diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/notifications-bar/component.jsx b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/notifications-bar/component.jsx
index 2e289ca61e312e902217f7951e9e031e72aebba6..04a9e71c6c9dfeed626c6c3d092ec40f527755cc 100644
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/notifications-bar/component.jsx
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/components/notifications-bar/component.jsx
@@ -16,19 +16,13 @@ const defaultProps = {
   color: 'default',
 };
 
-const isTimedAlert = (alertString) => {
-  // checks if the notification string contains a timer
-  const endsWithTime = alertString.match(/[0-9]*:[0-9]{2}$/i);
-  const hasCounter = alertString.match(/[ ][0-9]*[ ]/i);
-  return !!(hasCounter || endsWithTime);
-};
-
 const NotificationsBar = (props) => {
   const { color, children } = props;
 
   return (
     <div
-      role={isTimedAlert(children) ? '' : 'alert'}
+      role="alert"
+      aria-live="off"
       className={cx(styles.notificationsBar, styles[color])}
     >
       {children}