diff --git a/pc/connection_context.cc b/pc/connection_context.cc
index ec6f21cc13..d048218cb9 100644
--- a/pc/connection_context.cc
+++ b/pc/connection_context.cc
@@ -173,15 +173,8 @@ ConnectionContext::ConnectionContext(
 
 ConnectionContext::~ConnectionContext() {
   RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(signaling_thread_);
-  worker_thread_->BlockingCall([&] {
-    RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(worker_thread());
-    // While `media_engine_` is const throughout the ConnectionContext's
-    // lifetime, it requires destruction to happen on the worker thread. Instead
-    // of marking the pointer as non-const, we live with this const_cast<> in
-    // the destructor.
-    const_cast<std::unique_ptr<cricket::MediaEngineInterface>&>(media_engine_)
-        .reset();
-  });
+  // `media_engine_` requires destruction to happen on the worker thread.
+  worker_thread_->PostTask([media_engine = std::move(media_engine_)] {});
 
   // Make sure `worker_thread()` and `signaling_thread()` outlive
   // `default_socket_factory_` and `default_network_manager_`.
diff --git a/pc/connection_context.h b/pc/connection_context.h
index 0fe20c7890..44fc4878e7 100644
--- a/pc/connection_context.h
+++ b/pc/connection_context.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class ConnectionContext final
   // Accessed both on signaling thread and worker thread.
   std::unique_ptr<FieldTrialsView> const trials_;
 
-  const std::unique_ptr<cricket::MediaEngineInterface> media_engine_;
+  std::unique_ptr<cricket::MediaEngineInterface> media_engine_;
 
   // This object should be used to generate any SSRC that is not explicitly
   // specified by the user (or by the remote party).