diff --git a/assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav b/assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav
deleted file mode 100644
index 632a773..0000000
--- a/assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:3ff3a8d723fbfb1f55647f11699550b2e231a5d0d019363af080ef7d4761c60c
-size 6531664
diff --git a/assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav.import b/assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav.import
deleted file mode 100644
index 7174bf2..0000000
--- a/assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav.import
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-[remap]
-
-importer="wav"
-type="AudioStreamWAV"
-uid="uid://c7laud048l1is"
-path="res://.godot/imported/damage.wav-8c4919c614aee00fc00121daa2bc247e.sample"
-
-[deps]
-
-source_file="res://assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav"
-dest_files=["res://.godot/imported/damage.wav-8c4919c614aee00fc00121daa2bc247e.sample"]
-
-[params]
-
-force/8_bit=false
-force/mono=false
-force/max_rate=false
-force/max_rate_hz=44100
-edit/trim=false
-edit/normalize=false
-edit/loop_mode=0
-edit/loop_begin=0
-edit/loop_end=-1
-compress/mode=0
diff --git a/assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav b/assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav
deleted file mode 100644
index 35b7fb3..0000000
--- a/assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:3b917e1df02f73c7e23e4e062cfec4182ada3ad1c82dfaf69f4ac8ccf458d956
-size 9315610
diff --git a/assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav.import b/assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav.import
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a483c3..0000000
--- a/assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav.import
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-[remap]
-
-importer="wav"
-type="AudioStreamWAV"
-uid="uid://c6dy6nea6vaa4"
-path="res://.godot/imported/death_sound.wav-74c3ac4e551e080446bef315f79faff8.sample"
-
-[deps]
-
-source_file="res://assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav"
-dest_files=["res://.godot/imported/death_sound.wav-74c3ac4e551e080446bef315f79faff8.sample"]
-
-[params]
-
-force/8_bit=false
-force/mono=false
-force/max_rate=false
-force/max_rate_hz=44100
-edit/trim=false
-edit/normalize=false
-edit/loop_mode=1
-edit/loop_begin=0
-edit/loop_end=-1
-compress/mode=0
diff --git a/src/game/level.gd b/src/game/level.gd
index 3e81c09..420caeb 100644
--- a/src/game/level.gd
+++ b/src/game/level.gd
@@ -96,9 +96,5 @@ func get_total_distance():
 	return lap_distance + last_offset
 
 func game_over():
-	running = false
-	$player/death_sound.play()
 	print_debug("final score: ", get_total_distance())
-	await get_tree().create_timer(3).timeout
-	
 	get_tree().reload_current_scene() #temp
diff --git a/src/game/player.tscn b/src/game/player.tscn
index 4db5106..6e79158 100644
--- a/src/game/player.tscn
+++ b/src/game/player.tscn
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=8 format=3 uid="uid://ckau5s2tsb3oc"]
+[gd_scene load_steps=6 format=3 uid="uid://ckau5s2tsb3oc"]
 
 [ext_resource type="Script" path="res://src/game/player_controller.gd" id="1_g4ij8"]
 [ext_resource type="Texture2D" uid="uid://d1t1g7hyil82v" path="res://assets/spracer.png" id="2_xal47"]
 [ext_resource type="Texture2D" uid="uid://ceqcsof04vhqs" path="res://assets/light.png" id="3_qosw5"]
 [ext_resource type="AudioStream" uid="uid://cc4ffx6b0xjvk" path="res://assets/sounds/sfx/engine_loop.wav" id="4_4ajo8"]
-[ext_resource type="AudioStream" uid="uid://c7laud048l1is" path="res://assets/sounds/sfx/damage.wav" id="5_rvolc"]
-[ext_resource type="AudioStream" uid="uid://c6dy6nea6vaa4" path="res://assets/sounds/sfx/death_sound.wav" id="6_i0vg5"]
 
 [sub_resource type="RectangleShape2D" id="RectangleShape2D_w2nj7"]
 size = Vector2(36, 20)
@@ -46,11 +44,3 @@ rotation_smoothing_speed = 10.0
 stream = ExtResource("4_4ajo8")
 volume_db = -40.467
 autoplay = true
-
-[node name="damage_sounds" type="AudioStreamPlayer" parent="."]
-stream = ExtResource("5_rvolc")
-volume_db = -25.297
-
-[node name="death_sound" type="AudioStreamPlayer" parent="."]
-stream = ExtResource("6_i0vg5")
-volume_db = -25.297