diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs
index 5360880524..44dd5f1fd9 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs
@@ -204,58 +204,6 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
                 if (isHeadRequest)
                 {
                     dynamicHlsController.Request.Method = HttpMethod.Head.Method;
-                    return await dynamicHlsController.GetMasterHlsAudioPlaylist(
-                        itemId,
-                        ".m3u8",
-                        isStatic,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        playbackInfoResult.Value.PlaySessionId,
-                        // fallback to mpegts if device reports some weird value unsupported by hls
-                        Array.Exists(supportedHlsContainers, element => element == transcodingContainer) ? transcodingContainer : "mpegts",
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        mediaSource.Id,
-                        deviceId,
-                        transcodingProfile.AudioCodec,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        transcodingProfile.BreakOnNonKeyFrames,
-                        maxAudioSampleRate,
-                        maxAudioBitDepth,
-                        null,
-                        isStatic ? (int?)null : Convert.ToInt32(Math.Min(maxStreamingBitrate ?? 192000, int.MaxValue)),
-                        maxAudioChannels,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        startTimeTicks,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Hls,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        mediaSource.TranscodeReasons == null ? null : string.Join(",", mediaSource.TranscodeReasons.Select(i => i.ToString()).ToArray()),
-                        null,
-                        null,
-                        EncodingContext.Static,
-                        new Dictionary<string, string>())
-                        .ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
                 return await dynamicHlsController.GetMasterHlsAudioPlaylist(
@@ -331,57 +279,6 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
                 if (isHeadRequest)
                 {
                     audioController.Request.Method = HttpMethod.Head.Method;
-                    return await audioController.GetAudioStream(
-                            itemId,
-                            isStatic ? null : ("." + mediaSource.TranscodingContainer),
-                            isStatic,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            playbackInfoResult.Value.PlaySessionId,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            mediaSource.Id,
-                            deviceId,
-                            audioCodec,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            breakOnNonKeyFrames,
-                            maxAudioSampleRate,
-                            maxAudioBitDepth,
-                            isStatic ? (int?)null : Convert.ToInt32(Math.Min(maxStreamingBitrate ?? 192000, int.MaxValue)),
-                            null,
-                            maxAudioChannels,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            startTimeTicks,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            SubtitleDeliveryMethod.Embed,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            mediaSource.TranscodeReasons == null ? null : string.Join(",", mediaSource.TranscodeReasons.Select(i => i.ToString()).ToArray()),
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null,
-                            null)
-                        .ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
 
                 return await audioController.GetAudioStream(