diff --git a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/server/collection_methods/slides.js b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/server/collection_methods/slides.js
index a5377982c8..3a2ddc012f 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-html5/app/server/collection_methods/slides.js
+++ b/bigbluebutton-html5/app/server/collection_methods/slides.js
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ this.displayThisSlide = function(meetingId, newSlideId, slideObject) {
       "slide.current": false
     }
   });
-  // for the new slide: remove the version which came with presentation_shared_message from the Collection
-	// to avoid using old data (this message contains everything we need for the new slide)
-  removeSlideFromCollection(meetingId, newSlideId);
-  // add the new slide to the collection
-  return addSlideToCollection(meetingId, presentationId, slideObject);
+
+  Meteor.Slides.update({
+    presentationId: presentationId,
+    "slide.id": newSlideId
+  }, {
+    $set: {
+      "slide.current": true
+    }
+  });
 };
 
 this.addSlideToCollection = function(meetingId, presentationId, slideObject) {
@@ -48,23 +52,6 @@ this.addSlideToCollection = function(meetingId, presentationId, slideObject) {
   }
 };
 
-this.removeSlideFromCollection = function(meetingId, slideId) {
-  let id;
-  if((meetingId != null) && (slideId != null) && (Meteor.Slides.findOne({
-    meetingId: meetingId,
-    "slide.id": slideId
-  }) != null)) {
-    id = Meteor.Slides.findOne({
-      meetingId: meetingId,
-      "slide.id": slideId
-    });
-    if(id != null) {
-      Meteor.Slides.remove(id._id);
-      return Meteor.log.info(`----removed slide[${slideId}] from ${meetingId}`);
-    }
-  }
-};
-
 // called on server start and meeting end
 this.clearSlidesCollection = function(meetingId) {
   if(meetingId != null) {