diff --git a/workspace/all/minarch/minarch.c b/workspace/all/minarch/minarch.c
index e6f1d47fb..81fc45db0 100644
--- a/workspace/all/minarch/minarch.c
+++ b/workspace/all/minarch/minarch.c
@@ -825,27 +825,14 @@ static void SRAM_read(void) {
 	void* sram = core.get_memory_data(RETRO_MEMORY_SAVE_RAM);
 
 #ifdef HAS_SRM
-	// TODO: rzipstream_open can also handle uncompressed, else branch is probably unnecessary
 	// srm, potentially compressed
-	if (CFG_getSaveFormat() == SAVE_FORMAT_SRM) {
-		rzipstream_t* sram_file = rzipstream_open(filename, RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_READ);
-		if(!sram_file) return;
-
-		if (!sram || rzipstream_read(sram_file, sram, sram_size) < 0)
-			LOG_error("rzipstream: Error reading SRAM data\n");
-		
-		rzipstream_close(sram_file);
-	}
-	// uncompressed
-	else {
-		RFILE* sram_file = filestream_open(filename, RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_READ, 0);
-		if(!sram_file) return;
+	rzipstream_t* sram_file = rzipstream_open(filename, RETRO_VFS_FILE_ACCESS_READ);
+	if(!sram_file) return;
 
-		if (!sram || filestream_read(sram_file, sram, sram_size) < 0)
-			LOG_error("filestream: Error reading SRAM data\n");
+	if (!sram || rzipstream_read(sram_file, sram, sram_size) < 0)
+		LOG_error("rzipstream: Error reading SRAM data\n");
 		
-		filestream_close(sram_file);
-	}
+	rzipstream_close(sram_file);
 #else 
 	FILE *sram_file = fopen(filename, "r");
 	if (!sram_file) return;