diff --git a/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp b/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp
index 37214602693..c5bcd7a9fb2 100644
--- a/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp
+++ b/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachine.cpp
@@ -2162,9 +2162,6 @@ MediaDecoderStateMachine::SeekCompleted()
   // Try to decode another frame to detect if we're at the end...
   DECODER_LOG(PR_LOG_DEBUG, "Seek completed, mCurrentFrameTime=%lld", mCurrentFrameTime);
 
-  // Prevent changes in playback position before 'seeked' is fired for we
-  // expect currentTime equals seek target in 'seeked' callback.
-  mScheduler->FreezeScheduling();
   {
     ReentrantMonitorAutoExit exitMon(mDecoder->GetReentrantMonitor());
     NS_DispatchToMainThread(stopEvent, NS_DISPATCH_SYNC);
@@ -2176,7 +2173,6 @@ MediaDecoderStateMachine::SeekCompleted()
   mQuickBuffering = false;
 
   ScheduleStateMachine();
-  mScheduler->ThawScheduling();
 }
 
 // Runnable to dispose of the decoder and state machine on the main thread.
diff --git a/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.cpp b/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.cpp
index ff21bf56695..421c89db2c2 100644
--- a/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.cpp
+++ b/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.cpp
@@ -94,15 +94,8 @@ MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler::Schedule(int64_t aUsecs)
 {
   mMonitor.AssertCurrentThreadIn();
 
-  switch(mState) {
-  case SCHEDULER_STATE_SHUTDOWN:
+  if (mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_SHUTDOWN) {
     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
-  case SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN:
-    mState = SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN_WITH_PENDING_TASK;
-  case SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN_WITH_PENDING_TASK:
-    return NS_OK;
-  case SCHEDULER_STATE_NONE:
-    break;
   }
 
   aUsecs = std::max<int64_t>(aUsecs, 0);
@@ -171,9 +164,6 @@ void
 MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler::ScheduleAndShutdown()
 {
   mMonitor.AssertCurrentThreadIn();
-  if (IsFrozen()) {
-    ThawScheduling();
-  }
   // Schedule next cycle to handle SHUTDOWN in state machine thread.
   Schedule();
   // This must be set after calling Schedule()
@@ -204,33 +194,4 @@ MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler::ResetTimer()
   mTimeout = TimeStamp();
 }
 
-void MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler::FreezeScheduling()
-{
-  mMonitor.AssertCurrentThreadIn();
-  if (mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_SHUTDOWN) {
-    return;
-  }
-  MOZ_ASSERT(mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_NONE);
-  mState = !IsScheduled() ? SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN :
-                            SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN_WITH_PENDING_TASK;
-  // Nullify pending timer task if any.
-  ++mTimerId;
-  mTimeout = TimeStamp();
-}
-
-void MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler::ThawScheduling()
-{
-  mMonitor.AssertCurrentThreadIn();
-  if (mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_SHUTDOWN) {
-    return;
-  }
-  // We should be in frozen state and no pending timer task.
-  MOZ_ASSERT(IsFrozen() && !IsScheduled());
-  bool pendingTask = mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN_WITH_PENDING_TASK;
-  mState = SCHEDULER_STATE_NONE;
-  if (pendingTask) {
-    Schedule();
-  }
-}
-
 } // namespace mozilla
diff --git a/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.h b/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.h
index 6c3bc98f7f5..f79cd15066e 100644
--- a/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.h
+++ b/content/media/MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ class ReentrantMonitor;
 class MediaDecoderStateMachineScheduler {
   enum State {
     SCHEDULER_STATE_NONE,
-    SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN,
-    SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN_WITH_PENDING_TASK,
     SCHEDULER_STATE_SHUTDOWN
   };
 public:
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ public:
   nsresult Schedule(int64_t aUsecs = 0);
   void ScheduleAndShutdown();
   nsresult TimeoutExpired(int aTimerId);
-  void FreezeScheduling();
-  void ThawScheduling();
 
   bool OnStateMachineThread() const;
   bool IsScheduled() const;
@@ -48,11 +44,6 @@ public:
     return mEventTarget;
   }
 
-  bool IsFrozen() const {
-    return mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN ||
-           mState == SCHEDULER_STATE_FROZEN_WITH_PENDING_TASK;
-  }
-
 private:
   void ResetTimer();