diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.js b/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.js
index 699ab0577..be294892f 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.js
@@ -92,36 +92,6 @@ class PlaybackRateMenuButton extends MenuButton {
     return items;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Updates ARIA accessibility attributes
-   */
-  updateARIAAttributes() {
-    // Current playback rate
-    this.el().setAttribute('aria-valuenow', this.player().playbackRate());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * This gets called when an `PlaybackRateMenuButton` is "clicked". See
-   * {@link ClickableComponent} for more detailed information on what a click can be.
-   *
-   * @param {EventTarget~Event} [event]
-   *        The `keydown`, `tap`, or `click` event that caused this function to be
-   *        called.
-   *
-   * @listens tap
-   * @listens click
-   */
-  handleClick(event) {
-    // select next rate option
-    const currentRate = this.player().playbackRate();
-    const rates = this.playbackRates();
-    const currentIndex = rates.indexOf(currentRate);
-    // this get the next rate and it will select first one if the last one currently selected
-    const newIndex = (currentIndex + 1) % rates.length;
-
-    this.player().playbackRate(rates[newIndex]);
-  }
-
   /**
    * On playbackrateschange, update the menu to account for the new items.
    *
@@ -191,7 +161,9 @@ class PlaybackRateMenuButton extends MenuButton {
 }
 
 /**
- * The text that should display over the `FullscreenToggle`s controls. Added for localization.
+ * The text that should display over the `PlaybackRateMenuButton`s controls.
+ *
+ * Added for localization.
  *
  * @type {string}
  * @private
diff --git a/test/unit/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.test.js b/test/unit/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.test.js
index e6720581f..de4452bb4 100644
--- a/test/unit/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button.test.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 /* eslint-env qunit */
-import PlaybackRateMenuButton from '../../../../src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu/playback-rate-menu-button';
 import TestHelpers from '../../test-helpers.js';
-import * as Events from '../../../../src/js/utils/events.js';
 
 QUnit.module('PlaybackRateMenuButton', {
   beforeEach(assert) {
     this.player = TestHelpers.makePlayer({
       playbackRates: [1, 2, 3]
     });
+    this.button = this.player.controlBar.playbackRateMenuButton;
   },
   afterEach(assert) {
     this.player.dispose();
@@ -20,33 +19,43 @@ QUnit.test('playback rate default value', function(assert) {
   assert.strictEqual(currentRate, 1, 'Playbackrate begins with value 1"');
 });
 
-QUnit.test('clicking should move to the next available rate', function(assert) {
-  const playbackRateMenu = new PlaybackRateMenuButton(this.player);
-
-  const el = playbackRateMenu.menuButton_.el();
-
-  Events.trigger(el, 'click');
-
-  const currentRate = this.player.playbackRate();
-
-  assert.strictEqual(currentRate, 2, 'Playbackrate changes to value 2"');
+QUnit.test('is visible when playback rates are configured and the tech supports playback rates', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(1);
+  assert.notOk(this.button.hasClass('vjs-hidden'), 'does not have the vjs-hidden class');
 });
 
-QUnit.test('keep clicking should move to all possible rates in loop', function(assert) {
-  const playbackRateMenu = new PlaybackRateMenuButton(this.player);
-
-  const el = playbackRateMenu.menuButton_.el();
-
-  Events.trigger(el, 'click');
-  let currentRate = this.player.playbackRate();
-
-  assert.strictEqual(currentRate, 2, 'Playbackrate changes to value 2"');
-
-  Events.trigger(el, 'click');
-  currentRate = this.player.playbackRate();
-  assert.strictEqual(currentRate, 3, 'Playbackrate changes to value 3"');
-
-  Events.trigger(el, 'click');
-  currentRate = this.player.playbackRate();
-  assert.strictEqual(currentRate, 1, 'Playbackrate changes back to value 1"');
+QUnit.test('is not visible if no playback rates are configured', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(1);
+  this.player.playbackRates([]);
+  assert.ok(this.button.hasClass('vjs-hidden'), 'has the vjs-hidden class');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('is not visible if the tech does not support playback rates', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(1);
+  this.player.tech_.featuresPlaybackRate = false;
+
+  // loadstart is needed to update the hidden state.
+  this.player.trigger('loadstart');
+  assert.ok(this.button.hasClass('vjs-hidden'), 'has the vjs-hidden class');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('label is updated when playback rate changes', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(4);
+  assert.strictEqual(this.button.labelEl_.textContent, '1x', 'the default label content is "1x"');
+  this.player.playbackRate(2);
+  assert.strictEqual(this.button.labelEl_.textContent, '2x', 'the label content is now "2x"');
+  this.player.playbackRate(3);
+  assert.strictEqual(this.button.labelEl_.textContent, '3x', 'the label content is now "3x"');
+  this.player.playbackRate(4);
+  assert.strictEqual(this.button.labelEl_.textContent, '4x', 'the playback rate (and label content) can change to values that are not in the rates available in the menu');
+});
+
+QUnit.test('menu is updated when playback rates configuration changes', function(assert) {
+  assert.expect(2);
+
+  const getItemLabels = () => this.button.menu.children().map(item => item.label);
+
+  assert.deepEqual(getItemLabels(), ['3x', '2x', '1x'], 'the initial list of items is as expected');
+  this.player.playbackRates([1, 1.5, 2, 5]);
+  assert.deepEqual(getItemLabels(), ['5x', '2x', '1.5x', '1x'], 'the list of items was updated');
 });