diff --git a/src/sfizz/Effects.cpp b/src/sfizz/Effects.cpp
index 81cc3d00..2ca5b8a4 100644
--- a/src/sfizz/Effects.cpp
+++ b/src/sfizz/Effects.cpp
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ void EffectBus::addToInputs(const float* const addInput[], float addGain, unsign
     if (addGain == 0)
         return;
 
-    _hasSignal = true;
-
     for (unsigned c = 0; c < EffectChannels; ++c) {
         absl::Span<const float> addIn { addInput[c], nframes };
         sfz::multiplyAdd1(addGain, addIn, _inputs.getSpan(c).first(nframes));
@@ -165,8 +163,6 @@ void EffectBus::process(unsigned nframes)
         fx::Nothing().process(
             AudioSpan<float>(_inputs), AudioSpan<float>(_outputs), nframes);
     }
-
-    _hasSignal = false;
 }
 
 void EffectBus::mixOutputsTo(float* const mainOutput[], float* const mixOutput[], unsigned nframes)
@@ -185,6 +181,7 @@ size_t EffectBus::numEffects() const noexcept
 {
     return _effects.size();
 }
+
 void EffectBus::setSamplesPerBlock(int samplesPerBlock) noexcept
 {
     _inputs.resize(samplesPerBlock);
diff --git a/src/sfizz/Effects.h b/src/sfizz/Effects.h
index 25ce96e5..804bc4ad 100644
--- a/src/sfizz/Effects.h
+++ b/src/sfizz/Effects.h
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public:
     /**
        @brief Checks whether this bus can produce output.
      */
-    bool hasNonZeroOutput() const { return _hasSignal && (_gainToMain != 0 || _gainToMix != 0); }
+    bool hasNonZeroOutput() const { return (_gainToMain != 0 || _gainToMix != 0); }
 
     /**
        @brief Sets the amount of effect output going to the main.
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ private:
     AudioBuffer<float> _outputs { EffectChannels, config::defaultSamplesPerBlock };
     float _gainToMain { Default::effect };
     float _gainToMix { Default::effect };
-    bool _hasSignal { false };
 };
 
 } // namespace sfz