diff --git a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
index c8bf39118f9a4365d574291a7684c52028f69d65..77183241236be67e2f0e845f24967c768d651704 100644
--- a/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/ui/MainWindow.cc
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void MainWindow::_buildCommonWidgets(void)
 
     // Log player
     // TODO: Make this optional with a preferences setting or under a "View" menu
-    logPlayer = new QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer(MAVLinkProtocol::instance(), statusBar());
+    logPlayer = new QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer(statusBar());
     statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(logPlayer);
 
     // In order for Qt to save and restore state of widgets all widgets must be created ahead of time. We only create the QDockWidget
diff --git a/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.cc b/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.cc
index 9b942f556ef5fd92c343942a7691ae6ab3594955..eaf7d5f11ded2ca8b0f3fa2f6bccd11b50c4667d 100644
--- a/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.cc
+++ b/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.cc
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@
 #include "QGCFileDialog.h"
 #include "QGCMessageBox.h"
 
-QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer::QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer(MAVLinkProtocol* mavlink, QWidget *parent) :
+QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer::QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer(QWidget *parent) :
     QWidget(parent),
     _replayLink(NULL),
     _ui(new Ui::QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer)
-{
-    Q_ASSERT(mavlink);
-    
+{    
     _ui->setupUi(this);
     _ui->horizontalLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.h b/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.h
index 181355b5caf2a4f810f673cd0a64d1075755de4a..a347e931ad620f6cf44026cd2689d1ae08401555 100644
--- a/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.h
+++ b/src/ui/QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer : public QWidget
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer(MAVLinkProtocol* mavlink, QWidget *parent = 0);
+    explicit QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer(QWidget *parent = 0);
     ~QGCMAVLinkLogPlayer();
 
 private slots: