diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CDUtils.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/CDUtils.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index d17b3d4ab3..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CDUtils.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,230 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2009 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-
-// Most of the code in this file was shamelessly ripped from libcdio With minor adjustments
-
-#include "Common/CDUtils.h"
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <fmt/format.h>
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
-#elif __APPLE__
-#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
-#include <IOKit/IOBSD.h>
-#include <IOKit/IOKitLib.h>
-#include <IOKit/storage/IOCDMedia.h>
-#include <IOKit/storage/IOMedia.h>
-#include <paths.h>
-#else
-#include <climits>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/ioctl.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif  // WIN32
-
-#ifdef __linux__
-#include <linux/cdrom.h>
-#endif
-
-#include "Common/Common.h"
-#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
-#include "Common/StringUtil.h"
-
-namespace Common
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-// takes a root drive path, returns true if it is a cdrom drive
-static bool IsCDROM(const TCHAR* drive)
-{
-  return (DRIVE_CDROM == GetDriveType(drive));
-}
-
-// Returns a vector with the device names
-std::vector<std::string> GetCDDevices()
-{
-  std::vector<std::string> drives;
-
-  const DWORD buffsize = GetLogicalDriveStrings(0, nullptr);
-  std::vector<TCHAR> buff(buffsize);
-  if (GetLogicalDriveStrings(buffsize, buff.data()) == buffsize - 1)
-  {
-    auto drive = buff.data();
-    while (*drive)
-    {
-      if (IsCDROM(drive))
-      {
-        std::string str(TStrToUTF8(drive));
-        str.pop_back();  // we don't want the final backslash
-        drives.push_back(std::move(str));
-      }
-
-      // advance to next drive
-      while (*drive++)
-      {
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return drives;
-}
-#elif defined __APPLE__
-// Returns a pointer to an array of strings with the device names
-std::vector<std::string> GetCDDevices()
-{
-  io_object_t next_media;
-  mach_port_t master_port;
-  kern_return_t kern_result;
-  io_iterator_t media_iterator;
-  CFMutableDictionaryRef classes_to_match;
-  std::vector<std::string> drives;
-
-  kern_result = IOMasterPort(MACH_PORT_NULL, &master_port);
-  if (kern_result != KERN_SUCCESS)
-    return drives;
-
-  classes_to_match = IOServiceMatching(kIOCDMediaClass);
-  if (classes_to_match == nullptr)
-    return drives;
-
-  CFDictionarySetValue(classes_to_match, CFSTR(kIOMediaEjectableKey), kCFBooleanTrue);
-
-  kern_result = IOServiceGetMatchingServices(master_port, classes_to_match, &media_iterator);
-  if (kern_result != KERN_SUCCESS)
-    return drives;
-
-  next_media = IOIteratorNext(media_iterator);
-  if (next_media != 0)
-  {
-    CFTypeRef str_bsd_path;
-
-    do
-    {
-      str_bsd_path =
-          IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(next_media, CFSTR(kIOBSDNameKey), kCFAllocatorDefault, 0);
-      if (str_bsd_path == nullptr)
-      {
-        IOObjectRelease(next_media);
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      if (CFGetTypeID(str_bsd_path) == CFStringGetTypeID())
-      {
-        size_t buf_size = CFStringGetLength((CFStringRef)str_bsd_path) * 4 + 1;
-        char* buf = new char[buf_size];
-
-        if (CFStringGetCString((CFStringRef)str_bsd_path, buf, buf_size, kCFStringEncodingUTF8))
-        {
-          // Below, by appending 'r' to the BSD node name, we indicate
-          // a raw disk. Raw disks receive I/O requests directly and
-          // don't go through a buffer cache.
-          drives.push_back(std::string(_PATH_DEV "r") + buf);
-        }
-
-        delete[] buf;
-      }
-      CFRelease(str_bsd_path);
-      IOObjectRelease(next_media);
-    } while ((next_media = IOIteratorNext(media_iterator)) != 0);
-  }
-  IOObjectRelease(media_iterator);
-  return drives;
-}
-#else
-// checklist: /dev/cdrom, /dev/dvd /dev/hd?, /dev/scd? /dev/sr?
-struct CheckListEntry
-{
-  const char* format;
-  unsigned int num_min;
-  unsigned int num_max;
-};
-
-constexpr CheckListEntry checklist[] = {
-#ifdef __linux__
-    {"/dev/cdrom", 0, 0},  {"/dev/dvd", 0, 0},   {"/dev/hd{}", 'a', 'z'},
-    {"/dev/scd{}", 0, 27}, {"/dev/sr{}", 0, 27},
-#else
-    {"/dev/acd{}", 0, 27},
-    {"/dev/cd{}", 0, 27},
-#endif
-    {nullptr, 0, 0},
-};
-
-// Returns true if a device is a block or char device and not a symbolic link
-static bool IsDevice(const std::string& source_name)
-{
-  struct stat buf;
-  if (0 != lstat(source_name.c_str(), &buf))
-    return false;
-
-  return ((S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode)) && !S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode));
-}
-
-// Check a device to see if it is a DVD/CD-ROM drive
-static bool IsCDROM(const std::string& drive)
-{
-  // Check if the device exists
-  if (!IsDevice(drive))
-    return false;
-
-  bool is_cd = false;
-  // If it does exist, verify that it is a cdrom/dvd drive
-  int cdfd = open(drive.c_str(), (O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK), 0);
-  if (cdfd >= 0)
-  {
-#ifdef __linux__
-    if (ioctl(cdfd, CDROM_GET_CAPABILITY, 0) != -1)
-#endif
-      is_cd = true;
-    close(cdfd);
-  }
-  return is_cd;
-}
-
-// Returns a pointer to an array of strings with the device names
-std::vector<std::string> GetCDDevices()
-{
-  std::vector<std::string> drives;
-  // Scan the system for DVD/CD-ROM drives.
-  for (unsigned int i = 0; checklist[i].format; ++i)
-  {
-    for (unsigned int j = checklist[i].num_min; j <= checklist[i].num_max; ++j)
-    {
-      std::string drive = fmt::format(fmt::runtime(checklist[i].format), j);
-      if (IsCDROM(drive))
-      {
-        drives.push_back(std::move(drive));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return drives;
-}
-#endif
-
-// Returns true if device is a cdrom/dvd drive
-bool IsCDROMDevice(std::string device)
-{
-#ifndef _WIN32
-  // Resolve symbolic links. This allows symbolic links to valid
-  // drives to be passed from the command line with the -e flag.
-  char resolved_path[PATH_MAX];
-  char* devname = realpath(device.c_str(), resolved_path);
-  if (!devname)
-    return false;
-  device = devname;
-#endif
-
-  std::vector<std::string> devices = GetCDDevices();
-  for (const std::string& d : devices)
-  {
-    if (d == device)
-      return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-}  // namespace Common
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CDUtils.h b/Source/Core/Common/CDUtils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e7fced2d01..0000000000
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CDUtils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2009 Dolphin Emulator Project
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-namespace Common
-{
-// Returns a pointer to an array of strings with the device names
-std::vector<std::string> GetCDDevices();
-
-// Returns true if device is cdrom/dvd
-bool IsCDROMDevice(std::string device);
-}  // namespace Common
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d9290549c..6e49f7b7a6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ add_library(common
   BitSet.h
   BitUtils.h
   BlockingLoop.h
-  CDUtils.cpp
-  CDUtils.h
   ChunkFile.h
   CodeBlock.h
   ColorUtil.cpp
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp
index 9603f59cd9..b21d154784 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Boot/Boot.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Common/Align.h"
-#include "Common/CDUtils.h"
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Config/Config.h"
@@ -193,10 +192,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<BootParameters> BootParameters::GenerateFromFile(std::vector<std
   for (std::string& path : paths)
     UnifyPathSeparators(path);
 
-  const bool is_drive = Common::IsCDROMDevice(paths.front());
   // Check if the file exist, we may have gotten it from a --elf command line
   // that gave an incorrect file name
-  if (!is_drive && !File::Exists(paths.front()))
+  if (!File::Exists(paths.front()))
   {
     PanicAlertFmtT("The specified file \"{0}\" does not exist", paths.front());
     return {};
@@ -235,7 +233,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<BootParameters> BootParameters::GenerateFromFile(std::vector<std
 
   static const std::unordered_set<std::string> disc_image_extensions = {
       {".gcm", ".iso", ".tgc", ".wbfs", ".ciso", ".gcz", ".wia", ".rvz", ".nfs", ".dol", ".elf"}};
-  if (disc_image_extensions.find(extension) != disc_image_extensions.end() || is_drive)
+  if (disc_image_extensions.find(extension) != disc_image_extensions.end())
   {
     std::unique_ptr<DiscIO::VolumeDisc> disc = DiscIO::CreateDisc(path);
     if (disc)
@@ -258,18 +256,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<BootParameters> BootParameters::GenerateFromFile(std::vector<std
                                               std::move(boot_session_data_));
     }
 
-    if (is_drive)
-    {
-      PanicAlertFmtT("Could not read \"{0}\". "
-                     "There is no disc in the drive or it is not a GameCube/Wii backup. "
-                     "Please note that Dolphin cannot play games directly from the original "
-                     "GameCube and Wii discs.",
-                     path);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      PanicAlertFmtT("\"{0}\" is an invalid GCM/ISO file, or is not a GC/Wii ISO.", path);
-    }
+    PanicAlertFmtT("\"{0}\" is an invalid GCM/ISO file, or is not a GC/Wii ISO.", path);
     return {};
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index 58c0466af9..5f264d2bbf 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "AudioCommon/AudioCommon.h"
 
 #include "Common/Assert.h"
-#include "Common/CDUtils.h"
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Config/Config.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Blob.cpp b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Blob.cpp
index b15bcce3de..b3c9f4f115 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DiscIO/Blob.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DiscIO/Blob.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
-#include "Common/CDUtils.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/IOFile.h"
 #include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
index 1bb676eeae..613e5a5e18 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinLib.props
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="Common\BitSet.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\BitUtils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\BlockingLoop.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="Common\CDUtils.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\ChunkFile.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\CodeBlock.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Common\ColorUtil.h" />
@@ -724,7 +723,6 @@
     <ClCompile Include="AudioCommon\WASAPIStream.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="AudioCommon\WaveFile.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\Analytics.cpp" />
-    <ClCompile Include="Common\CDUtils.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\ColorUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\CommonFuncs.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Common\CompatPatches.cpp" />
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
index 388ba7c84a..2fefeaf6b9 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/MenuBar.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
 
-#include "Common/CDUtils.h"
 #include "Core/Boot/Boot.h"
 #include "Core/CommonTitles.h"
 #include "Core/Config/MainSettings.h"