diff --git a/lib/offline/storage.js b/lib/offline/storage.js
index cefe20526..df0a3e87b 100644
--- a/lib/offline/storage.js
+++ b/lib/offline/storage.js
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ shaka.offline.Storage = function(player) {
         shaka.util.Error.Code.LOCAL_PLAYER_INSTANCE_REQUIRED);
   }
 
-  /** @private {shaka.Player} */
-  this.player_ = player;
-
   /** @private {?shaka.extern.PlayerConfiguration} */
   this.config_ = player.getSharedConfiguration();
 
@@ -126,7 +123,6 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.support = function() {
 shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.destroy = function() {
   this.config_ = null;
   this.networkingEngine_ = null;
-  this.player_ = null;
 
   // Wait for all the open operations to end. Wrap each operations so that a
   // single rejected promise won't cause |Promise.all| to return early or to
@@ -222,7 +218,7 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.store = function(uri, appMetadata, mimeType) {
                    new Factory() :
                    await this.getParser_(uri, contentMimeType);
 
-    parser.configure(this.player_.getConfiguration().manifest);
+    parser.configure(this.config_.manifest);
     return parser;
   };
 
@@ -443,7 +439,7 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.removeFromDRM_ = function(uri, manifestDB) {
     onEvent: () => {},
   });
 
-  drmEngine.configure(this.player_.getConfiguration().drm);
+  drmEngine.configure(this.config_.drm);
 
   let converter = new shaka.offline.ManifestConverter(
       uri.mechanism(), uri.cell());
@@ -565,7 +561,7 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.loadInternal = function(
       'Cannot call |loadInternal| after calling |destroy|');
   const netEngine = this.networkingEngine_;
 
-  let config = this.player_.getConfiguration();
+  const config = this.config_;
 
   /** @type {shaka.extern.Manifest} */
   let manifest;
@@ -691,7 +687,7 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.filterPeriod_ = function(drmEngine, period) {
   StreamUtils.filterNewPeriod(
       drmEngine, activeAudio, activeVideo, period);
   StreamUtils.applyRestrictions(
-      period.variants, this.player_.getConfiguration().restrictions, maxHwRes);
+      period.variants, this.config_.restrictions, maxHwRes);
 };
 
 
@@ -961,7 +957,7 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.forEachSegment_ = function(stream, startTime, callback) {
  * @private
  */
 shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.checkDestroyed_ = function() {
-  if (!this.player_) {
+  if (!this.networkingEngine_) {
     throw new shaka.util.Error(
         shaka.util.Error.Severity.CRITICAL,
         shaka.util.Error.Category.STORAGE,
@@ -994,7 +990,7 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.requireSupport_ = function() {
  * @private
  */
 shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.createRequest_ = function(segment) {
-  let retryParams = this.player_.getConfiguration().streaming.retryParameters;
+  const retryParams = this.config_.streaming.retryParameters;
   let request = shaka.net.NetworkingEngine.makeRequest(
       segment.getUris(), retryParams);
 
@@ -1040,19 +1036,14 @@ shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.startOperation_ = async function(action) {
  */
 shaka.offline.Storage.prototype.getParser_ = async function(
     assetUri, mimeType) {
+  const networkingEngine = this.networkingEngine_;
   goog.asserts.assert(
-      this.player_,
-      'Cannot call |getParser_| after calling |destroy|.');
-
-  const networkingEngine = this.player_.getNetworkingEngine();
-  goog.asserts.assert(
-      networkingEngine,
-      'Cannot called |getParser_| after calling |destroy| on Player.');
+      networkingEngine, 'Cannot called |getParser_| after calling |destroy|');
 
   const Factory = await shaka.media.ManifestParser.getFactory(
       assetUri,
       networkingEngine,
-      this.player_.getConfiguration().manifest.retryParameters,
+      this.config_.manifest.retryParameters,
       mimeType);
 
   return new Factory();