diff --git a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-audio-capture.m b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-audio-capture.m
index 595e46b7261b22..0b7a2662b10586 100644
--- a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-audio-capture.m
+++ b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-audio-capture.m
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
                 MACCAP_ERR("destroy_audio_screen_stream: Failed to stop stream with error %s\n",
                            [[error localizedFailureReason] cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
             }
-            os_event_signal(sc->disp_finished);
         }];
-        os_event_wait(sc->disp_finished);
     }
 
     if (sc->stream_properties) {
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@
         sc->disp = NULL;
     }
 
-    os_event_destroy(sc->disp_finished);
     os_event_destroy(sc->stream_start_completed);
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +149,6 @@
         sc->disp = NULL;
         return !did_add_output;
     }
-    os_event_init(&sc->disp_finished, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
     os_event_init(&sc->stream_start_completed, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
 
     __block BOOL did_stream_start = false;
diff --git a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-common.h b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-common.h
index 6bbd0a6e822694..9c9ee0890f60e7 100644
--- a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-common.h
+++ b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-common.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct API_AVAILABLE(macos(12.5)) screen_capture {
     SCShareableContent *shareable_content;
     ScreenCaptureDelegate *capture_delegate;
 
-    os_event_t *disp_finished;
     os_event_t *stream_start_completed;
     os_sem_t *shareable_content_available;
     IOSurfaceRef current, prev;
diff --git a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-video-capture.m b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-video-capture.m
index 2b34851e959f8d..ebafb252fd38f4 100644
--- a/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-video-capture.m
+++ b/plugins/mac-capture/mac-sck-video-capture.m
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
                 MACCAP_ERR("destroy_screen_stream: Failed to stop stream with error %s\n",
                            [[error localizedFailureReason] cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]);
             }
-            os_event_signal(sc->disp_finished);
         }];
-        os_event_wait(sc->disp_finished);
     }
 
     if (sc->stream_properties) {
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@
         sc->disp = NULL;
     }
 
-    os_event_destroy(sc->disp_finished);
     os_event_destroy(sc->stream_start_completed);
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +107,6 @@
                 MACCAP_ERR("init_screen_stream: Invalid target display ID:  %u\n", sc->display);
                 os_sem_post(sc->shareable_content_available);
                 sc->disp = NULL;
-                os_event_init(&sc->disp_finished, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
                 os_event_init(&sc->stream_start_completed, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
                 return true;
             }
@@ -152,7 +148,6 @@
                 MACCAP_ERR("init_screen_stream: Invalid target window ID:  %u\n", sc->window);
                 os_sem_post(sc->shareable_content_available);
                 sc->disp = NULL;
-                os_event_init(&sc->disp_finished, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
                 os_event_init(&sc->stream_start_completed, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
                 return true;
             } else {
@@ -172,7 +167,6 @@
                 MACCAP_ERR("init_screen_stream: Invalid target display ID:  %u\n", sc->display);
                 os_sem_post(sc->shareable_content_available);
                 sc->disp = NULL;
-                os_event_init(&sc->disp_finished, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
                 os_event_init(&sc->stream_start_completed, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
                 return true;
             }
@@ -217,7 +211,6 @@
         if (sc->capture_type != ScreenCaptureWindowStream) {
             sc->disp = NULL;
             [content_filter release];
-            os_event_init(&sc->disp_finished, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
             os_event_init(&sc->stream_start_completed, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
             return true;
         }
@@ -250,7 +243,6 @@
             return !did_add_output;
         }
     }
-    os_event_init(&sc->disp_finished, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
     os_event_init(&sc->stream_start_completed, OS_EVENT_TYPE_MANUAL);
 
     __block BOOL did_stream_start = NO;