diff --git a/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py b/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py
index 7881687f..82a07c3b 100644
--- a/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py
+++ b/custom_components/robovac/vacuum.py
@@ -873,12 +873,6 @@ async def async_return_to_base(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
             self.get_dps_code("RETURN_HOME"): self.vacuum.getRoboVacCommandValue(RobovacCommand.RETURN_HOME, "return")
         }
 
-        # For models with boolean START_PAUSE (e.g. T2128, T2276), DPS 2 is the
-        # execution trigger — without it, the device ACKs but doesn't physically act.
-        start_value = self.vacuum.getRoboVacCommandValue(RobovacCommand.START_PAUSE, "start")
-        if start_value != "start":
-            payload[self.get_dps_code("START_PAUSE")] = start_value
-
         await self.vacuum.async_set(payload)
 
     async def async_start(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None: