diff --git a/playback/src/decoder/mod.rs b/playback/src/decoder/mod.rs
index f980b680..6d82cbc4 100644
--- a/playback/src/decoder/mod.rs
+++ b/playback/src/decoder/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::ops::Deref;
-
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "passthrough-decoder")]
@@ -58,22 +56,9 @@ impl AudioPacket {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct AudioPacketPosition {
-    pub position_ms: u32,
-    pub skipped: bool,
-}
-
-impl Deref for AudioPacketPosition {
-    type Target = u32;
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.position_ms
-    }
-}
-
 pub trait AudioDecoder {
     fn seek(&mut self, position_ms: u32) -> Result<u32, DecoderError>;
-    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> DecoderResult<Option<(AudioPacketPosition, AudioPacket)>>;
+    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> DecoderResult<Option<(u32, AudioPacket)>>;
 }
 
 impl From<DecoderError> for librespot_core::error::Error {
diff --git a/playback/src/decoder/passthrough_decoder.rs b/playback/src/decoder/passthrough_decoder.rs
index 59a72163..43cf7433 100644
--- a/playback/src/decoder/passthrough_decoder.rs
+++ b/playback/src/decoder/passthrough_decoder.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::{
 // TODO: move this to the Symphonia Ogg demuxer
 use ogg::{OggReadError, Packet, PacketReader, PacketWriteEndInfo, PacketWriter};
 
-use super::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, AudioPacketPosition, DecoderError, DecoderResult};
+use super::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, DecoderError, DecoderResult};
 
 use crate::{
     metadata::audio::{AudioFileFormat, AudioFiles},
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> AudioDecoder for PassthroughDecoder<R> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> DecoderResult<Option<(AudioPacketPosition, AudioPacket)>> {
+    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> DecoderResult<Option<(u32, AudioPacket)>> {
         // write headers if we are (re)starting
         if !self.bos {
             self.wtr
@@ -207,14 +207,10 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> AudioDecoder for PassthroughDecoder<R> {
 
             if !data.is_empty() {
                 let position_ms = Self::position_pcm_to_ms(pckgp_page);
-                let packet_position = AudioPacketPosition {
-                    position_ms,
-                    skipped: false,
-                };
 
                 let ogg_data = AudioPacket::Raw(std::mem::take(data));
 
-                return Ok(Some((packet_position, ogg_data)));
+                return Ok(Some((position_ms, ogg_data)));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/playback/src/decoder/symphonia_decoder.rs b/playback/src/decoder/symphonia_decoder.rs
index 1a4aecab..c716f7e6 100644
--- a/playback/src/decoder/symphonia_decoder.rs
+++ b/playback/src/decoder/symphonia_decoder.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use symphonia::{
     },
 };
 
-use super::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, AudioPacketPosition, DecoderError, DecoderResult};
+use super::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, DecoderError, DecoderResult};
 
 use crate::{
     metadata::audio::{AudioFileFormat, AudioFiles},
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ impl AudioDecoder for SymphoniaDecoder {
         Ok(self.ts_to_ms(seeked_to_ts.actual_ts))
     }
 
-    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> DecoderResult<Option<(AudioPacketPosition, AudioPacket)>> {
-        let mut skipped = false;
-
+    fn next_packet(&mut self) -> DecoderResult<Option<(u32, AudioPacket)>> {
         loop {
             let packet = match self.format.next_packet() {
                 Ok(packet) => packet,
@@ -184,10 +182,6 @@ impl AudioDecoder for SymphoniaDecoder {
             };
 
             let position_ms = self.ts_to_ms(packet.ts());
-            let packet_position = AudioPacketPosition {
-                position_ms,
-                skipped,
-            };
 
             match self.decoder.decode(&packet) {
                 Ok(decoded) => {
@@ -203,13 +197,12 @@ impl AudioDecoder for SymphoniaDecoder {
                     sample_buffer.copy_interleaved_ref(decoded);
                     let samples = AudioPacket::Samples(sample_buffer.samples().to_vec());
 
-                    return Ok(Some((packet_position, samples)));
+                    return Ok(Some((position_ms, samples)));
                 }
                 Err(Error::DecodeError(_)) => {
                     // The packet failed to decode due to corrupted or invalid data, get a new
                     // packet and try again.
                     warn!("Skipping malformed audio packet at {position_ms} ms");
-                    skipped = true;
                     continue;
                 }
                 Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
diff --git a/playback/src/player.rs b/playback/src/player.rs
index c993f5f6..5d166221 100644
--- a/playback/src/player.rs
+++ b/playback/src/player.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use crate::{
     audio_backend::Sink,
     config::{Bitrate, PlayerConfig},
     core::{util::SeqGenerator, Error, Session, SpotifyId},
-    decoder::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, AudioPacketPosition, SymphoniaDecoder},
+    decoder::{AudioDecoder, AudioPacket, SymphoniaDecoder},
     metadata::audio::{AudioFileFormat, AudioFiles, AudioItem},
     mixer::VolumeGetter,
     sample_pipeline::SamplePipeline,
@@ -1149,9 +1149,7 @@ impl Future for PlayerInternal {
                 {
                     match decoder.next_packet() {
                         Ok(result) => {
-                            if let Some((ref packet_position, ref packet)) = result {
-                                let decoder_position_ms = packet_position.position_ms;
-
+                            if let Some((decoder_position_ms, ref packet)) = result {
                                 *stream_position_ms =
                                     decoder_position_ms.saturating_sub(sample_pipeline_latency_ms);
 
@@ -1416,7 +1414,7 @@ impl PlayerInternal {
         }
     }
 
-    fn handle_packet(&mut self, packet: Option<(AudioPacketPosition, AudioPacket)>) {
+    fn handle_packet(&mut self, packet: Option<(u32, AudioPacket)>) {
         match packet {
             Some((_, packet)) => {
                 if !packet.is_empty() {