diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index eaffb786..a0a966a0 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -9303,3 +9303,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Now writing the info file before attaching the recorder to the device, to make sure it
   is present when the recorder needs to update the fps value.
 - Making sure the Schedules menu has a proper title, even if it is empty.
+- Removed sending the SVDRP command UPDR to peer VDRs whenever a change is made to the
+  recordings in the video directory (which was introduced in version 2.3.8), because it
+  triggered re-reading the video directory too fast.
diff --git a/UPDATE-2.4.0 b/UPDATE-2.4.0
index 4da81ba3..a695aa95 100644
--- a/UPDATE-2.4.0
+++ b/UPDATE-2.4.0
@@ -369,10 +369,6 @@ SVDRP:
   ':ids' is given.
 - If 0 is given as the channel number in the SVDRP command LSTC, the data of the
   current channel is listed.
-- Whenever a change is made to the recordings in the video directory, the SVDRP command
-  UPDR is now sent to all peer VDRs, so that they will update their recordings list.
-  This is especially useful if one VDR mounts the video directory of an other one into
-  a subdirectory.
 - The new SVDRP commands 'LSTD' and 'PRIM' can be used to list all available devices
   and to switch the primary device.
 
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 9cd47687..3cff2bb7 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 4.20 2018/02/13 08:44:19 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 4.21 2018/03/09 15:30:52 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -1501,7 +1501,6 @@ void cRecordings::TouchUpdate(void)
   TouchFile(UpdateFileName());
   if (!needsUpdate)
      lastUpdate = time(NULL); // make sure we don't trigger ourselves
-  BroadcastSVDRPCommand("UPDR");
 }
 
 bool cRecordings::NeedsUpdate(void)