diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/services/audio-manager/index.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/services/audio-manager/index.js
index f1973b0eb006e4c923b8e4ac941ef9a53860bdbe..8eea02ed7507542ff9b18db7f489e42fb34a4c73 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/services/audio-manager/index.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/imports/ui/services/audio-manager/index.js
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ class AudioManager {
     const callOptions = {
       isListenOnly: true,
       extension: null,
-      inputStream: this.createListenOnlyStream(),
     };
 
     // WebRTC restrictions may need a capture device permission to release
@@ -435,29 +434,6 @@ class AudioManager {
     });
   }
 
-  createListenOnlyStream() {
-    const audio = document.querySelector(MEDIA_TAG);
-
-    // Play bogus silent audio to try to circumvent autoplay policy on Safari
-    if (!audio.src) {
-      audio.src = `${Meteor.settings.public.app.cdn
-      + Meteor.settings.public.app.basename + Meteor.settings.public.app.instanceId}` + '/resources/sounds/silence.mp3';
-    }
-
-    audio.play().catch((e) => {
-      if (e.name === 'AbortError') {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      logger.warn({
-        logCode: 'audiomanager_error_test_audio',
-        extraInfo: { error: e },
-      }, 'Error on playing test audio');
-    });
-
-    return {};
-  }
-
   isUsingAudio() {
     return this.isConnected || this.isConnecting
       || this.isHangingUp || this.isEchoTest;
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/public/resources/sounds/silence.mp3 b/bigbluebutton-html5/public/resources/sounds/silence.mp3
deleted file mode 100644
index b38b60311f0e84e0182aeb1519181f8c8f8e74af..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/bigbluebutton-html5/public/resources/sounds/silence.mp3 and /dev/null differ