diff --git a/discord/discord.c b/discord/discord.c
index bfe82d1a16..b12b1f6fd5 100644
--- a/discord/discord.c
+++ b/discord/discord.c
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ void discord_update(enum discord_presence presence, bool fuzzy_archive_match)
    discord_status = presence;
 }
 
-void discord_init(const char *discord_app_id)
+void discord_init(const char *discord_app_id, char *args)
 {
    char full_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    char command[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
@@ -489,17 +489,15 @@ void discord_init(const char *discord_app_id)
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
    fill_pathname_application_path(full_path, sizeof(full_path));
-   if (strstr(retroarch_get_launch_arguments(), full_path))
-      strlcpy(command, retroarch_get_launch_arguments(), sizeof(command));
+   if (strstr(args, full_path))
+      strlcpy(command, args, sizeof(command));
    else
    {
       path_basedir(full_path);
-      snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s%s",
-            full_path, retroarch_get_launch_arguments());
+      snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s%s", full_path, args);
    }
 #else
-   snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "sh -c %s",
-         retroarch_get_launch_arguments());
+   snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "sh -c %s", args);
 #endif
    RARCH_LOG("[discord] registering startup command: %s\n", command);
    Discord_Register(discord_app_id, command);
diff --git a/discord/discord.h b/discord/discord.h
index 85cc429507..23a8ff14d0 100644
--- a/discord/discord.h
+++ b/discord/discord.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ typedef struct discord_userdata
    enum discord_presence status;
 } discord_userdata_t;
 
-void discord_init(const char *discord_app_id);
+void discord_init(const char *discord_app_id, char *args);
 
 void discord_shutdown(void);
 
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index b3ca94a0fa..b8c976301c 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -7669,7 +7669,8 @@ TODO: Add a setting for these tweaks */
             if (discord_is_ready())
                return true;
 
-            discord_init(settings->arrays.discord_app_id);
+            discord_init(settings->arrays.discord_app_id,
+                  launch_arguments);
          }
 #endif
          break;
@@ -7950,7 +7951,7 @@ void main_exit(void *args)
    frontend_driver_exitspawn(
          path_get_ptr(RARCH_PATH_CORE),
          path_get_realsize(RARCH_PATH_CORE),
-         retroarch_get_launch_arguments());
+         launch_arguments);
 
    has_set_username        = false;
    rarch_is_inited         = false;
@@ -27796,11 +27797,6 @@ struct retro_system_info *runloop_get_libretro_system_info(void)
    return &runloop_system.info;
 }
 
-char *retroarch_get_launch_arguments(void)
-{
-   return launch_arguments;
-}
-
 void retroarch_force_video_driver_fallback(const char *driver)
 {
    settings_t *settings        = configuration_settings;
diff --git a/retroarch.h b/retroarch.h
index bb26bcf195..ef06e8debd 100644
--- a/retroarch.h
+++ b/retroarch.h
@@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ void retroarch_menu_running(void);
 
 void retroarch_menu_running_finished(bool quit);
 
-char *retroarch_get_launch_arguments(void);
-
 rarch_system_info_t *runloop_get_system_info(void);
 
 struct retro_system_info *runloop_get_libretro_system_info(void);
@@ -1995,8 +1993,6 @@ void menu_driver_set_binding_state(bool on);
 
 bool menu_driver_is_toggled(void);
 
-bool menu_driver_is_toggled(void);
-
 bool menu_widgets_ready(void);
 
 unsigned int retroarch_get_rotation(void);