diff --git a/src/components/syncplay/syncplayManager.js b/src/components/syncplay/syncplayManager.js
index 167f79c2ab..0ca7c13149 100644
--- a/src/components/syncplay/syncplayManager.js
+++ b/src/components/syncplay/syncplayManager.js
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
             this.onPlayerChange();
         });
 
-        events.on(playbackManager, "playbackstart", (player, state) => {
-            events.trigger(this, 'PlaybackStart', [player, state]);
-        });
-
         this.bindToPlayer(playbackManager.getCurrentPlayer());
 
         events.on(this, "TimeUpdate", (event) => {
@@ -359,7 +355,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
             startIndex: sessionData.StartIndex,
             serverId: serverId
         }).then(() => {
-            // TODO: switch to PlaybackStart maybe?
             waitForEvent(this, "PlayerChange").then(() => {
                 playbackManager.pause();
                 var sessionId = getActivePlayerId();
@@ -435,7 +430,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
         this.syncEnabled = false;
         events.trigger(this, "SyncplayEnabled", [false]);
         this.restorePlaybackManager();
-        this.stopSyncWatcher();
 
         if (showMessage) {
             toast({
@@ -471,7 +465,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
 
                 this.syncTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
                     this.syncEnabled = true;
-                    this.startSyncWatcher();
                 }, SyncMethodThreshold / 2);
 
             }, playTimeout);
@@ -485,7 +478,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
 
             this.syncTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
                 this.syncEnabled = true;
-                this.startSyncWatcher();
             }, SyncMethodThreshold / 2);
         }
     }
@@ -535,7 +527,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
         clearTimeout(this.syncTimeout);
 
         this.syncEnabled = false;
-        this.stopSyncWatcher();
         if (this.currentPlayer) {
             this.currentPlayer.setPlaybackRate(1);
         }
@@ -625,7 +616,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
         const elapsed = currentTime - this.lastSyncTime;
         if (elapsed < SyncMethodThreshold / 2) return;
         this.lastSyncTime = currentTime;
-        this.notifySyncWatcher();
 
         const playAtTime = this.lastCommand.When;
 
@@ -689,74 +679,6 @@ class SyncplayManager {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Signals the worker to start watching sync. Also creates the worker if needed.
-     * 
-     * This additional fail-safe has been added because on Safari the timeupdate event fails after a while.
-     */
-    startSyncWatcher () {
-        // SPOILER ALERT: this idea fails too on Safari... Keeping it here for future investigations
-        return;
-        if (window.Worker) {
-            // Start worker if needed
-            if (!this.worker) {
-                this.worker = new Worker("workers/syncplay/syncplay.worker.js");
-                this.worker.onmessage = (event) => {
-                    const message = event.data;
-                    switch (message.type) {
-                        case "TriggerSync":
-                            // TODO: player state might not reflect the real playback position,
-                            // thus calling syncPlaybackTime outside a timeupdate event might not really sync to the right point
-                            this.syncPlaybackTime();
-                            break;
-                        default:
-                            console.error("Syncplay: unknown message from worker:", message.type);
-                            break;
-                    }
-                };
-                this.worker.onerror = (event) => {
-                    console.error("Syncplay: worker error", event);
-                };
-                this.worker.onmessageerror = (event) => {
-                    console.error("Syncplay: worker message error", event);
-                };
-            }
-            // Start watcher
-            this.worker.postMessage({
-                type: "StartSyncWatcher",
-                data: {
-                    interval: SyncMethodThreshold / 2,
-                    threshold: SyncMethodThreshold
-                }
-            });
-        } else {
-            console.debug("Syncplay: workers not supported.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Signals the worker to stop watching sync.
-     */
-    stopSyncWatcher () {
-        if (this.worker) {
-            this.worker.postMessage({
-                type: "StopSyncWatcher"
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Signals new state to worker.
-     */
-    notifySyncWatcher () {
-        if (this.worker) {
-            this.worker.postMessage({
-                type: "UpdateLastSyncTime",
-                data: this.lastSyncTime
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets Syncplay stats.
      * @returns {Object} The Syncplay stats.
diff --git a/src/workers/syncplay/syncplay.worker.js b/src/workers/syncplay/syncplay.worker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bd8d2bd60f..0000000000
--- a/src/workers/syncplay/syncplay.worker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-var SyncTimeThreshold = 2000; // milliseconds, overwritten by startSyncWatcher
-var SyncWatcherInterval = 1000; // milliseconds, overwritten by startSyncWatcher
-var lastSyncTime = new Date(); // internal state
-var syncWatcher; // holds value from setInterval
-
-/**
- * Sends a message to the UI worker.
- * @param {string} type 
- * @param {*} data 
- */
-function sendMessage (type, data) {
-    postMessage({
-        type: type,
-        data: data
-    });
-
-}
-
-/**
- * Updates the state.
- * @param {Date} syncTime The new state.
- */
-function updateLastSyncTime (syncTime) {
-    lastSyncTime = syncTime;
-}
-
-/**
- * Starts sync watcher.
- * @param {Object} options Additional options to configure the watcher, like _interval_ and _threshold_.
- */
-function startSyncWatcher(options) {
-    stopSyncWatcher();
-    if (options) {
-        if (options.interval) {
-            SyncWatcherInterval = options.interval;
-        }
-        if (options.threshold) {
-            SyncTimeThreshold = options.threshold;
-        }
-    }
-    syncWatcher = setInterval(syncWatcherCallback, SyncWatcherInterval);
-}
-
-/**
- * Stops sync watcher.
- */
-function stopSyncWatcher () {
-    if (syncWatcher) {
-        clearInterval(syncWatcher);
-        syncWatcher = null;
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Oversees playback sync and makes sure that it gets called regularly.
- */
-function syncWatcherCallback () {
-    const currentTime = new Date();
-    const elapsed = currentTime - lastSyncTime;
-    if (elapsed > SyncTimeThreshold) {
-        sendMessage("TriggerSync");
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Handles messages from UI worker.
- * @param {MessageEvent} event The message to handle.
- */
-function handleMessage (event) {
-    const message = event.data;
-    switch (message.type) {
-        case "UpdateLastSyncTime":
-            updateLastSyncTime(message.data);
-            break;
-        case "StartSyncWatcher":
-            startSyncWatcher(message.data);
-            break;
-        case "StopSyncWatcher":
-            stopSyncWatcher();
-            break;
-        default:
-            console.error("Unknown message type:", message.type);
-            break;
-    }
-}
-
-// Listen for messages
-addEventListener("message", function (event) {
-    handleMessage(event);
-});
diff --git a/webpack.dev.js b/webpack.dev.js
index 544d32d63e..d8879fe808 100644
--- a/webpack.dev.js
+++ b/webpack.dev.js
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ module.exports = merge(common, {
             {
                 test: /\.(wav)$/i,
                 use: ["file-loader"]
-            },
-            {
-                test: /\.worker.js$/,
-                use: ["worker"]
             }
         ]
     }
diff --git a/webpack.prod.js b/webpack.prod.js
index 7b5f2ff6c0..cc4c57b9f4 100644
--- a/webpack.prod.js
+++ b/webpack.prod.js
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ module.exports = merge(common, {
             {
                 test: /\.(wav)$/i,
                 use: ["file-loader"]
-            },
-            {
-                test: /\.worker.js$/,
-                use: ["worker"]
             }
         ]
     }