diff --git a/webroot/js/metrics/playback.js b/webroot/js/metrics/playback.js
index d059f94f0..0fa5e6eab 100644
--- a/webroot/js/metrics/playback.js
+++ b/webroot/js/metrics/playback.js
@@ -267,10 +267,8 @@ function getCurrentlyPlayingSegment(tech, old_segment = null) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Null segment_time in case it's lower then 0.
   if (!segment) {
     segment = target_media.segments[0];
-    segment_time = 0;
   }
 
   return segment;