diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Core.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Core.cpp
index 5d7b1da8d3..acb17a4434 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Core.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Core.cpp
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
 #include "Core/HW/VideoInterface.h"
 #include "Core/HW/Wiimote.h"
 #include "Core/IOS/IPC.h"
-#include "Core/IOS/USB/Bluetooth/BTEmu.h"
-#include "Core/IOS/USB/Bluetooth/WiimoteDevice.h"
 #include "Core/Movie.h"
 #include "Core/NetPlayClient.h"
 #include "Core/NetPlayProto.h"
@@ -526,13 +524,6 @@ void EmuThread()
                               Wiimote::InitializeMode::DO_NOT_WAIT_FOR_WIIMOTES);
     else
       Wiimote::LoadConfig();
-
-    // Activate Wiimotes which don't have source set to "None"
-    const auto bt = std::static_pointer_cast<IOS::HLE::Device::BluetoothEmu>(
-        IOS::HLE::GetDeviceByName("/dev/usb/oh1/57e/305"));
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i != MAX_BBMOTES; ++i)
-      if (g_wiimote_sources[i] && bt)
-        bt->AccessWiiMote(i | 0x100)->Activate(true);
   }
 
   AudioCommon::InitSoundStream();
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/IOS/USB/Bluetooth/BTEmu.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/IOS/USB/Bluetooth/BTEmu.cpp
index f167d1ae23..0ba7c572ea 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/IOS/USB/Bluetooth/BTEmu.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/IOS/USB/Bluetooth/BTEmu.cpp
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ BluetoothEmu::BluetoothEmu(u32 device_id, const std::string& device_name)
   if (!Core::g_want_determinism)
     BackUpBTInfoSection(&sysconf);
 
-  // Activate only first Wii Remote by default
-
   _conf_pads BT_DINF;
   if (!sysconf.GetArrayData("BT.DINF", (u8*)&BT_DINF, sizeof(_conf_pads)))
   {
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ BluetoothEmu::BluetoothEmu(u32 device_id, const std::string& device_name)
 
       DEBUG_LOG(IOS_WIIMOTE, "Wii Remote %d BT ID %x,%x,%x,%x,%x,%x", i, tmpBD.b[0], tmpBD.b[1],
                 tmpBD.b[2], tmpBD.b[3], tmpBD.b[4], tmpBD.b[5]);
-      m_WiiMotes.emplace_back(this, i, tmpBD, false);
+      m_WiiMotes.emplace_back(this, i, tmpBD, g_wiimote_sources[i] != WIIMOTE_SRC_NONE);
       i++;
     }