diff --git a/UI/obs-app.cpp b/UI/obs-app.cpp
index c33afa3de..83d0a2ec3 100644
--- a/UI/obs-app.cpp
+++ b/UI/obs-app.cpp
@@ -1131,6 +1131,9 @@ OBSApp::~OBSApp()
 
 	os_inhibit_sleep_set_active(sleepInhibitor, false);
 	os_inhibit_sleep_destroy(sleepInhibitor);
+
+	if (libobs_initialized)
+		obs_shutdown();
 }
 
 static void move_basic_to_profiles(void)
@@ -1352,6 +1355,8 @@ bool OBSApp::OBSInit()
 	if (!StartupOBS(locale.c_str(), GetProfilerNameStore()))
 		return false;
 
+	libobs_initialized = true;
+
 	obs_set_ui_task_handler(ui_task_handler);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/UI/obs-app.hpp b/UI/obs-app.hpp
index 3fbff32a1..e10ea6bdd 100644
--- a/UI/obs-app.hpp
+++ b/UI/obs-app.hpp
@@ -72,10 +72,11 @@ private:
 	std::string theme;
 	ConfigFile globalConfig;
 	TextLookup textLookup;
-	OBSContext obsContext;
 	QPointer<OBSMainWindow> mainWindow;
 	profiler_name_store_t *profilerNameStore = nullptr;
 
+	bool libobs_initialized = false;
+
 	os_inhibit_t *sleepInhibitor = nullptr;
 	int sleepInhibitRefs = 0;
 
diff --git a/libobs/obs.hpp b/libobs/obs.hpp
index 97d2e15cb..2c5929042 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.hpp
+++ b/libobs/obs.hpp
@@ -266,16 +266,3 @@ public:
 		return *this;
 	}
 };
-
-class OBSContext {
-public:
-	inline OBSContext() {}
-	inline OBSContext(const char *locale,
-			  const char *module_config_path = nullptr,
-			  profiler_name_store *store = nullptr)
-	{
-		obs_startup(locale, module_config_path, store);
-	}
-
-	inline ~OBSContext() { obs_shutdown(); }
-};