diff --git a/app/models/room.rb b/app/models/room.rb
index 52bf5262..a83f4eed 100644
--- a/app/models/room.rb
+++ b/app/models/room.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ class Room < ApplicationRecord
     # Generate the join URL.
     join_opts = {}
     join_opts[:userID] = uid if uid
-    join_opts[:joinViaHtml5] = true if Rails.configuration.html5_enabled
 
     bbb.join_meeting_url(bbb_id, name, password, join_opts)
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/html5.rb b/config/initializers/html5.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 635767a5..00000000
--- a/config/initializers/html5.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# Send a request to check if the HTML5 client is enabled on the BigBlueButton server.
-uri = URI.parse(Rails.configuration.bigbluebutton_endpoint.gsub('bigbluebutton/api', 'html5client/check'))
-res = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
-
-# Set the HTML5 status.
-Rails.application.config.html5_enabled = (res.code.to_i == 200)
diff --git a/spec/models/room_spec.rb b/spec/models/room_spec.rb
index 12f0df90..6cb8a7d6 100644
--- a/spec/models/room_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/room_spec.rb
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ describe Room, type: :model do
       endpoint = Rails.configuration.bigbluebutton_endpoint
       secret = Rails.configuration.bigbluebutton_secret
       fullname = "fullName=Example"
-      html = Rails.configuration.html5_enabled ? "&joinViaHtml5=true" : ""
       meeting_id = "&meetingID=#{@room.bbb_id}"
       password = "&password=testpass"
 
-      query = fullname + html + meeting_id + password
+      query = fullname + meeting_id + password
       checksum_string = "join#{query + secret}"
 
       checksum = OpenSSL::Digest.digest('sha1', checksum_string).unpack("H*").first