diff --git a/mopidy/core/playback.py b/mopidy/core/playback.py
index 8ae7b4d9..6a5b0dc7 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/playback.py
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
         else:
             self.stop(clear_current_track=True)
 
-        if self.core.tracklist.consume:
-            self.core.tracklist.remove(tlid=original_tl_track.tlid)
+        self.core.tracklist.mark_consumed(tlid=original_tl_track.tlid)
 
     def on_tracklist_change(self):
         """
diff --git a/mopidy/core/tracklist.py b/mopidy/core/tracklist.py
index 7207f1a9..8971745e 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/tracklist.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/tracklist.py
@@ -434,6 +434,19 @@ class TracklistController(object):
         """
         return self._tl_tracks[start:end]
 
+    def mark_consumed(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Marks the given track as played.
+
+        :param tl_track: Track to mark
+        :type tl_track: :class:`mopidy.models.TlTrack`
+        :rtype: True if the track was actually removed from the tracklist
+        """
+        if not self.consume:
+            return False
+        self.remove(**kwargs)
+        return True
+
     def _trigger_tracklist_changed(self):
         self._first_shuffle = True
         self._shuffled = []