diff --git a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/mediabrowser.apiclient.js b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/mediabrowser.apiclient.js
index 6e640de2ef..04de62c0d1 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/mediabrowser.apiclient.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/apiclient/mediabrowser.apiclient.js
@@ -3223,18 +3223,6 @@
                 throw new Error("null options");
             }
 
-            if (self.isWebSocketOpen()) {
-
-                var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
-
-                var msg = JSON.stringify(options);
-
-                self.sendWebSocketMessage("ReportPlaybackStart", msg);
-
-                deferred.resolveWith(null, []);
-                return deferred.promise();
-            }
-
             var url = self.getUrl("Sessions/Playing");
 
             return self.ajax({
@@ -3289,18 +3277,6 @@
                 throw new Error("null options");
             }
 
-            if (self.isWebSocketOpen()) {
-
-                var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
-
-                var msg = JSON.stringify(options);
-
-                self.sendWebSocketMessage("ReportPlaybackStopped", msg);
-
-                deferred.resolveWith(null, []);
-                return deferred.promise();
-            }
-
             var url = self.getUrl("Sessions/Playing/Stopped");
 
             return self.ajax({