diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 550b5842ce..fc95fb6619 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ declare namespace dashjs {
         PLAYBACK_PLAYING: 'playbackPlaying';
         PLAYBACK_PROGRESS: 'playbackProgress';
         PLAYBACK_RATE_CHANGED: 'playbackRateChanged';
-        PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED: 'playbackSeekAsked';
         PLAYBACK_SEEKED: 'playbackSeeked';
         PLAYBACK_SEEKING: 'playbackSeeking';
         PLAYBACK_STALLED: 'playbackStalled';
diff --git a/src/mss/MssHandler.js b/src/mss/MssHandler.js
index a1a29fb52a..8ff21f9e0e 100644
--- a/src/mss/MssHandler.js
+++ b/src/mss/MssHandler.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function MssHandler(config) {
         }
     }
 
-    function onPlaybackSeekAsked() {
+    function onPlaybackSeeking() {
         if (playbackController.getIsDynamic() && playbackController.getTime() !== 0) {
             startFragmentInfoControllers();
         }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function MssHandler(config) {
     function registerEvents() {
         eventBus.on(events.INIT_FRAGMENT_NEEDED, onInitFragmentNeeded, instance, { priority: dashjs.FactoryMaker.getSingletonFactoryByName(eventBus.getClassName()).EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGH }); /* jshint ignore:line */
         eventBus.on(events.PLAYBACK_PAUSED, onPlaybackPaused, instance, { priority: dashjs.FactoryMaker.getSingletonFactoryByName(eventBus.getClassName()).EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGH }); /* jshint ignore:line */
-        eventBus.on(events.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED, onPlaybackSeekAsked, instance, { priority: dashjs.FactoryMaker.getSingletonFactoryByName(eventBus.getClassName()).EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGH }); /* jshint ignore:line */
+        eventBus.on(events.PLAYBACK_SEEKING, onPlaybackSeeking, instance, { priority: dashjs.FactoryMaker.getSingletonFactoryByName(eventBus.getClassName()).EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGH }); /* jshint ignore:line */
         eventBus.on(events.FRAGMENT_LOADING_COMPLETED, onSegmentMediaLoaded, instance, { priority: dashjs.FactoryMaker.getSingletonFactoryByName(eventBus.getClassName()).EVENT_PRIORITY_HIGH }); /* jshint ignore:line */
         eventBus.on(events.TTML_TO_PARSE, onTTMLPreProcess, instance);
     }
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ function MssHandler(config) {
 
         eventBus.off(events.INIT_FRAGMENT_NEEDED, onInitFragmentNeeded, this);
         eventBus.off(events.PLAYBACK_PAUSED, onPlaybackPaused, this);
-        eventBus.off(events.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED, onPlaybackSeekAsked, this);
+        eventBus.off(events.PLAYBACK_SEEKING, onPlaybackSeeking, this);
         eventBus.off(events.FRAGMENT_LOADING_COMPLETED, onSegmentMediaLoaded, this);
         eventBus.off(events.TTML_TO_PARSE, onTTMLPreProcess, this);
 
diff --git a/src/streaming/MediaPlayerEvents.js b/src/streaming/MediaPlayerEvents.js
index f882cf209c..b1694a8d8c 100644
--- a/src/streaming/MediaPlayerEvents.js
+++ b/src/streaming/MediaPlayerEvents.js
@@ -334,12 +334,6 @@ class MediaPlayerEvents extends EventsBase {
          */
         this.PLAYBACK_SEEKING = 'playbackSeeking';
 
-        /**
-         * Sent when a seek operation has been asked.
-         * @event MediaPlayerEvents#PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED
-         */
-        this.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED = 'playbackSeekAsked';
-
         /**
          * Sent when the video element reports stalled
          * @event MediaPlayerEvents#PLAYBACK_STALLED
diff --git a/src/streaming/controllers/PlaybackController.js b/src/streaming/controllers/PlaybackController.js
index ec1529580d..e9158b8894 100644
--- a/src/streaming/controllers/PlaybackController.js
+++ b/src/streaming/controllers/PlaybackController.js
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ function PlaybackController() {
 
         if (!internalSeek) {
             seekTarget = time;
-            eventBus.trigger(Events.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED);
         }
         logger.info('Requesting seek to time: ' + time + (internalSeek ? ' (internal)' : ''));
         videoModel.setCurrentTime(time, stickToBuffered);
diff --git a/test/unit/streaming.controllers.PlaybackControllers.js b/test/unit/streaming.controllers.PlaybackControllers.js
index 63d02c0277..cd958f4328 100644
--- a/test/unit/streaming.controllers.PlaybackControllers.js
+++ b/test/unit/streaming.controllers.PlaybackControllers.js
@@ -258,17 +258,6 @@ describe('PlaybackController', function () {
                 expect(videoModelMock.time).to.equal(10);
             });
 
-            it('should seek and trigger Events.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED event', function (done) {
-
-                let onSeekedAsked = function () {
-                    eventBus.off(Events.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED, onSeekedAsked);
-                    done();
-                };
-                eventBus.on(Events.PLAYBACK_SEEK_ASKED, onSeekedAsked, this);
-
-                playbackController.seek(10);
-            });
-
             it('should return if video is seeking', function () {
                 videoModelMock.isseeking = true;
                 expect(playbackController.isSeeking()).to.equal(videoModelMock.isseeking);