diff --git a/listener.html b/listener.html
index 691cff0..4e38844 100644
--- a/listener.html
+++ b/listener.html
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
 
             <canvas id="viz-listener" width="400" height="100"></canvas>
 
-            <!-- HLS video player — shown only when the SRT stream is active -->
-            <div id="hls-player-container" {% if not live %}hidden{% endif %} style="width:100%;margin-top:16px;text-align:center;">
-                <video id="hls-video" controls autoplay muted playsinline
-                       style="width:100%;max-width:720px;border-radius:12px;background:#000;"></video>
-            </div>
-
             <!-- Enable Audio Button (shown when autoplay is blocked) -->
             <button class="enable-audio-btn" id="enable-audio-btn" onclick="enableListenerAudio()">
                 <span class="audio-icon">🎧</span>
@@ -47,51 +41,21 @@
 
     <script src="https://cdn.socket.io/4.5.4/socket.io.min.js"></script>
     <script src="listener.js?v=2.0"></script>
-    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@1/dist/hls.min.js"></script>
     <script>
     (function () {
         'use strict';
-        var HLS_URL   = {{ hls_url | tojson }};
-        var badge     = document.getElementById('live-badge');
-        var container = document.getElementById('hls-player-container');
-        var video     = document.getElementById('hls-video');
-        var hlsInstance = null;
-
-        function startHls() {
-            if (hlsInstance) return;
-            if (typeof Hls !== 'undefined' && Hls.isSupported()) {
-                hlsInstance = new Hls({ lowLatencyMode: true });
-                hlsInstance.loadSource(HLS_URL);
-                hlsInstance.attachMedia(video);
-            } else if (video.canPlayType('application/vnd.apple.mpegurl')) {
-                // Safari — native HLS support
-                video.src = HLS_URL;
-            }
-        }
-
-        function stopHls() {
-            if (hlsInstance) { hlsInstance.destroy(); hlsInstance = null; }
-            video.src = '';
-        }
+        var badge = document.getElementById('live-badge');
 
         function setLive(isLive) {
+            if (!badge) return;
             if (isLive) {
-                if (badge)     badge.removeAttribute('hidden');
-                if (container) container.removeAttribute('hidden');
-                startHls();
+                badge.removeAttribute('hidden');
             } else {
-                if (badge)     badge.setAttribute('hidden', '');
-                if (container) container.setAttribute('hidden', '');
-                stopHls();
+                badge.setAttribute('hidden', '');
             }
         }
 
-        // Server-rendered as live — start HLS immediately.
-        {% if live %}startHls();{% endif %}
-
-        // Poll /api/srt_status every 5 s to react to live state changes
-        // without opening a second Socket.IO connection (which would inflate
-        // the listener count).
+        // Poll /api/srt_status every 5s to react to live state changes
         setInterval(function () {
             fetch('/api/srt_status')
                 .then(function (r) { return r.json(); })
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 9bc1971..34e7cf0 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -1086,15 +1086,8 @@ def listener_get_count():
 # === MediaMTX webhook — SRT publish / unpublish events ===
 
 def _listener_template_context() -> dict:
-    """Return Jinja2 template context for listener.html.
-
-    Keys:
-      live    – True when the SRT stream is currently active.
-      hls_url – MediaMTX HLS playlist URL for the video player.
-    """
     return {
-        'live':    _srt_state['active'],
-        'hls_url': _MEDIAMTX_HLS_URL,
+        'live': _srt_state['active'],
     }