diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index a9b6a6d79..66454e5a9 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -962,7 +962,6 @@ function toggleVideo() {
  */
 function toggleAudio() {
     if (!(connection && connection.jingle.localAudio)) {
-        preMuted = true;
         // We still click the button.
         buttonClick("#mute", "icon-microphone icon-mic-disabled");
         return;
diff --git a/videolayout.js b/videolayout.js
index 06e866d95..156e41768 100644
--- a/videolayout.js
+++ b/videolayout.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var VideoLayout = (function (my) {
-    var preMuted = false;
     var currentDominantSpeaker = null;
     var lastNCount = config.channelLastN;
     var lastNEndpointsCache = [];
@@ -14,10 +13,6 @@ var VideoLayout = (function (my) {
         RTC.attachMediaStream($('#localAudio'), stream);
         document.getElementById('localAudio').autoplay = true;
         document.getElementById('localAudio').volume = 0;
-        if (preMuted) {
-            toggleAudio();
-            preMuted = false;
-        }
     };
 
     my.changeLocalVideo = function(stream, flipX) {