diff --git a/e2e/regression/realtime-collaboration.spec.ts b/e2e/regression/realtime-collaboration.spec.ts
index af1aa78..7b7b40d 100644
--- a/e2e/regression/realtime-collaboration.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/regression/realtime-collaboration.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
-import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext, type Browser } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test, expect, type APIRequestContext, type Browser, type Request } from "@playwright/test";
 
 const APP_URL = process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL ?? "http://localhost:3000";
 const SUPABASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL ?? process.env.SUPABASE_URL ?? "http://127.0.0.1:54321";
@@ -293,4 +293,45 @@ test.describe("Realtime collaboration and series participation", () => {
       await deleteAuthUser(request, participantId);
     }
   });
+
+  test("meeting page relies on realtime, not a 2s polling timer", async ({
+    browser,
+    request,
+  }) => {
+    const orgId = await getCurrentOrgId(request);
+    const seriesId = await createSeries(request, orgId, `No-poll meeting ${Date.now()}`);
+    const meetingId = await createMeeting(request, seriesId, "live");
+
+    try {
+      await addSeriesParticipant(request, seriesId, TEST_USER_ID, "owner");
+      const { context, page } = await newAuthedPage(browser, request, TEST_USER_EMAIL);
+
+      try {
+        await page.goto(`${APP_URL}/series/${seriesId}/meetings/${meetingId}`);
+        await expect(page.getByText("Live").first()).toBeVisible();
+
+        // Let the initial load and any refetch-on-mount settle.
+        await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
+
+        // Count meeting refetches during a quiet, idle window. The removed
+        // setInterval(refreshMeeting, 2000) fired roughly twice in 5s, each
+        // invalidating the meeting detail and list queries, so the old code
+        // produced several /rest/v1/meetings refetches here. Realtime is
+        // event-driven, so an idle page must issue none.
+        let meetingFetches = 0;
+        const onRequest = (req: Request) => {
+          if (req.url().includes("/rest/v1/meetings?select=")) meetingFetches += 1;
+        };
+        page.on("request", onRequest);
+        await page.waitForTimeout(5000);
+        page.off("request", onRequest);
+
+        expect(meetingFetches).toBeLessThan(2);
+      } finally {
+        await context.close();
+      }
+    } finally {
+      await rest(request, `meeting_series?id=eq.${seriesId}`, { method: "DELETE", headers: serviceHeaders("return=minimal") }).catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/use-meetings.ts b/src/lib/hooks/use-meetings.ts
index 01ecebd..fa8a25a 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks/use-meetings.ts
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/use-meetings.ts
@@ -231,10 +231,8 @@ export function useMeetingRealtime(meetingId: string, seriesId: string) {
         refreshMeeting
       )
       .subscribe();
-    const interval = window.setInterval(refreshMeeting, 2000);
 
     return () => {
-      window.clearInterval(interval);
       void supabase.removeChannel(channel);
     };
   }, [meetingId, queryClient, seriesId]);