diff --git a/conference.js b/conference.js
index 3bfdf16ae..4386e0878 100644
--- a/conference.js
+++ b/conference.js
@@ -1133,27 +1133,26 @@ export default {
         room.on(ConferenceEvents.CONNECTION_STATS, function (stats) {
             ConnectionQuality.updateLocalStats(stats);
         });
-        ConnectionQuality.addListener(
-            CQEvents.LOCALSTATS_UPDATED,
+
+        ConnectionQuality.addListener(CQEvents.LOCALSTATS_UPDATED,
             (percent, stats) => {
                 APP.UI.updateLocalStats(percent, stats);
+                room.broadcastEndpointMessage({
+                    type: this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY,
+                    values: stats });
+            });
 
-                // send local stats to other users
-                room.sendCommandOnce(this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY,
-                {
-                    children: ConnectionQuality.convertToMUCStats(stats),
-                    attributes: {
-                        xmlns: 'http://jitsi.org/jitmeet/stats'
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        );
-
-        // listen to remote stats
-        room.addCommandListener(this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY,
-            (values, from) => {
-                ConnectionQuality.updateRemoteStats(from, values);
-        });
+        room.on(ConferenceEvents.ENDPOINT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED,
+            (participant, payload) => {
+                switch(payload.type) {
+                    case this.commands.defaults.CONNECTION_QUALITY:
+                        ConnectionQuality.updateRemoteStats(participant.getId(),
+                            payload.values);
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        console.warn("Unknown datachannel message", payload);
+                }
+            });
 
         ConnectionQuality.addListener(CQEvents.REMOTESTATS_UPDATED,
             (id, percent, stats) => {
diff --git a/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js b/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
index 91b44a03d..7bcceca2c 100644
--- a/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
+++ b/modules/connectionquality/connectionquality.js
@@ -28,39 +28,6 @@ var localConnectionQuality = 100;
  */
 var remoteConnectionQuality = {};
 
-/**
- * Converts statistics to format used by VideoLayout
- * @param stats
- * @returns {{bitrate: {download: *, upload: *}, packetLoss: {total: *, download: *, upload: *}}}
- */
-function parseMUCStats(stats) {
-    if(!stats || !stats.children || !stats.children.length)
-        return null;
-    var children = stats.children;
-    var extractedStats = {};
-    children.forEach((child) => {
-        if(child.tagName !== "stat" || !child.attributes)
-            return;
-        var attrKeys = Object.keys(child.attributes);
-        if(!attrKeys || !attrKeys.length)
-            return;
-        attrKeys.forEach((attr) => {
-            extractedStats[attr] = child.attributes[attr];
-        });
-    });
-    return {
-        bitrate: {
-            download: extractedStats.bitrate_download,
-            upload: extractedStats.bitrate_upload
-        },
-        packetLoss: {
-            total: extractedStats.packetLoss_total,
-            download: extractedStats.packetLoss_download,
-            upload: extractedStats.packetLoss_upload
-        }
-    };
-}
-
 /**
  * Calculates the quality percent based on passed new and old value.
  * @param newVal the new value
@@ -90,8 +57,7 @@ export default {
      * @param data the statistics
      */
     updateRemoteStats: function (id, data) {
-        data = parseMUCStats(data);
-        if (!data || !data.packetLoss || !data.packetLoss.total) {
+        if (!data || !("packetLoss" in data) || !("total" in data.packetLoss)) {
             eventEmitter.emit(CQEvents.REMOTESTATS_UPDATED, id, null, null);
             return;
         }
@@ -115,24 +81,5 @@ export default {
 
     addListener: function (type, listener) {
         eventEmitter.on(type, listener);
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Converts statistics to format for sending through XMPP
-     * @param stats the statistics
-     * @returns [{tagName: "stat", attributes: {{bitrate_donwload: *}},
-     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ bitrate_uplpoad: *}},
-     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ packetLoss_total: *}},
-     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ packetLoss_download: *}},
-     * {tagName: "stat", attributes: {{ packetLoss_upload: *}}]
-     */
-    convertToMUCStats: function (stats) {
-        return [
-            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"bitrate_download": stats.bitrate.download}},
-            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"bitrate_upload": stats.bitrate.upload}},
-            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"packetLoss_total": stats.packetLoss.total}},
-            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"packetLoss_download": stats.packetLoss.download}},
-            {tagName: "stat", attributes: {"packetLoss_upload": stats.packetLoss.upload}}
-        ];
     }
 };