diff --git a/cms/envs/common.py b/cms/envs/common.py
index 90e15186d74a52d2c2c547701424547b5d3c0048..3f322b500179174d21323f468e416d31644502e9 100644
--- a/cms/envs/common.py
+++ b/cms/envs/common.py
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ MITX_FEATURES = {
     'SEGMENT_IO': True,
 
     # Enable URL that shows information about the status of various services
-    'ENABLE_SERVICE_STATUS': False
+    'ENABLE_SERVICE_STATUS': False,
+
+    # We're in the CMS.
+    'IN_CMS': True
 }
 ENABLE_JASMINE = False
 
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 f02386dc43a07fdb60facf24233c42f0f64e8611..47f822bd927935d008672f86444a784cee687657 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
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class @VideoPlayer extends Subview
         at: 'top center'
 
   onReady: (event) =>
-    unless onTouchBasedDevice() or $('#in_lms').hasClass('false')
+    unless onTouchBasedDevice() or $('.video:first').data('in-cms')
       $('.video-load-complete:first').data('video').player.play()
 
   onStateChange: (event) =>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py
index 9e2ca892e26312f6f5cdee40ff55f1b3da988021..f902a9665bef0d4aa55d87262d271f02a7345b8c 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/video_module.py
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ class VideoModule(VideoFields, XModule):
             'show_captions': self.show_captions,
             'start': self.start_time,
             'end': self.end_time,
-            'normal_speed_video_id': normal_speed_video_id,
-            'in_lms': not self.system.debug
+            'normal_speed_video_id': normal_speed_video_id
         })
 
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/video.html b/lms/templates/video.html
index 558c7acec2743be523516a477b867b5bfc27e865..0bbcf046cddd90d6bbf5adaca17660b8a475e3b9 100644
--- a/lms/templates/video.html
+++ b/lms/templates/video.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
            width="640" height="390"></embed>
   </object>
 %else:
-  <div id="video_${id}" class="video" data-streams="${streams}" data-show-captions="${show_captions}" data-start="${start}" data-end="${end}" data-caption-asset-path="${caption_asset_path}">
+  <div id="video_${id}" class="video" data-streams="${streams}" data-show-captions="${show_captions}" data-start="${start}" data-end="${end}" data-caption-asset-path="${caption_asset_path}" data-in-cms="${settings.MITX_FEATURES.get('IN_CMS', False)}">
     <div class="tc-wrapper">
       <article class="video-wrapper">
         <section class="video-player">
@@ -39,9 +39,3 @@
   <p>Download subtitles <a href="${track}">here</a>.</p>
 </div>
 % endif
-
-%if in_lms:
-<div id="in_lms" class="true" style="display: none;"></div>
-%else:
-<div id="in_lms" class="false" style="display: none;"></div>
-%endif