diff --git a/menu/widgets/menu_widgets.c b/menu/widgets/menu_widgets.c
index aa7c5c5e9a..71a2445b76 100644
--- a/menu/widgets/menu_widgets.c
+++ b/menu/widgets/menu_widgets.c
@@ -2314,9 +2314,8 @@ static void menu_widgets_get_badge_texture(menu_texture_item *tex, const char *b
 {
    char badge_file[16];
    char fullpath[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
 
-   if (!badge || !settings || !settings->bools.cheevos_badges_enable)
+   if (!badge)
    {
       *tex = 0;
       return;