diff --git a/src/components/remotecontrol/remotecontrol.js b/src/components/remotecontrol/remotecontrol.js
index 53b61949ea..7c3bfd0ff9 100644
--- a/src/components/remotecontrol/remotecontrol.js
+++ b/src/components/remotecontrol/remotecontrol.js
@@ -145,9 +145,7 @@ function updateNowPlayingInfo(context, state, serverId) {
             if (item.Artists != null) {
                 if (item.ArtistItems != null) {
                     for (const artist of item.ArtistItems) {
-                        const artistName = escapeHtml(artist.Name);
-                        const artistId = artist.Id;
-                        artistsSeries += `<a class="button-link emby-button" is="emby-linkbutton" href="#!/details?id=${artistId}&serverId=${nowPlayingServerId}">${escapeHtml(artistName)}</a>`;
+                        artistsSeries += `<a class="button-link emby-button" is="emby-linkbutton" href="#!/details?id=${artist.Id}&serverId=${nowPlayingServerId}">${escapeHtml(artist.Name)}</a>`;
                         if (artist !== item.ArtistItems.slice(-1)[0]) {
                             artistsSeries += ', ';
                         }