diff --git a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
index bdb2078b..59267896 100644
--- a/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/Backends/MPVClient.swift
@@ -135,12 +135,6 @@ final class MPVClient: ObservableObject {
 
         checkError(mpv_initialize(mpv))
 
-        #if !os(macOS)
-            // Set up audio session for Now Playing support
-            backend?.model.setupAudioSessionForNowPlaying()
-            backend?.model.updateNowPlayingInfo()
-        #endif
-
         let api = UnsafeMutableRawPointer(mutating: (MPV_RENDER_API_TYPE_OPENGL as NSString).utf8String)
         var initParams = mpv_opengl_init_params(
             get_proc_address: getProcAddress,
diff --git a/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift b/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift
index 3388f66d..04110392 100644
--- a/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift
+++ b/Model/Player/PlayerModel.swift
@@ -1394,7 +1394,11 @@ final class PlayerModel: ObservableObject {
         func setAudioSessionActive(_ setActive: Bool) {
             DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.2) {
                 do {
-                    try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(setActive)
+                    let audioSession = AVAudioSession.sharedInstance()
+                    if setActive {
+                        try audioSession.setCategory(.playback, mode: .moviePlayback)
+                    }
+                    try audioSession.setActive(setActive)
                 } catch {
                     self.logger.error("Error setting audio session to \(setActive): \(error)")
                 }
diff --git a/iOS/AppDelegate.swift b/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 1ac4e497..7aac53b6 100644
--- a/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/iOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ final class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
             OrientationTracker.shared.startDeviceOrientationTracking()
             OrientationModel.shared.startOrientationUpdates()
 
-            do {
-                try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playback, mode: .moviePlayback)
-                try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
-            } catch {
-                logger.error("Failed to set audio session category: \(error)")
-            }
-
             UIApplication.shared.beginReceivingRemoteControlEvents()
         #endif