diff --git a/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c b/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c
index 7a04493aa4..2b3f719b30 100644
--- a/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c
+++ b/tests/examples/playback/playback-test.c
@@ -2070,11 +2070,6 @@ bus_sync_handler (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, PlaybackApp * app)
     g_print ("got prepare-xwindow-id, setting XID %" G_GUINTPTR_FORMAT "\n",
         app->embed_xid);
 
-    if (g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (element),
-            "force-aspect-ratio")) {
-      g_object_set (element, "force-aspect-ratio", TRUE, NULL);
-    }
-
     /* Should have been initialised from main thread before (can't use
      * GDK_WINDOW_XID here with Gtk+ >= 2.18, because the sync handler will
      * be called from a streaming thread and GDK_WINDOW_XID maps to more than
diff --git a/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c b/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c
index 2c978d01a3..430876dea8 100644
--- a/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c
+++ b/tests/examples/seek/jsseek.c
@@ -2443,11 +2443,6 @@ bus_sync_handler (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, GstPipeline * data)
 
   g_print ("got prepare-window-handle, setting XID %lu\n", embed_xid);
 
-  if (g_object_class_find_property (G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (element),
-          "force-aspect-ratio")) {
-    g_object_set (element, "force-aspect-ratio", TRUE, NULL);
-  }
-
   /* Should have been initialised from main thread before (can't use
    * GDK_WINDOW_XID here with Gtk+ >= 2.18, because the sync handler will
    * be called from a streaming thread and GDK_WINDOW_XID maps to more than