diff --git a/src/js/component.js b/src/js/component.js
index 40f523bedc..d379e4eb9b 100644
--- a/src/js/component.js
+++ b/src/js/component.js
@@ -1242,9 +1242,7 @@ class Component {
     fn = Fn.bind(this, fn);
 
     const timeoutId = window.setTimeout(fn, timeout);
-    const disposeFn = function() {
-      this.clearTimeout(timeoutId);
-    };
+    const disposeFn = () => this.clearTimeout(timeoutId);
 
     disposeFn.guid = `vjs-timeout-${timeoutId}`;
 
@@ -1305,9 +1303,7 @@ class Component {
 
     const intervalId = window.setInterval(fn, interval);
 
-    const disposeFn = function() {
-      this.clearInterval(intervalId);
-    };
+    const disposeFn = () => this.clearInterval(intervalId);
 
     disposeFn.guid = `vjs-interval-${intervalId}`;
 
diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/duration-display.js b/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/duration-display.js
index db62c943b1..2f8384a420 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/duration-display.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/duration-display.js
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ class DurationDisplay extends TimeDisplay {
   constructor(player, options) {
     super(player, options);
 
-    this.on(player, [
-      'durationchange',
+    // we do not want to/need to throttle duration changes,
+    // as they should always display the changed duration as
+    // it has changed
+    this.on(player, 'durationchange', this.updateContent);
 
-      // Also listen for timeupdate (in the parent) and loadedmetadata because removing those
-      // listeners could have broken dependent applications/libraries. These
-      // can likely be removed for 7.0.
-      'loadedmetadata'
-    ], this.throttledUpdateContent);
+    // Also listen for timeupdate (in the parent) and loadedmetadata because removing those
+    // listeners could have broken dependent applications/libraries. These
+    // can likely be removed for 7.0.
+    this.on(player, 'loadedmetadata', this.throttledUpdateContent);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/time-display.js b/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/time-display.js
index c90dbc7aea..9a25c318e2 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/time-display.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/time-controls/time-display.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class TimeDisplay extends Component {
       'aria-live': 'off'
     }, Dom.createEl('span', {
       className: 'vjs-control-text',
-      textContent: this.localize(this.contentText_)
+      textContent: this.localize(this.controlText_)
     }));
 
     this.updateTextNode_();
@@ -63,9 +63,14 @@ class TimeDisplay extends Component {
    * @private
    */
   updateTextNode_() {
-    if (this.textNode_) {
-      this.contentEl_.removeChild(this.textNode_);
+    if (!this.contentEl_) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    while (this.contentEl_.firstChild) {
+      this.contentEl_.removeChild(this.contentEl_.firstChild);
     }
+
     this.textNode_ = document.createTextNode(this.formattedTime_ || '0:00');
     this.contentEl_.appendChild(this.textNode_);
   }