diff --git a/Core/BaseMapper.cpp b/Core/BaseMapper.cpp
index 8aa233f1..730ba64b 100644
--- a/Core/BaseMapper.cpp
+++ b/Core/BaseMapper.cpp
@@ -338,22 +338,22 @@ bool BaseMapper::HasBattery()
 
 void BaseMapper::LoadBattery()
 {
-	if(HasBattery()) {
+	if(HasBattery() && _saveRamSize > 0) {
 		BatteryManager::LoadBattery(".sav", _saveRam, _saveRamSize);
 	}
 
-	if(_hasChrBattery) {
+	if(_hasChrBattery && _chrRamSize > 0) {
 		BatteryManager::LoadBattery(".sav.chr", _chrRam, _chrRamSize);
 	}
 }
 
 void BaseMapper::SaveBattery()
 {
-	if(HasBattery()) {
+	if(HasBattery() && _saveRamSize > 0) {
 		BatteryManager::SaveBattery(".sav", _saveRam, _saveRamSize);
 	}
 
-	if(_hasChrBattery) {
+	if(_hasChrBattery && _chrRamSize > 0) {
 		BatteryManager::SaveBattery(".sav.chr", _chrRam, _chrRamSize);
 	}
 }
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void BaseMapper::Initialize(RomData &romData)
 	_romFilename = romData.Filename;
 	_batteryFilename = GetBatteryFilename();
 	
-	_hasBattery = (romData.HasBattery || ForceBattery());
+	_hasBattery = romData.HasBattery;
 
 	if(romData.SaveRamSize == -1 || ForceSaveRamSize()) {
 		_saveRamSize = GetSaveRamSize();
@@ -486,10 +486,6 @@ void BaseMapper::Initialize(RomData &romData)
 		_saveRamSize = romData.SaveRamSize;
 	}
 
-	if(_saveRamSize == 0) {
-		_hasBattery = false;
-	}
-
 	if(romData.WorkRamSize == -1 || ForceWorkRamSize()) {
 		_workRamSize = GetWorkRamSize();
 	} else {
diff --git a/Core/BaseMapper.h b/Core/BaseMapper.h
index db2064d5..aee07d48 100644
--- a/Core/BaseMapper.h
+++ b/Core/BaseMapper.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ protected:
 	//Save ram is battery backed and saved to disk
 	virtual uint32_t GetSaveRamSize() { return HasBattery() ? 0x2000 : 0; }
 	virtual uint32_t GetSaveRamPageSize() { return 0x2000; }
-	virtual bool ForceBattery() { return false; }
 	virtual bool ForceChrBattery() { return false; }
 	
 	virtual bool ForceSaveRamSize() { return false; }
diff --git a/Core/TaitoX1005.h b/Core/TaitoX1005.h
index 558eb486..aa7100fd 100644
--- a/Core/TaitoX1005.h
+++ b/Core/TaitoX1005.h
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ protected:
 		UpdateRamAccess();
 	}
 
-	virtual bool ForceBattery() override
-	{
-		//Patch: Force battery, because some headers are marked as having no battery even though the game expects one
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	void WriteRegister(uint16_t addr, uint8_t value) override
 	{
 		switch(addr) {
diff --git a/Core/TaitoX1017.h b/Core/TaitoX1017.h
index 477dbbc0..18178a95 100644
--- a/Core/TaitoX1017.h
+++ b/Core/TaitoX1017.h
@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ protected:
 		UpdateRamAccess();
 	}
 
-	virtual bool ForceBattery() override
-	{
-		//Patch: Force battery, because some headers are marked as having no battery even though the game expects one
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	void UpdateChrBanking()
 	{
 		if(_chrMode == 0) {