diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Platform/AudioCodecPluginAgnostic.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Platform/AudioCodecPluginAgnostic.cpp
index c396c25ac2..1ba5459453 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Platform/AudioCodecPluginAgnostic.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Platform/AudioCodecPluginAgnostic.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ AudioCodecPluginAgnostic::AudioCodecPluginAgnostic(NonnullRefPtr<Audio::Loader>
     m_update_timer->on_timeout = [this]() {
         update_timestamp();
     };
-    m_update_timer->start();
 }
 
 void AudioCodecPluginAgnostic::resume_playback()