT, &frame_count);
@@ -132,9 +131,6 @@ static void rmenu_render(void *data)
    if (!menu_navigation_ctl(MENU_NAVIGATION_CTL_GET_SELECTION, &selection))
       return;
 
-   if (!menu)
-      return;
-
    if (!render_normal)
    {
       render_normal = true;
@@ -227,15 +223,10 @@ static void rmenu_render(void *data)
 static void rmenu_set_texture(void)
 {
    unsigned fb_width, fb_height;
-   menu_handle_t      *menu   = menu_driver_get_ptr();
 
-   if (!menu)
-      return;
    if (menu_texture_inited)
       return;
-   if (!menu_texture)
-      return;
-   if (!menu_texture->pixels)
+   if (!menu_texture || !menu_texture->pixels)
       return;
 
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_WIDTH,  &fb_width);
@@ -263,12 +254,8 @@ static void rmenu_wallpaper_set_defaults(char *s, size_t len)
 static void rmenu_context_reset(void)
 {
    char menu_bg[PATH_MAX_LENGTH] = {0};
-   menu_handle_t *menu           = menu_driver_get_ptr();
    settings_t *settings          = config_get_ptr();
 
-   if (!menu)
-      return;
-
    if (*settings->menu.wallpaper)
       strlcpy(menu_bg, settings->menu.wallpaper, sizeof(menu_bg));
    else
diff --git a/menu/drivers/rmenu_xui.cpp b/menu/drivers/rmenu_xui.cpp
index 9aac3dfc24..584d4141b7 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/rmenu_xui.cpp
+++ b/menu/drivers/rmenu_xui.cpp
@@ -532,15 +532,12 @@ static void rmenu_xui_render(void *data)
 	const char *dir             = NULL;
    const char *label           = NULL;
 	unsigned menu_type          = 0;
-   menu_handle_t *menu         = menu_driver_get_ptr();
 
    video_driver_ctl(RARCH_DISPLAY_CTL_GET_FRAME_COUNT, &frame_count);
 
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_WIDTH,     &fb_width);
    menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_MSG_FORCE, &msg_force);
 
-   if (!menu)
-      return;
    if (
          menu_entries_needs_refresh() 
          && menu_driver_ctl(RARCH_MENU_CTL_IS_ALIVE, NULL)
diff --git a/menu/drivers/zarch.c b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
index 0dc235fba3..5d0d5a4933 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/zarch.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
@@ -1169,7 +1169,6 @@ static void zarch_allocate_white_texture(zui_t *zui)
 static void zarch_context_reset(void *data)
 {
    const char *font_path = NULL;
-   menu_handle_t *menu   = menu_driver_get_ptr();
    settings_t *settings  = config_get_ptr();
    zui_t          *zui   = (zui_t*)data;