diff --git a/src/core/fullscreen_ui.cpp b/src/core/fullscreen_ui.cpp
index ef63523cf..75ecffcc4 100644
--- a/src/core/fullscreen_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/core/fullscreen_ui.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ void FullscreenUI::ToggleTheme()
 void FullscreenUI::PauseForMenuOpen(bool set_pause_menu_open)
 {
   s_was_paused_on_quick_menu_open = (System::GetState() == System::State::Paused);
-  if (g_settings.pause_on_menu && !s_was_paused_on_quick_menu_open)
+  if (!s_was_paused_on_quick_menu_open)
     Host::RunOnCPUThread([]() { System::PauseSystem(true); });
 
   s_pause_menu_was_open |= set_pause_menu_open;
@@ -2722,9 +2722,6 @@ void FullscreenUI::DrawInterfaceSettingsPage()
                     FSUI_CSTR("Pauses the emulator when you minimize the window or switch to another "
                               "application, and unpauses when you switch back."),
                     "Main", "PauseOnFocusLoss", false);
-  DrawToggleSetting(bsi, FSUI_ICONSTR(ICON_FA_WINDOW_MAXIMIZE, "Pause On Menu"),
-                    FSUI_CSTR("Pauses the emulator when you open the quick menu, and unpauses when you close it."),
-                    "Main", "PauseOnMenu", true);
   DrawToggleSetting(
     bsi, FSUI_ICONSTR(ICON_FA_POWER_OFF, "Confirm Power Off"),
     FSUI_CSTR("Determines whether a prompt will be displayed to confirm shutting down the emulator/game "
@@ -7084,11 +7081,9 @@ TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Patches");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Patches the BIOS to skip the boot animation. Safe to enable.");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Path");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Pause On Focus Loss");
-TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Pause On Menu");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Pause On Start");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Pauses the emulator when a game is started.");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Pauses the emulator when you minimize the window or switch to another application, and unpauses when you switch back.");
-TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Pauses the emulator when you open the quick menu, and unpauses when you close it.");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Per-Game Configuration");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Per-game controller configuration initialized with global settings.");
 TRANSLATE_NOOP("FullscreenUI", "Performance enhancement - jumps directly between blocks instead of returning to the dispatcher.");
diff --git a/src/core/settings.cpp b/src/core/settings.cpp
index c8cf14e78..de7cd5a38 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/core/settings.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ void Settings::Load(SettingsInterface& si)
   start_paused = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "StartPaused", false);
   start_fullscreen = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "StartFullscreen", false);
   pause_on_focus_loss = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "PauseOnFocusLoss", false);
-  pause_on_menu = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "PauseOnMenu", true);
   save_state_on_exit = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "SaveStateOnExit", true);
   create_save_state_backups = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "CreateSaveStateBackups", DEFAULT_SAVE_STATE_BACKUPS);
   compress_save_states = si.GetBoolValue("Main", "CompressSaveStates", DEFAULT_SAVE_STATE_COMPRESSION);
@@ -408,7 +407,6 @@ void Settings::Save(SettingsInterface& si) const
   si.SetBoolValue("Main", "StartPaused", start_paused);
   si.SetBoolValue("Main", "StartFullscreen", start_fullscreen);
   si.SetBoolValue("Main", "PauseOnFocusLoss", pause_on_focus_loss);
-  si.SetBoolValue("Main", "PauseOnMenu", pause_on_menu);
   si.SetBoolValue("Main", "SaveStateOnExit", save_state_on_exit);
   si.SetBoolValue("Main", "CreateSaveStateBackups", create_save_state_backups);
   si.SetBoolValue("Main", "CompressSaveStates", compress_save_states);
diff --git a/src/core/settings.h b/src/core/settings.h
index 427b93922..80c6cdf21 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.h
+++ b/src/core/settings.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ struct Settings
   bool start_paused = false;
   bool start_fullscreen = false;
   bool pause_on_focus_loss = false;
-  bool pause_on_menu = true;
   bool save_state_on_exit = true;
   bool create_save_state_backups = DEFAULT_SAVE_STATE_BACKUPS;
   bool compress_save_states = DEFAULT_SAVE_STATE_COMPRESSION;
diff --git a/src/util/input_manager.cpp b/src/util/input_manager.cpp
index 4cffbbcbf..507650495 100644
--- a/src/util/input_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/util/input_manager.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ static void GenerateRelativeMouseEvents();
 
 static bool DoEventHook(InputBindingKey key, float value);
 static bool PreprocessEvent(InputBindingKey key, float value, GenericInputBinding generic_key);
+static bool ProcessEvent(InputBindingKey key, float value, bool skip_button_handlers);
 
 static void LoadMacroButtonConfig(SettingsInterface& si, const std::string& section, u32 pad,
                                   const Controller::ControllerInfo* cinfo);
@@ -844,7 +845,11 @@ bool InputManager::InvokeEvents(InputBindingKey key, float value, GenericInputBi
 
   // If imgui ate the event, don't fire our handlers.
   const bool skip_button_handlers = PreprocessEvent(key, value, generic_key);
+  return ProcessEvent(key, value, skip_button_handlers);
+}
 
+bool InputManager::ProcessEvent(InputBindingKey key, float value, bool skip_button_handlers)
+{
   // find all the bindings associated with this key
   const InputBindingKey masked_key = key.MaskDirection();
   const auto range = s_binding_map.equal_range(masked_key);
@@ -856,6 +861,7 @@ bool InputManager::InvokeEvents(InputBindingKey key, float value, GenericInputBi
   for (auto it = range.first; it != range.second; ++it)
   {
     InputBinding* binding = it->second.get();
+
     // find the key which matches us
     for (u32 i = 0; i < binding->num_keys; i++)
     {
@@ -865,6 +871,7 @@ bool InputManager::InvokeEvents(InputBindingKey key, float value, GenericInputBi
       const u8 bit = static_cast<u8>(1) << i;
       const bool negative = binding->keys[i].modifier == InputModifier::Negate;
       const bool new_state = (negative ? (value < 0.0f) : (value > 0.0f));
+
       float value_to_pass = 0.0f;
       switch (binding->keys[i].modifier)
       {