diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
index a0a56aede..877f61a8e 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/AudioPlayer.swift
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
     internal var currentTrackIndex = 0
     private var allPlayerItems:[AVPlayerItem] = []
     
-    private var pausedTimer: Timer?
-    
     // MARK: - Constructor
     init(sessionId: String, playWhenReady: Bool = false, playbackRate: Float = 1) {
         self.playWhenReady = playWhenReady
@@ -159,7 +157,6 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(PlayerEvents.closed.rawValue), object: nil)
         
         // Remove timers
-        self.stopPausedTimer()
         self.removeSleepTimer()
     }
     
@@ -301,21 +298,6 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         }
     }
     
-    private func startPausedTimer() {
-        guard self.pausedTimer == nil else { return }
-        self.queue.async {
-            self.pausedTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 10, repeats: true) { [weak self] timer in
-                self?.logger.log("PAUSE TIMER: Syncing from server")
-                Task { await PlayerProgress.shared.syncFromServer() }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    private func stopPausedTimer() {
-        self.pausedTimer?.invalidate()
-        self.pausedTimer = nil
-    }
-    
     // MARK: - Methods
     public func play(allowSeekBack: Bool = false, isInitializing: Bool = false) {
         guard self.isInitialized() || isInitializing else { return }
@@ -345,9 +327,6 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
     private func resumePlayback() {
         logger.log("PLAY: Resuming playback")
         
-        // Stop the paused timer
-        self.stopPausedTimer()
-        
         self.markAudioSessionAs(active: true)
         DispatchQueue.runOnMainQueue {
             self.audioPlayer.play()
@@ -380,8 +359,6 @@ class AudioPlayer: NSObject {
         
         self.status = .paused
         updateNowPlaying()
-        
-        self.startPausedTimer()
     }
     
     public func seek(_ to: Double, from: String) {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
index 18f63719d..f3c88df8f 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/player/PlayerProgress.swift
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@ class PlayerProgress {
         await UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundToken)
     }
     
-    public func syncFromServer() async {
-        let backgroundToken = await UIApplication.shared.beginBackgroundTask(withName: "ABS:syncFromServer")
-        do {
-            try await updateLocalSessionFromServerMediaProgress()
-        } catch {
-            logger.error("Failed to syncFromServer")
-            logger.error(error)
-        }
-        await UIApplication.shared.endBackgroundTask(backgroundToken)
-    }
-    
     
     // MARK: - SYNC LOGIC
     
@@ -164,6 +153,7 @@ class PlayerProgress {
         }
     }
     
+    // TODO: Unused for now
     private func updateLocalSessionFromServerMediaProgress() async throws {
         logger.log("updateLocalSessionFromServerMediaProgress: Checking if local media progress was updated on server")
         guard let session = try Realm(queue: nil).objects(PlaybackSession.self).last(where: {
diff --git a/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift b/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift
index cd498ac21..44e0ddcf4 100644
--- a/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift
+++ b/ios/App/Shared/util/ApiClient.swift
@@ -236,8 +236,10 @@ class ApiClient {
                 if (success) {
                     // Remove sessions from db
                     try playbackSessions.forEach { session in
-                        if let session = session.thaw() {
-                            try session.delete()
+                        if (!session.isActiveSession) {
+                            if let session = session.thaw() {
+                                try session.delete()
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }