diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee
index 4b265d20c8..b83cda80d6 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/video/display/video_player.coffee
@@ -24,27 +24,13 @@ class @VideoPlayer extends Subview
       @toggleFullScreen(event)
 
   render: ->
-    @control = new VideoControl el: @$('.video-controls')
-    @caption = new VideoCaption
-        el: @el
-        youtubeId: @video.youtubeId('1.0')
-        currentSpeed: @currentSpeed()
-        captionDataDir: @video.caption_data_dir
-    unless onTouchBasedDevice()
-      @volumeControl = new VideoVolumeControl el: @$('.secondary-controls')
-    @speedControl = new VideoSpeedControl el: @$('.secondary-controls'), speeds: @video.speeds, currentSpeed: @currentSpeed()
-    @progressSlider = new VideoProgressSlider el: @$('.slider')
-    @player = new YT.Player @video.id,
-      playerVars:
-        controls: 0
-        wmode: 'transparent'
-        rel: 0
-        showinfo: 0
-        enablejsapi: 1
-      videoId: @video.youtubeId()
-      events:
-        onReady: @onReady
-        onStateChange: @onStateChange
+    params = { allowScriptAccess: "always" };
+    atts = { id: @videoid };
+    youtubeId = @video.youtubeId()
+
+    swfobject.embedSWF("https://www.youtube.com/v/#{youtubeId}?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer&rel=0&modestbranding=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0",
+                         @video.id, "425", "356", "9", null, null, params, atts )
+
 
   addToolTip: ->
     @$('.add-fullscreen, .hide-subtitles').qtip
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 3cfaae940d..f4e007d926 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@ courseware_only_js += [
 main_vendor_js = [
   'js/vendor/jquery.min.js',
   'js/vendor/jquery-ui.min.js',
-  'js/vendor/swfobject/swfobject.js',
   'js/vendor/jquery.cookie.js',
   'js/vendor/jquery.qtip.min.js',
+  'js/vendor/swfobject/swfobject.js',
 ]
 
 discussion_js = sorted(glob2.glob(PROJECT_ROOT / 'static/coffee/src/discussion/*.coffee'))
diff --git a/lms/templates/video.html b/lms/templates/video.html
index bd3ec77fbe..25652e51fa 100644
--- a/lms/templates/video.html
+++ b/lms/templates/video.html
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   <h2> ${display_name} </h2>
 % endif
 
+<script type="text/javascript" src="/static/js/vendor/swfobject/swfobject.js"></script>
+
 <div id="video_${id}" class="video" data-streams="${streams}" data-caption-data-dir="${data_dir}" data-show-captions="${show_captions}">
   <div class="tc-wrapper">
     <article class="video-wrapper">