diff --git a/qt/aqt/browser/previewer.py b/qt/aqt/browser/previewer.py
index 35314208a..774354070 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/browser/previewer.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/browser/previewer.py
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ class Previewer(QDialog):
             bodyclass = theme_manager.body_classes_for_card_ord(c.ord)
 
             if c.autoplay():
-                AnkiWebView.setPlaybackRequiresGesture(False)
                 if self._show_both_sides:
                     # if we're showing both sides at once, remove any audio
                     # from the answer that's appeared on the question already
@@ -224,7 +223,6 @@ class Previewer(QDialog):
                     audio = c.answer_av_tags()
                 av_player.play_tags(audio)
             else:
-                AnkiWebView.setPlaybackRequiresGesture(True)
                 av_player.clear_queue_and_maybe_interrupt()
 
             txt = self.mw.prepare_card_text_for_display(txt)
diff --git a/qt/aqt/clayout.py b/qt/aqt/clayout.py
index b105397e6..a56a37723 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/clayout.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/clayout.py
@@ -526,14 +526,12 @@ class CardLayout(QDialog):
             self.have_autoplayed = True
 
             if c.autoplay():
-                AnkiWebView.setPlaybackRequiresGesture(False)
                 if self.pform.preview_front.isChecked():
                     audio = c.question_av_tags()
                 else:
                     audio = c.answer_av_tags()
                 av_player.play_tags(audio)
             else:
-                AnkiWebView.setPlaybackRequiresGesture(True)
                 av_player.clear_queue_and_maybe_interrupt()
 
         self.updateCardNames()
diff --git a/qt/aqt/reviewer.py b/qt/aqt/reviewer.py
index 92563c772..7d82b146f 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/reviewer.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/reviewer.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ from aqt.sound import av_player, play_clicked_audio, record_audio
 from aqt.theme import theme_manager
 from aqt.toolbar import BottomBar
 from aqt.utils import askUserDialog, downArrow, qtMenuShortcutWorkaround, tooltip, tr
-from aqt.webview import AnkiWebView
 
 
 class RefreshNeeded(Enum):
@@ -315,12 +314,10 @@ class Reviewer:
         q = c.question()
         # play audio?
         if c.autoplay():
-            AnkiWebView.setPlaybackRequiresGesture(False)
             sounds = c.question_av_tags()
             gui_hooks.reviewer_will_play_question_sounds(c, sounds)
             av_player.play_tags(sounds)
         else:
-            AnkiWebView.setPlaybackRequiresGesture(True)
             av_player.clear_queue_and_maybe_interrupt()
             sounds = []
             gui_hooks.reviewer_will_play_question_sounds(c, sounds)
diff --git a/qt/aqt/webview.py b/qt/aqt/webview.py
index 49e53cc01..d9fd982da 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/webview.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/webview.py
@@ -361,12 +361,6 @@ class AnkiWebView(QWebEngineView):
         newFactor = desiredScale / qtIntScale
         return max(1, newFactor)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def setPlaybackRequiresGesture(value: bool) -> None:
-        QWebEngineSettings.globalSettings().setAttribute(
-            QWebEngineSettings.PlaybackRequiresUserGesture, value
-        )
-
     def _getQtIntScale(self, screen: QWidget) -> int:
         # try to detect if Qt has scaled the screen
         # - qt will round the scale factor to a whole number, so a dpi of 125% = 1x,