diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7fb50032..7e7363f5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "socket.io": "^2.0.3",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.0",
     "sprintf-js": "^1.0.3",
-    "status-message-polyfill": "git://github.com/calzoneman/status-message-polyfill",
     "toml": "^2.3.0",
     "uuid": "^2.0.1",
     "yamljs": "^0.2.8"
diff --git a/src/ffmpeg.js b/src/ffmpeg.js
index b98ac69c..6c39ec71 100644
--- a/src/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/src/ffmpeg.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ var https = require("https");
 var http = require("http");
 var urlparse = require("url");
 var path = require("path");
-require("status-message-polyfill");
 
 const LOGGER = require('@calzoneman/jsli')('ffmpeg');