diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/LinearDiskCache.h b/Source/Core/Common/LinearDiskCache.h
index b9dd2b61d4..4f3fc8b990 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/LinearDiskCache.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/LinearDiskCache.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "Common/Common.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp
index b46cb2bfec..cd58e46fb8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.cpp
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Common/SysConf.h"
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
-#include "Core/Core.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/Frame.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/Main.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/VideoConfigDiag.h"
 #include "DolphinWX/WxUtils.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/main.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PostProcessing.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj
index bf3229c3df..12a7239c1a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="D3DUtil.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FramebufferManager.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="GeometryShaderCache.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="Globals.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="main.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PerfQuery.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PixelShaderCache.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PSTextureEncoder.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters
index e5f5baf882..440a547084 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/D3D.vcxproj.filters
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="XFBEncoder.h">
       <Filter>Render</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="Globals.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="main.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoBackend.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="BoundingBox.h">
       <Filter>Render</Filter>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/GeometryShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/GeometryShaderCache.cpp
index 53a74c758f..65b8053810 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/GeometryShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/GeometryShaderCache.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DShader.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/FramebufferManager.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/GeometryShaderCache.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/GeometryShaderGen.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d7665c66c..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2008 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2+
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "Common/Common.h"
-
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/main.h"
-
-#include "VideoCommon/VideoCommon.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/PixelShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/PixelShaderCache.cpp
index 499bbef169..37ffd7b1f2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/PixelShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/PixelShaderCache.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Common/LinearDiskCache.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DBase.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DShader.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/PixelShaderCache.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexManager.cpp
index fce46f1b44..6a739c9737 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2+
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/BoundingBox.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DBase.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DState.h"
@@ -14,13 +16,9 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/BoundingBox.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/IndexGenerator.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/PixelShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/RenderBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Statistics.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
 
 namespace DX11
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexShaderCache.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexShaderCache.cpp
index a518cdd4e5..6c7f074e97 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexShaderCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/VertexShaderCache.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Common/LinearDiskCache.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
 
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DShader.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/VertexShaderCache.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp
index 35e4978c9b..1fc919c332 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.cpp
@@ -5,22 +5,20 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
-#include "Common/IniFile.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
-#include "Common/Logging/LogManager.h"
 
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
-#include "Core/Core.h"
 #include "Core/Host.h"
 
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/BoundingBox.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DBase.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/D3DUtil.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/GeometryShaderCache.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/Globals.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/PerfQuery.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/PixelShaderCache.h"
+#include "VideoBackends/D3D/Render.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/TextureCache.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/VertexManager.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/D3D/VertexShaderCache.h"
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/GeometryShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/IndexGenerator.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OpcodeDecoding.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelShaderManager.h"
@@ -163,8 +160,7 @@ bool VideoBackend::Initialize(void *window_handle)
 	UpdateActiveConfig();
 
 	m_window_handle = window_handle;
-
-	s_BackendInitialized = true;
+	m_initialized = true;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -200,7 +196,7 @@ void VideoBackend::Video_Prepare()
 
 void VideoBackend::Shutdown()
 {
-	s_BackendInitialized = false;
+	m_initialized = false;
 
 	// TODO: should be in Video_Cleanup
 	if (g_renderer)
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9943835ce2..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/main.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2008 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2+
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "VideoBackends/D3D/Render.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj
index 1d6a639d87..0c234a8e71 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="BoundingBox.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="FramebufferManager.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="main.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PerfQuery.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PostProcessing.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ProgramShaderCache.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters
index 6cd9a67466..282934d830 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/OGL.vcxproj.filters
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="TextureCache.h">
       <Filter>Render</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="main.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="SamplerCache.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="VideoBackend.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
index a311420477..b94138fc59 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Common/Atomic.h"
-#include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Common/MathUtil.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
-#include "Common/Thread.h"
-#include "Common/Timer.h"
 #include "Common/GL/GLInterfaceBase.h"
 #include "Common/GL/GLUtil.h"
 #include "Common/Logging/LogManager.h"
@@ -26,28 +24,21 @@
 
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/BoundingBox.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/FramebufferManager.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/main.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/PostProcessing.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/ProgramShaderCache.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/RasterFont.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/Render.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/SamplerCache.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/StreamBuffer.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/TextureCache.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/TextureConverter.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/BPFunctions.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/BPStructs.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/ImageWrite.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelShaderManager.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/Statistics.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderGen.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.cpp
index c37f4cbecd..d15de83df3 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.cpp
@@ -7,28 +7,20 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "Common/Common.h"
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
-#include "Common/MemoryUtil.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
+#include "Common/GL/GLExtensions/GLExtensions.h"
 
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/main.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/ProgramShaderCache.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/Render.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/StreamBuffer.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/TextureCache.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/BPMemory.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/ImageWrite.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/IndexGenerator.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/PixelShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Statistics.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderGen.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
 
 namespace OGL
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.h
index d674d5d792..a980f2205c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/VertexManager.h
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "Common/GL/GLExtensions/GLExtensions.h"
-
-#include "VideoCommon/CPMemory.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/NativeVertexFormat.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h"
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
index 2e14a3643a..7672e8de2c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.cpp
@@ -36,26 +36,21 @@ Make AA apply instantly during gameplay if possible
 
 */
 
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <cstdarg>
 #include <memory>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "Common/Atomic.h"
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
 #include "Common/FileSearch.h"
-#include "Common/Thread.h"
 #include "Common/GL/GLInterfaceBase.h"
 #include "Common/GL/GLUtil.h"
-#include "Common/Logging/LogManager.h"
 
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
-#include "Core/Core.h"
 #include "Core/Host.h"
 
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/BoundingBox.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/FramebufferManager.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/PerfQuery.h"
-#include "VideoBackends/OGL/PostProcessing.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/ProgramShaderCache.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/Render.h"
 #include "VideoBackends/OGL/SamplerCache.h"
@@ -68,10 +63,7 @@ Make AA apply instantly during gameplay if possible
 #include "VideoCommon/CommandProcessor.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/GeometryShaderManager.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/ImageWrite.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/IndexGenerator.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/LookUpTables.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OpcodeDecoding.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
@@ -79,7 +71,6 @@ Make AA apply instantly during gameplay if possible
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/VideoState.h"
 
 namespace OGL
 {
@@ -139,14 +130,15 @@ static void InitBackendInfo()
 	g_Config.backend_info.AnaglyphShaders = GetShaders(ANAGLYPH_DIR DIR_SEP);
 }
 
-void VideoBackend::ShowConfig(void *_hParent)
+void VideoBackend::ShowConfig(void* parent_handle)
 {
-	if (!s_BackendInitialized)
+	if (!m_initialized)
 		InitBackendInfo();
-	Host_ShowVideoConfig(_hParent, GetDisplayName(), "gfx_opengl");
+
+	Host_ShowVideoConfig(parent_handle, GetDisplayName(), "gfx_opengl");
 }
 
-bool VideoBackend::Initialize(void *window_handle)
+bool VideoBackend::Initialize(void* window_handle)
 {
 	InitializeShared();
 	InitBackendInfo();
@@ -167,7 +159,7 @@ bool VideoBackend::Initialize(void *window_handle)
 	// Do our OSD callbacks
 	OSD::DoCallbacks(OSD::OSD_INIT);
 
-	s_BackendInitialized = true;
+	m_initialized = true;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -206,7 +198,7 @@ void VideoBackend::Video_Prepare()
 
 void VideoBackend::Shutdown()
 {
-	s_BackendInitialized = false;
+	m_initialized = false;
 
 	// Do our OSD callbacks
 	OSD::DoCallbacks(OSD::OSD_SHUTDOWN);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bae4448ea..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/main.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2008 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2+
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp
index c891542d8a..a7efeaa4dd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWmain.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ bool VideoSoftware::Initialize(void *window_handle)
 	SWRenderer::Init();
 	DebugUtil::Init();
 
+	m_initialized = true;
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +146,8 @@ void VideoSoftware::EmuStateChange(EMUSTATE_CHANGE newState)
 
 void VideoSoftware::Shutdown()
 {
+	m_initialized = false;
+
 	// TODO: should be in Video_Cleanup
 	SWRenderer::Shutdown();
 	DebugUtil::Shutdown();
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.cpp
index 72ba4c5bef..067f506bde 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.cpp
@@ -2,19 +2,16 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2+
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
-#include "Common/Common.h"
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Event.h"
+#include "Common/Flag.h"
 #include "Core/ConfigManager.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/AsyncRequests.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/BoundingBox.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/BPStructs.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/CommandProcessor.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/FramebufferManagerBase.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/RenderBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
@@ -22,8 +19,6 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoConfig.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoState.h"
 
-bool s_BackendInitialized = false;
-
 static Common::Flag s_FifoShuttingDown;
 
 static volatile struct
@@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ void VideoBackendHardware::Video_SetRendering(bool bEnabled)
 // Run from the CPU thread (from VideoInterface.cpp)
 void VideoBackendHardware::Video_BeginField(u32 xfbAddr, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbStride, u32 fbHeight)
 {
-	if (s_BackendInitialized && g_ActiveConfig.bUseXFB)
+	if (m_initialized && g_ActiveConfig.bUseXFB)
 	{
 		s_beginFieldArgs.xfbAddr = xfbAddr;
 		s_beginFieldArgs.fbWidth = fbWidth;
@@ -71,7 +66,7 @@ void VideoBackendHardware::Video_BeginField(u32 xfbAddr, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbStri
 // Run from the CPU thread (from VideoInterface.cpp)
 void VideoBackendHardware::Video_EndField()
 {
-	if (s_BackendInitialized && g_ActiveConfig.bUseXFB && g_renderer)
+	if (m_initialized && g_ActiveConfig.bUseXFB && g_renderer)
 	{
 		SyncGPU(SYNC_GPU_SWAP);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e30d82a49..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/MainBase.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2010 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2+
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
-#include "Common/Flag.h"
-
-extern bool s_BackendInitialized;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
index df78e4df21..8b8d0aa8f7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
-#include "Common/Atomic.h"
 #include "Common/Event.h"
 #include "Common/Profiler.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
@@ -36,11 +35,8 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/CommandProcessor.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/CPMemory.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/FPSCounter.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/FramebufferManagerBase.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/OpcodeDecoding.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PostProcessing.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/RenderBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Statistics.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp
index 0c9f96cae5..19fb19c981 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/GeometryShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/IndexGenerator.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/NativeVertexFormat.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OpcodeDecoding.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PerfQueryBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelShaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/RenderBase.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/Statistics.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h
index f6cd1d12bf..75b4674454 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual unsigned int PeekMessages() = 0;
 
-	virtual bool Initialize(void *window_handle) = 0;
+	virtual bool Initialize(void* window_handle) = 0;
 	virtual void Shutdown() = 0;
 	virtual void RunLoop(bool enable) = 0;
 
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ public:
 	virtual void CheckInvalidState() = 0;
 
 	virtual void UpdateWantDeterminism(bool want) {}
+
+protected:
+	bool m_initialized = false;
 };
 
 extern std::vector<VideoBackend*> g_available_video_backends;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
index 98eecf8542..43ba8855ab 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="IndexGenerator.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="LightingShaderGen.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="LookUpTables.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="MainBase.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="NativeVertexFormat.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="OnScreenDisplay.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="OpcodeDecoding.h" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters
index 1998fce1cc..4bb07cf53b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj.filters
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="FramebufferManagerBase.h">
       <Filter>Base</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
-    <ClInclude Include="MainBase.h">
-      <Filter>Base</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="PerfQueryBase.h">
       <Filter>Base</Filter>
     </ClInclude>