diff --git a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
index 8abf9c4cd..ffc9e913d 100644
--- a/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
+++ b/coreapi/linphonecore_jni.cc
@@ -5320,11 +5320,6 @@ extern "C" void Java_org_linphone_core_LinphonePlayerImpl_destroy(JNIEnv *env, j
 
 extern "C" jlong Java_org_linphone_core_LinphoneCoreImpl_createLocalPlayer(JNIEnv *env, jobject jobj, jlong ptr, jobject window) {
 	jobject window_ref = NULL;
-	MSSndCard *snd_card = ms_snd_card_manager_get_default_playback_card(ms_snd_card_manager_get());
-	if(snd_card == NULL) {
-		ms_error("No default playback sound card found");
-		return 0;
-	}
 	window_ref = env->NewGlobalRef(window);
 	LinphonePlayer *player = linphone_core_create_local_player((LinphoneCore *)ptr, NULL, "MSAndroidDisplay", (unsigned long)window_ref);
 	if(player == NULL) {