diff --git a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
index 8b738f710595..fcb715c16d38 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
+++ b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp
@@ -3747,10 +3747,6 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::seekWithTolerance(const SeekTarget& target, bool fromDOM)
     refreshCachedTime();
     MediaTime now = currentMediaTime();
 
-    // Needed to detect a special case in updatePlayState().
-    if (now >= durationMediaTime())
-        m_seekAfterPlaybackEnded = true;
-
     // 3 - If the element's seeking IDL attribute is true, then another instance of this algorithm is
     // already running. Abort that other instance of the algorithm without waiting for the step that
     // it is running to complete.
@@ -3938,8 +3934,6 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::finishSeek()
 #endif
     if (wasPlayingBeforeSeeking)
         playInternal();
-
-    m_seekAfterPlaybackEnded = false;
 }
 
 HTMLMediaElement::ReadyState HTMLMediaElement::readyState() const
@@ -4377,10 +4371,8 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::playInternal()
     if (!m_player || m_networkState == NETWORK_EMPTY)
         selectMediaResource();
 
-    if (endedPlayback()) {
-        m_seekAfterPlaybackEnded = true;
+    if (endedPlayback())
         seekInternal(MediaTime::zeroTime());
-    }
 
     if (RefPtr mediaController = m_mediaController)
         mediaController->bringElementUpToSpeed(*this);
@@ -6366,17 +6358,7 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::updatePlayState()
     if (shouldBePlaying) {
         invalidateCachedTime();
 
-        // Play is always allowed, except when seeking (to avoid unpausing the video by mistake until the
-        // target time is reached). However, there are some exceptional situations when we allow playback
-        // during seek. This is because GStreamer-based implementation have a design limitation that doesn't
-        // allow initial seeks (seeking before going to playing state), and these exceptions make things
-        // work for those platforms.
-        bool isLooping = loop() && m_lastSeekTime == MediaTime::zeroTime();
-        bool playExceptionsWhenSeeking = m_seeking && (m_firstTimePlaying
-            || isLooping || m_isResumingPlayback || m_seekAfterPlaybackEnded);
-        bool allowPlay = !m_seeking || playExceptionsWhenSeeking;
-
-        if (playerPaused && allowPlay) {
+        if (playerPaused) {
             mediaSession().clientWillBeginPlayback();
 
             // Set rate, muted and volume before calling play in case they were set before the media engine was set up.
@@ -8927,11 +8909,8 @@ void HTMLMediaElement::resumeAutoplaying()
 void HTMLMediaElement::mayResumePlayback(bool shouldResume)
 {
     ALWAYS_LOG(LOGIDENTIFIER, "paused = ", paused());
-    if (!ended() && paused() && shouldResume) {
-        m_isResumingPlayback = true;
+    if (!ended() && paused() && shouldResume)
         play();
-        m_isResumingPlayback = false;
-    }
 }
 
 String HTMLMediaElement::mediaSessionTitle() const
diff --git a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.h b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.h
index 69ac6be45996..b7a8be6c55f4 100644
--- a/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.h
+++ b/Source/WebCore/html/HTMLMediaElement.h
@@ -1282,8 +1282,6 @@ class HTMLMediaElement
     bool m_volumeLocked : 1;
     bool m_cachedIsInVisibilityAdjustmentSubtree : 1 { false };
     bool m_requiresTextTrackRepresentation : 1 { false };
-    bool m_isResumingPlayback : 1 { false };
-    bool m_seekAfterPlaybackEnded : 1 { false };
 
     IntRect m_textTrackRepresentationBounds;