diff --git a/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx b/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx
index 44a2f8fab..0846b12f4 100644
--- a/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/internal/videojs.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
+// import { SIMPLE_SITE } from 'config';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import hlsQualitySelector from './plugins/videojs-hls-quality-selector/plugin';
 import recsys from './plugins/videojs-recsys/plugin';
 import qualityLevels from 'videojs-contrib-quality-levels';
 import isUserTyping from 'util/detect-typing';
-import './plugins/videojs-aniview/plugin';
+// import './plugins/videojs-aniview/plugin';
 
 const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     adUrl,
     claimId,
     userId,
-    allowPreRoll,
+    // allowPreRoll,
   } = props;
 
   const [reload, setReload] = useState('initial');
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ export default React.memo<Props>(function VideoJs(props: Props) {
     // This must be initialized earlier than everything else
     // otherwise a race condition occurs if we place this in the onReady call back
     // allow if isDev because otherwise you'll never see ads when basing to master
-    if ((allowPreRoll && SIMPLE_SITE) || isDev) {
-      vjs.aniview();
-    }
+    // if ((allowPreRoll && SIMPLE_SITE) || isDev) {
+    //   vjs.aniview();
+    // }
 
     // fixes #3498 (https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/issues/3498)
     // summary: on firefox the focus would stick to the fullscreen button which caused buggy behavior with spacebar