diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/editor/share-js-doc.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/editor/share-js-doc.ts
index a773684dcb..96e866afec 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/editor/share-js-doc.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/ide-react/editor/share-js-doc.ts
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ export class ShareJsDoc extends EventEmitter {
 
   attachToCM6(cm6: EditorFacade) {
     this.attachToEditor(cm6, () => {
-      cm6.attachShareJs(this._doc, getMeta('ol-maxDocLength'), this.type)
+      cm6.attachShareJs(this._doc, getMeta('ol-maxDocLength'))
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/realtime.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/realtime.ts
index 44c28cb9ad..36d9956a76 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/realtime.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/realtime.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import RangesTracker from '@overleaf/ranges-tracker'
 import { ShareDoc } from '../../../../../types/share-doc'
 import { debugConsole } from '@/utils/debugging'
 import { DocumentContainer } from '@/features/ide-react/editor/document-container'
-import { OTType } from '@/features/ide-react/editor/share-js-doc'
 
 /*
  * Integrate CodeMirror 6 with the real-time system, via ShareJS.
@@ -77,22 +76,15 @@ export const realtime = (
   return Prec.highest([realtimePlugin, ensureRealtimePlugin])
 }
 
-type OTAdapter = {
-  handleUpdateFromCM(
-    transactions: readonly Transaction[],
-    ranges?: RangesTracker
-  ): void
-  attachShareJs(): void
-}
-
 export class EditorFacade extends EventEmitter {
-  private otAdapter: OTAdapter | null
+  public shareDoc: ShareDoc | null
   public events: EventEmitter
+  private maxDocLength?: number
 
   constructor(public view: EditorView) {
     super()
     this.view = view
-    this.otAdapter = null
+    this.shareDoc = null
     this.events = new EventEmitter()
   }
 
@@ -126,56 +118,23 @@ export class EditorFacade extends EventEmitter {
     this.cmChange({ from: position, to: position + text.length }, origin)
   }
 
-  attachShareJs(shareDoc: ShareDoc, maxDocLength?: number, type?: OTType) {
-    this.otAdapter =
-      type === 'history-ot'
-        ? new HistoryOTAdapter(this, shareDoc, maxDocLength)
-        : new ShareLatexOTAdapter(this, shareDoc, maxDocLength)
-    this.otAdapter.attachShareJs()
-  }
-
-  detachShareJs() {
-    this.otAdapter = null
-  }
-
-  handleUpdateFromCM(
-    transactions: readonly Transaction[],
-    ranges?: RangesTracker
-  ) {
-    if (this.otAdapter == null) {
-      throw new Error('Trying to process updates with no otAdapter')
-    }
-
-    this.otAdapter.handleUpdateFromCM(transactions, ranges)
-  }
-}
-
-class ShareLatexOTAdapter {
-  constructor(
-    public editor: EditorFacade,
-    private shareDoc: ShareDoc,
-    private maxDocLength?: number
-  ) {
-    this.editor = editor
-    this.shareDoc = shareDoc
-    this.maxDocLength = maxDocLength
-  }
-
   // Connect to ShareJS, passing changes to the CodeMirror view
   // as new transactions.
   // This is a broad immitation of helper functions supplied in
   // the sharejs library. (See vendor/libs/sharejs, in particular
   // the 'attach_ace' helper)
-  attachShareJs() {
-    const shareDoc = this.shareDoc
+  attachShareJs(shareDoc: ShareDoc, maxDocLength?: number) {
+    this.shareDoc = shareDoc
+    this.maxDocLength = maxDocLength
+
     const check = () => {
       // run in a timeout so it checks the editor content once this update has been applied
       window.setTimeout(() => {
-        const editorText = this.editor.getValue()
+        const editorText = this.getValue()
         const otText = shareDoc.getText()
 
         if (editorText !== otText) {
-          this.shareDoc.emit('error', 'Text does not match in CodeMirror 6')
+          shareDoc.emit('error', 'Text does not match in CodeMirror 6')
           debugConsole.error('Text does not match!')
           debugConsole.error('editor: ' + editorText)
           debugConsole.error('ot:     ' + otText)
@@ -184,12 +143,12 @@ class ShareLatexOTAdapter {
     }
 
     const onInsert = (pos: number, text: string) => {
-      this.editor.cmInsert(pos, text, 'remote')
+      this.cmInsert(pos, text, 'remote')
       check()
     }
 
     const onDelete = (pos: number, text: string) => {
-      this.editor.cmDelete(pos, text, 'remote')
+      this.cmDelete(pos, text, 'remote')
       check()
     }
 
@@ -202,7 +161,7 @@ class ShareLatexOTAdapter {
       shareDoc.removeListener('insert', onInsert)
       shareDoc.removeListener('delete', onDelete)
       delete shareDoc.detach_cm6
-      this.editor.detachShareJs()
+      this.shareDoc = null
     }
   }
 
@@ -216,6 +175,10 @@ class ShareLatexOTAdapter {
     const trackedDeletesLength =
       ranges != null ? ranges.getTrackedDeletesLength() : 0
 
+    if (!shareDoc) {
+      throw new Error('Trying to process updates with no shareDoc')
+    }
+
     for (const transaction of transactions) {
       if (transaction.docChanged) {
         const origin = chooseOrigin(transaction)
@@ -271,7 +234,7 @@ class ShareLatexOTAdapter {
               removed,
             }
 
-            this.editor.emit('change', this, changeDescription)
+            this.emit('change', this, changeDescription)
           }
         )
       }
@@ -279,8 +242,6 @@ class ShareLatexOTAdapter {
   }
 }
 
-class HistoryOTAdapter extends ShareLatexOTAdapter {}
-
 export const trackChangesAnnotation = Annotation.define()
 
 const chooseOrigin = (transaction: Transaction) => {