diff --git a/client.js b/client.js
index f29e962..cea05be 100644
--- a/client.js
+++ b/client.js
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@ function Client (opts) {
   // See: https://github.com/feross/webtorrent-hybrid/issues/46
   self._wrtc = typeof opts.wrtc === 'function' ? opts.wrtc() : opts.wrtc
 
-  // Use a socket pool, so WebSocket tracker clients share WebSocket objects for
-  // the same server. In practice, WebSockets are pretty slow to establish, so this
-  // gives a nice performance boost, and saves browser resources.
-  self._socketPool = {}
-
   var announce = typeof opts.announce === 'string'
     ? [ opts.announce ]
     : opts.announce == null ? [] : opts.announce
diff --git a/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js b/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js
index aa7e043..894408e 100644
--- a/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js
+++ b/lib/client/websocket-tracker.js
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ var Socket = require('simple-websocket')
 var common = require('../common')
 var Tracker = require('./tracker')
 
+// Use a socket pool, so tracker clients share WebSocket objects for the same server.
+// In practice, WebSockets are pretty slow to establish, so this gives a nice performance
+// boost, and saves browser resources.
+var socketPool = {}
+
 var RECONNECT_MINIMUM = 15 * 1000
 var RECONNECT_MAXIMUM = 30 * 60 * 1000
 var RECONNECT_VARIANCE = 30 * 1000
@@ -124,15 +129,15 @@ WebSocketTracker.prototype.destroy = function (cb) {
   self._onSocketDataBound = null
   self._onSocketCloseBound = null
 
-  if (self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl]) {
-    self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl].consumers -= 1
+  if (socketPool[self.announceUrl]) {
+    socketPool[self.announceUrl].consumers -= 1
   }
 
   // Other instances are using the socket, so there's nothing left to do here
-  if (self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl].consumers > 0) return cb()
+  if (socketPool[self.announceUrl].consumers > 0) return cb()
 
-  var socket = self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl]
-  delete self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl]
+  var socket = socketPool[self.announceUrl]
+  delete socketPool[self.announceUrl]
   socket.on('error', noop) // ignore all future errors
   socket.once('close', cb)
 
@@ -177,11 +182,11 @@ WebSocketTracker.prototype._openSocket = function () {
     self._onSocketClose()
   }
 
-  self.socket = self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl]
+  self.socket = socketPool[self.announceUrl]
   if (self.socket) {
-    self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl].consumers += 1
+    socketPool[self.announceUrl].consumers += 1
   } else {
-    self.socket = self.client._socketPool[self.announceUrl] = new Socket(self.announceUrl)
+    self.socket = socketPool[self.announceUrl] = new Socket(self.announceUrl)
     self.socket.consumers = 1
     self.socket.once('connect', self._onSocketConnectBound)
   }