diff --git a/client/src/pages/play.vue b/client/src/pages/play.vue
index df60caa..18b1d72 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/play.vue
+++ b/client/src/pages/play.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div>
     <pre class="json">{{ userJson }}</pre>
-    <pre v-if="gameinfoJson" class="json">{{ gameinfoJson }}</pre>
     <pre class="json">{{ engineJson }}</pre>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -15,9 +14,6 @@ export default {
     userJson() {
       return JSON.stringify(this.$store.state.engine.user, null, 2)
     },
-    gameinfoJson() {
-      return JSON.stringify(this.$store.state.engine.gameinfo, null, 2)
-    },
     engineJson() {
       return JSON.stringify(this.$store.state.engine.json, null, 2)
     },
diff --git a/client/src/plugins/engine.js b/client/src/plugins/engine.js
index 5dd8008..0b0f8d4 100644
--- a/client/src/plugins/engine.js
+++ b/client/src/plugins/engine.js
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ export default (context, inject) => {
         })
         const response = await $axios.get(url)
         store.commit('engine/setJson', response.data)
-
-        const role = store.state.engine.user?.role
-        if (role === "gamemaster" || role === "admin") {
-          const url = buildUrl($config.serverBaseUrl, {
-            path: '/api/gameinfo',
-            queryParams: { g: store.state.engine.user?.game },
-          })
-          const response = await $axios.get(url)
-          store.commit('engine/setGameinfo', response.data)
-        }
       } catch (e) {
         const { status, statusText } = e.response
         if (status != 200) {
diff --git a/client/src/store/engine.js b/client/src/store/engine.js
index 147a176..8db658e 100644
--- a/client/src/store/engine.js
+++ b/client/src/store/engine.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ export const state = () => ({
   json: {},
   version: -1,
   user: undefined,
-  gameinfo: undefined,
 })
 
 export const mutations = {
@@ -16,7 +15,4 @@ export const mutations = {
   setUser(state, user) {
     state.user = user
   },
-  setGameinfo(state, gameinfo) {
-    state.gameinfo = gameinfo
-  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/handler/gameinfo.go b/server/src/handler/gameinfo.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b2d3546..0000000
--- a/server/src/handler/gameinfo.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package handler
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"sirlab.de/go/knyt/user"
-)
-
-type gameLight struct {
-	Players []string `json:"players"`
-}
-
-func (authMux *AuthMux) GetGameInfo(usr *user.User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	gameRef := r.URL.Query().Get("g")
-	gm, err := authMux.app.GetGameById(gameRef)
-	if err != nil {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "game not found")
-		return
-	}
-
-	if !usr.IsGamemaster() || (usr.GetGameId() != gameRef && !usr.IsAdmin()) {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "forbidden")
-		return
-	}
-
-	gmLight := gameLight{
-		Players: gm.GetActivePlayers(),
-	}
-
-	w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	jsonString, _ := json.Marshal(gmLight)
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, string(jsonString))
-}
diff --git a/server/src/knyt.go b/server/src/knyt.go
index bafdb66..dbb74e0 100644
--- a/server/src/knyt.go
+++ b/server/src/knyt.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func main() {
 	mux.PublicHandleFunc("/api/login", mux.Login)
 	mux.PublicHandleFunc("/api/logout", mux.Logout)
 	mux.PrivateHandleFunc("/api/userinfo", mux.GetUserInfo)
-	mux.PrivateHandleFunc("/api/gameinfo", mux.GetGameInfo)
 	mux.PrivateHandleFunc("/api/sync", app.SyncHandler)
 
 	// default handler