diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs
index 4548e202a0..796d2d8aa0 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/LibraryController.cs
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
         [Authorize(Policy = Policies.Download)]
         [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status200OK)]
         [ProducesResponseType(StatusCodes.Status404NotFound)]
-        public ActionResult GetDownload([FromRoute] Guid itemId)
+        public async Task<ActionResult> GetDownload([FromRoute] Guid itemId)
         {
             var item = _libraryManager.GetItemById(itemId);
             if (item == null)
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
 
             if (user != null)
             {
-                LogDownload(item, user, auth);
+                await LogDownloadAsync(item, user, auth).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             var path = item.Path;
@@ -861,17 +861,17 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Api.Controllers
                 : item;
         }
 
-        private void LogDownload(BaseItem item, User user, AuthorizationInfo auth)
+        private async Task LogDownloadAsync(BaseItem item, User user, AuthorizationInfo auth)
         {
             try
             {
-                _activityManager.Create(new ActivityLog(
+                await _activityManager.CreateAsync(new ActivityLog(
                     string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _localization.GetLocalizedString("UserDownloadingItemWithValues"), user.Username, item.Name),
                     "UserDownloadingContent",
                     auth.UserId)
                 {
                     ShortOverview = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, _localization.GetLocalizedString("AppDeviceValues"), auth.Client, auth.Device),
-                });
+                }).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch
             {
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Activity/ActivityManager.cs b/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Activity/ActivityManager.cs
index 2deefbe819..bd285f6f15 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Activity/ActivityManager.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server.Implementations/Activity/ActivityManager.cs
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Activity
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public event EventHandler<GenericEventArgs<ActivityLogEntry>> EntryCreated;
 
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public void Create(ActivityLog entry)
-        {
-            using var dbContext = _provider.CreateContext();
-            dbContext.ActivityLogs.Add(entry);
-            dbContext.SaveChanges();
-
-            EntryCreated?.Invoke(this, new GenericEventArgs<ActivityLogEntry>(ConvertToOldModel(entry)));
-        }
-
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public async Task CreateAsync(ActivityLog entry)
         {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Activity/IActivityManager.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Activity/IActivityManager.cs
index 9dab5e77b7..e5e7b0763c 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Activity/IActivityManager.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Activity/IActivityManager.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Activity
     {
         event EventHandler<GenericEventArgs<ActivityLogEntry>> EntryCreated;
 
-        void Create(ActivityLog entry);
-
         Task CreateAsync(ActivityLog entry);
 
         QueryResult<ActivityLogEntry> GetPagedResult(int? startIndex, int? limit);