diff --git a/www/common/realtime-input.js b/www/common/realtime-input.js
index 6807879fb..31ac6fbec 100644
--- a/www/common/realtime-input.js
+++ b/www/common/realtime-input.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ define([
         var doc = config.doc || null;
 
         // trying to deprecate onRemote, prefer loading it via the conf
-        onRemote = config.onRemote || onRemote;
+        onRemote = config.onRemote || null;
 
         transformFunction = config.transformFunction || null;