diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_playlist.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_playlist.h
index e41d1fbdfa..6ba7bea592 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_playlist.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_playlist.h
@@ -71,25 +71,6 @@ public:
 
 	~MidiPlaylist ();
 
-	/** Read a range from the playlist into an event sink.
-	 *
-	 * @param buf Destination for events.
-	 * @param start First sample of read range.
-	 * @param cnt Number of samples in read range.
-	 * @param loop_range If non-null, all event times will be mapped into this loop range.
-	 * @param chan_n Must be 0 (this is the audio-style "channel", where each
-	 * channel is backed by a separate region, not MIDI channels, which all
-	 * exist in the same region and are not handled here).
-	 * @param filter Channel filter to apply or NULL to disable filter
-	 * @return The number of samples read (time, not an event count).
-	 */
-	samplecnt_t read (Evoral::EventSink<samplepos_t>& buf,
-	                 samplepos_t                      start,
-	                 samplecnt_t                      cnt,
-	                 Evoral::Range<samplepos_t>*      loop_range,
-	                 uint32_t                         chan_n = 0,
-	                 MidiChannelFilter*               filter = NULL);
-
 	void render (MidiChannelFilter*);
 	RTMidiBuffer* rendered();
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_playlist.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_playlist.cc
index 21dec88ad4..3b24232626 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_playlist.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_playlist.cc
@@ -111,107 +111,6 @@ struct EventsSortByTimeAndType {
     }
 };
 
-samplecnt_t
-MidiPlaylist::read (Evoral::EventSink<samplepos_t>& dst,
-                    samplepos_t                     start,
-                    samplecnt_t                     dur,
-                    Evoral::Range<samplepos_t>*     loop_range,
-                    unsigned                       chan_n,
-                    MidiChannelFilter*             filter)
-{
-	typedef pair<MidiStateTracker*,samplepos_t> TrackerInfo;
-
-	Playlist::RegionReadLock rl (this);
-
-	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiPlaylistIO, string_compose ("---- MidiPlaylist::read %1 .. %2 ----\n", start, start + dur));
-
-	/* Find relevant regions that overlap [start..end] */
-	const samplepos_t                         end = start + dur - 1;
-	std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<Region> > regs;
-	std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<Region> > ended;
-	for (RegionList::iterator i = regions.begin(); i != regions.end(); ++i) {
-
-		/* check for the case of solo_selection */
-		bool force_transparent = ( _session.solo_selection_active() && SoloSelectedActive() && !SoloSelectedListIncludes( (const Region*) &(**i) ) );
-		if ( force_transparent )
-			continue;
-
-		switch ((*i)->coverage (start, end)) {
-		case Evoral::OverlapStart:
-		case Evoral::OverlapInternal:
-			regs.push_back (*i);
-			break;
-
-		case Evoral::OverlapExternal:
-			/* this region is entirely contained in the read range */
-			regs.push_back (*i);
-			ended.push_back (*i);
-			break;
-
-		case Evoral::OverlapEnd:
-			/* this region ends within the read range */
-			regs.push_back (*i);
-			ended.push_back (*i);
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			/* we don't care */
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* If we are reading from a single region, we can read directly into dst.  Otherwise,
-	   we read into a temporarily list, sort it, then write that to dst. */
-	const bool direct_read = regs.size() == 1 &&
-		(ended.empty() || (ended.size() == 1 && ended.front() == regs.front()));
-
-	Evoral::EventList<samplepos_t>  evlist;
-	Evoral::EventSink<samplepos_t>& tgt = direct_read ? dst : evlist;
-
-	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiPlaylistIO,
-	             string_compose ("\t%1 regions to read, direct: %2\n", regs.size(), direct_read));
-
-	for (vector<boost::shared_ptr<Region> >::iterator i = regs.begin(); i != regs.end(); ++i) {
-		boost::shared_ptr<MidiRegion> mr = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<MidiRegion>(*i);
-		if (!mr) {
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		MidiCursor cursor; // XXX remove me
-
-		/* Read from region into target. */
-		DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiPlaylistIO, string_compose ("read from %1 at %2 for %3 LR %4 .. %5\n",
-		                                                    mr->name(), start, dur,
-		                                                    (loop_range ? loop_range->from : -1),
-		                                                    (loop_range ? loop_range->to : -1)));
-		mr->read_at (tgt, start, dur, loop_range, cursor, chan_n, _note_mode, 0, filter);
-
-		if (find (ended.begin(), ended.end(), *i) != ended.end()) {
-			/* Region ended within the read range, so resolve any active notes
-			   (either stuck notes in the data, or notes that end after the end
-			   of the region). */
-			DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiPlaylistIO, string_compose ("\t%1 ended, resolve notes and delete\n", mr->name()));
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (!direct_read && !evlist.empty()) {
-		/* We've read from multiple regions, sort the event list by time. */
-		EventsSortByTimeAndType<samplepos_t> cmp;
-		evlist.sort (cmp);
-
-		/* Copy ordered events from event list to dst. */
-		for (Evoral::EventList<samplepos_t>::iterator e = evlist.begin(); e != evlist.end(); ++e) {
-			Evoral::Event<samplepos_t>* ev (*e);
-			dst.write (ev->time(), ev->event_type(), ev->size(), ev->buffer());
-			delete ev;
-		}
-	}
-
-	DEBUG_TRACE (DEBUG::MidiPlaylistIO, "---- End MidiPlaylist::read ----\n");
-	_read_end = start + dur;
-	return dur;
-}
-
 void
 MidiPlaylist::reset_note_trackers ()
 {
diff --git a/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc b/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc
index 53a3ed3366..be28de4655 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/midi_track.cc
@@ -497,7 +497,9 @@ MidiTrack::export_stuff (BufferSet&                   buffers,
 	mpl->reset_note_trackers (); // TODO once at start and end ?
 
 	buffers.get_midi(0).clear();
-	if (mpl->read(buffers.get_midi(0), start, nframes, 0) != nframes) {
+	MidiStateTracker ignored;
+
+	if (mpl->rendered()->read(buffers.get_midi(0), start, nframes, ignored, 0) != nframes) {
 		return -1;
 	}