diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index c6ba268dbf..642330e34f 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int mp_property_stream_open_filename(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
         return M_PROPERTY_UNAVAILABLE;
     switch (action) {
     case M_PROPERTY_SET: {
-        if (mpctx->stream)
+        if (mpctx->demuxer)
             return M_PROPERTY_ERROR;
         mpctx->stream_open_filename =
             talloc_strdup(mpctx->stream_open_filename, *(char **)arg);
diff --git a/player/core.h b/player/core.h
index 02bd01b03f..7f4104780f 100644
--- a/player/core.h
+++ b/player/core.h
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ typedef struct MPContext {
     // Current file statistics
     int64_t shown_vframes, shown_aframes;
 
-    struct stream *stream; // stream that was initially opened
-
     struct demux_chapter *chapters;
     int num_chapters;
 
diff --git a/player/loadfile.c b/player/loadfile.c
index 7513e0b0b4..5b94a12dc7 100644
--- a/player/loadfile.c
+++ b/player/loadfile.c
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ static void uninit_demuxer(struct MPContext *mpctx)
     mpctx->demuxer = NULL;
 }
 
-static void uninit_stream(struct MPContext *mpctx)
-{
-    free_stream(mpctx->stream);
-    mpctx->stream = NULL;
-}
-
 #define APPEND(s, ...) mp_snprintf_cat(s, sizeof(s), __VA_ARGS__)
 
 static void print_stream(struct MPContext *mpctx, struct track *t)
@@ -1047,7 +1041,6 @@ static void play_current_file(struct MPContext *mpctx)
 
 reopen_file:
 
-    assert(mpctx->stream == NULL);
     assert(mpctx->demuxer == NULL);
 
     if (process_open_hooks(mpctx) < 0)
@@ -1215,7 +1208,6 @@ terminate_playback:
     uninit_video_chain(mpctx);
     uninit_sub_all(mpctx);
     uninit_demuxer(mpctx);
-    uninit_stream(mpctx);
     if (!opts->gapless_audio && !mpctx->encode_lavc_ctx)
         uninit_audio_out(mpctx);