From b3834427bcac0196a348741ea3bbd2fae11eacbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chaoticgd <43898262+chaoticgd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:15:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] PINE: Don't test for a valid VM when checking emulator
 version

---
 pcsx2/PINE.cpp | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pcsx2/PINE.cpp b/pcsx2/PINE.cpp
index ca8d25b7c2..02cc878ec3 100644
--- a/pcsx2/PINE.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/PINE.cpp
@@ -629,8 +629,6 @@ PINEServer::IPCBuffer PINEServer::ParseCommand(std::span<u8> buf, std::vector<u8
 			}
 			case MsgVersion:
 			{
-				if (!VMManager::HasValidVM())
-					goto error;
 				u32 size = strlen(BuildVersion::GitRev) + 7;
 				if (!SafetyChecks(buf_cnt, 0, ret_cnt, size + 4, buf_size)) [[unlikely]]
 					goto error;