diff --git a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
index f33f5859..baeac2bf 100644
--- a/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
+++ b/ios/Video/RCTVideo.swift
@@ -312,10 +312,7 @@ class RCTVideo: UIView, RCTVideoPlayerViewControllerDelegate, RCTPlayerObserverH
                     }
 
                     self._player = self._player ?? AVPlayer()
-                    // https://github.com/react-native-video/react-native-video/issues/2744#issuecomment-1237459473
-                    DispatchQueue.global(qos: .default).async { [weak self] in
-                        self?._player?.replaceCurrentItem(with: playerItem)
-                    }
+                    self._player?.replaceCurrentItem(with: playerItem)
                     self._playerObserver.player = self._player
                     self.applyModifiers()
                     self._player?.actionAtItemEnd = .none