diff --git a/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp
index 7a5d0f4cf..9d4fa6620 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/VideoComponent.cpp
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ bool VideoComponent::setVideo(std::string path)
         return true;
     }
 
-    if (!mVideoPath.empty() || !mConfig.defaultVideoPath.empty() ||
-        !mConfig.staticVideoPath.empty())
+    if (!mVideoPath.empty() || !mConfig.staticVideoPath.empty())
         mHasVideo = true;
     else
         mHasVideo = false;