diff --git a/core/js/eventsource.js b/core/js/eventsource.js
index 0c2a995f331..f783ade7ae9 100644
--- a/core/js/eventsource.js
+++ b/core/js/eventsource.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ OC.EventSource=function(src,data){
 			dataStr+=name+'='+encodeURIComponent(data[name])+'&';
 		}
 	}
-	dataStr+='requesttoken='+OC.EventSource.requesttoken;
+	dataStr+='requesttoken='+oc_requesttoken;
 	if(!this.useFallBack && typeof EventSource !='undefined'){
 		var joinChar = '&';
 		if(src.indexOf('?') == -1) {
diff --git a/core/templates/update.php b/core/templates/update.php
index c9f3144f257..c65230db0d6 100644
--- a/core/templates/update.php
+++ b/core/templates/update.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 </ul>
 <script>
 	$(document).ready(function () {
-		OC.EventSource.requesttoken = oc_requesttoken;
 		var updateEventSource = new OC.EventSource(OC.webroot+'/core/ajax/update.php');
 		updateEventSource.listen('success', function(message) {
 			$('<span>').append(message).append('<br />').appendTo($('.update'));