diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index 7a40d5bd19..39f3614580 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             }
         }
 
-        protected virtual bool EnableThrottling(StreamState state)
+        private bool EnableThrottling(StreamState state)
         {
             // do not use throttling with hardware encoders
             return state.InputProtocol == MediaProtocol.File &&
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
index 7de3096997..9cd55528d3 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/DynamicHlsService.cs
@@ -922,11 +922,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
                             ).Trim();
         }
 
-        protected override bool EnableThrottling(StreamState state)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the segment file extension.
         /// </summary>