diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp
index 197d72004b..0c9903b917 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp
@@ -267,27 +267,6 @@ bool cpu_thread::check_state() noexcept
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (state0 & cpu_flag::wait)
-		{
-			// Spin wait once for a bit before resorting to thread_ctrl::wait
-			for (u32 i = 0; i < 10; i++)
-			{
-				if (state & (cpu_flag::pause + cpu_flag::suspend))
-				{
-					busy_wait(500);
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (!(state & (cpu_flag::pause + cpu_flag::suspend)))
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-
 		if (state0 & (cpu_flag::suspend + cpu_flag::dbg_global_pause + cpu_flag::dbg_pause))
 		{
 			thread_ctrl::wait();