diff --git a/src/playbin.vala b/src/playbin.vala
index 4a836f7..81c956c 100644
--- a/src/playbin.vala
+++ b/src/playbin.vala
@@ -245,7 +245,14 @@ public class Playbin : GLib.Object {
     public void remove_track (uint position)
             requires (position < this._play_queue.get_n_items ())
     {
-        assert (false); // TODO
+        assert (this.mpv.command({"playlist-remove", position.to_string ()}) >= 0);
+        this._play_queue.remove (position);
+        if (this.play_queue_position > position) this.play_queue_position -= 1;
+        if (this.play_queue_position == this._play_queue.get_n_items ()) {
+            // we just killed the last track
+            this.state = PlaybinState.STOPPED;
+            this.stopped ();
+        }
     }
 
     public void clear () {