diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 77c418bf..d664872b 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ backends:
 - Remove :attr:`mopidy.core.PlaybackController.track_at_eot`. Use
   :attr:`mopidy.core.PlaybackController.tl_track_at_eot` instead.
 
+- Remove :attr:`mopidy.core.PlaybackController.current_tlid`. Use
+  :attr:`mopidy.core.PlaybackController.current_tl_track` instead.
+
 - Added support for connecting to the Spotify service through an HTTP or SOCKS
   proxy, which is supported by pyspotify >= 1.9.
 
diff --git a/mopidy/core/playback.py b/mopidy/core/playback.py
index 901c7e34..94fd7d4e 100644
--- a/mopidy/core/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/core/playback.py
@@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ class PlaybackController(object):
         uri_scheme = urlparse.urlparse(uri).scheme
         return self.backends.with_playback_by_uri_scheme.get(uri_scheme, None)
 
-    def get_current_tlid(self):
-        return self.current_tl_track and self.current_tl_track.tlid
-
-    current_tlid = property(get_current_tlid)
-    """
-    The TLID (tracklist ID) of the currently playing or selected
-    track.
-
-    Read-only. Extracted from :attr:`current_tl_track` for convenience.
-    """
-
     def get_current_track(self):
         return self.current_tl_track and self.current_tl_track.track
 
diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/current_playlist.py b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/current_playlist.py
index da950078..69e04d4b 100644
--- a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/current_playlist.py
+++ b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/current_playlist.py
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ def deleteid(context, tlid):
         Deletes the song ``SONGID`` from the playlist
     """
     tlid = int(tlid)
-    if context.core.playback.current_tlid.get() == tlid:
+    tl_track = context.core.playback.current_tl_track.get()
+    if tl_track and tl_track.tlid == tlid:
         context.core.playback.next()
     tl_tracks = context.core.tracklist.remove(tlid=tlid).get()
     if not tl_tracks:
diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py
index d166f982..5a4569e1 100644
--- a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py
+++ b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback.py
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ def seek(context, songpos, seconds):
 
     - issues ``seek 1 120`` without quotes around the arguments.
     """
-    if context.core.playback.tracklist_position != songpos:
+    if context.core.playback.tracklist_position.get() != songpos:
         playpos(context, songpos)
-    context.core.playback.seek(int(seconds) * 1000)
+    context.core.playback.seek(int(seconds) * 1000).get()
 
 
 @handle_request(r'^seekid "(?P<tlid>\d+)" "(?P<seconds>\d+)"$')
@@ -343,9 +343,10 @@ def seekid(context, tlid, seconds):
 
         Seeks to the position ``TIME`` (in seconds) of song ``SONGID``.
     """
-    if context.core.playback.current_tlid != tlid:
+    tl_track = context.core.playback.current_tl_track.get()
+    if not tl_track or tl_track.tlid != tlid:
         playid(context, tlid)
-    context.core.playback.seek(int(seconds) * 1000)
+    context.core.playback.seek(int(seconds) * 1000).get()
 
 
 @handle_request(r'^setvol (?P<volume>[-+]*\d+)$')
diff --git a/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback_test.py b/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback_test.py
index f81be241..9bf467f5 100644
--- a/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback_test.py
+++ b/tests/frontends/mpd/protocol/playback_test.py
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class PlaybackControlHandlerTest(protocol.BaseTestCase):
             [Track(uri='dummy:a', length=40000), seek_track])
 
         self.sendRequest('seekid "1" "30"')
-        self.assertEqual(1, self.core.playback.current_tlid.get())
+        self.assertEqual(1, self.core.playback.current_tl_track.get().tlid)
         self.assertEqual(seek_track, self.core.playback.current_track.get())
         self.assertInResponse('OK')