diff --git a/osu.Game/Input/ConfineMouseTracker.cs b/osu.Game/Input/ConfineMouseTracker.cs
index 653622e881..3b54c03bb0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Input/ConfineMouseTracker.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Input/ConfineMouseTracker.cs
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
-using osu.Game.Screens.Play;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Input
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Connects <see cref="OsuSetting.ConfineMouseMode"/> with <see cref="FrameworkSetting.ConfineMouseMode"/>,
-    /// while optionally binding an <see cref="OverlayActivation"/> mode, usually that of the current <see cref="Player"/>.
+    /// while binding <see cref="OsuGame.OverlayActivationMode"/>.
     /// It is assumed that while overlay activation is <see cref="OverlayActivation.Disabled"/>, we should also confine the
     /// mouse cursor if it has been requested with <see cref="OsuConfineMouseMode.WhenOverlaysDisabled"/>.
     /// </summary>
@@ -22,22 +21,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input
     {
         private Bindable<ConfineMouseMode> frameworkConfineMode;
         private Bindable<OsuConfineMouseMode> osuConfineMode;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The bindable used to indicate whether gameplay is active.
-        /// Should be bound to the corresponding bindable of the current <see cref="Player"/>.
-        /// Defaults to <see cref="OverlayActivation.All"/> to assume that all other screens are considered "not gameplay".
-        /// </summary>
-        public IBindable<OverlayActivation> OverlayActivationMode { get; } = new Bindable<OverlayActivation>(OverlayActivation.All);
+        private IBindable<OverlayActivation> overlayActivationMode;
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(FrameworkConfigManager frameworkConfigManager, OsuConfigManager osuConfigManager)
+        private void load(OsuGame game, FrameworkConfigManager frameworkConfigManager, OsuConfigManager osuConfigManager)
         {
             frameworkConfineMode = frameworkConfigManager.GetBindable<ConfineMouseMode>(FrameworkSetting.ConfineMouseMode);
             osuConfineMode = osuConfigManager.GetBindable<OsuConfineMouseMode>(OsuSetting.ConfineMouseMode);
             osuConfineMode.ValueChanged += _ => updateConfineMode();
-
-            OverlayActivationMode.BindValueChanged(_ => updateConfineMode(), true);
+            overlayActivationMode = game.OverlayActivationMode.GetBoundCopy();
+            overlayActivationMode.BindValueChanged(_ => updateConfineMode(), true);
         }
 
         private void updateConfineMode()
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input
                     break;
 
                 case OsuConfineMouseMode.WhenOverlaysDisabled:
-                    frameworkConfineMode.Value = OverlayActivationMode.Value == OverlayActivation.Disabled ? ConfineMouseMode.Always : ConfineMouseMode.Never;
+                    frameworkConfineMode.Value = overlayActivationMode?.Value == OverlayActivation.Disabled ? ConfineMouseMode.Always : ConfineMouseMode.Never;
                     break;
 
                 case OsuConfineMouseMode.Always:
diff --git a/osu.Game/Input/OsuConfineMouseMode.cs b/osu.Game/Input/OsuConfineMouseMode.cs
index 53e352c8bd..e8411a3d9f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Input/OsuConfineMouseMode.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Input/OsuConfineMouseMode.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Input
         Fullscreen,
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The mouse cursor will be locked to the window bounds during gameplay,
+        /// The mouse cursor will be locked to the window bounds while overlays are disabled,
         /// but may otherwise move freely.
         /// </summary>
         [Description("During Gameplay")]
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index de67b2d46d..175722c44e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ using osu.Framework.Threading;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
-using osu.Game.Input;
 using osu.Game.IO.Archives;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
 using osu.Game.Overlays;
@@ -67,9 +66,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
         private Bindable<bool> mouseWheelDisabled;
 
-        [Resolved(CanBeNull = true)]
-        private ConfineMouseTracker confineMouseTracker { get; set; }
-
         private readonly Bindable<bool> storyboardReplacesBackground = new Bindable<bool>();
 
         public int RestartCount;
@@ -229,8 +225,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
             DrawableRuleset.HasReplayLoaded.BindValueChanged(_ => updatePauseOnFocusLostState(), true);
 
-            confineMouseTracker?.OverlayActivationMode.BindTo(OverlayActivationMode);
-
             // bind clock into components that require it
             DrawableRuleset.IsPaused.BindTo(GameplayClockContainer.IsPaused);