diff --git a/assets/js/player.js b/assets/js/player.js
index 398c66f8..7c920400 100644
--- a/assets/js/player.js
+++ b/assets/js/player.js
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ if (player_data.aspect_ratio) {
     options.aspectRatio = player_data.aspect_ratio;
 }
 
-if (player_data.preload) {
-    options.preload = player_data.preload
-}
-
 var embed_url = new URL(location);
 embed_url.searchParams.delete('v');
 var short_url = location.origin + '/' + video_data.id + embed_url.search;
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr b/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr
index f72fd9de..5c28358b 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/components/player.ecr
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@
     "title" => video.title,
     "description" => HTML.escape(video.short_description),
     "thumbnail" => thumbnail,
-    "preferred_caption_found" => !preferred_captions.empty?,
-    "preload" => params.preload ? "auto" : "none"
+    "preferred_caption_found" => !preferred_captions.empty?
 }.to_pretty_json
 %>
 </script>