diff --git a/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxsrc.c b/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxsrc.c
index 39328591091..e26c3d1f216 100644
--- a/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxsrc.c
+++ b/gst/multifile/gstsplitmuxsrc.c
@@ -339,23 +339,6 @@ gst_splitmux_part_create (GstSplitMuxSrc * splitmux, char *filename)
   return r;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-resend_sticky (GstPad * pad, GstEvent ** event, GstPad * target)
-{
-  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (*event)) {
-    case GST_EVENT_CAPS:
-      if (!gst_splitmux_check_new_caps (SPLITMUX_SRC_PAD (target), *event))
-        return TRUE;
-      return gst_pad_push_event (target, gst_event_ref (*event));
-    case GST_EVENT_STREAM_START:
-      return gst_pad_push_event (target, gst_event_ref (*event));
-    default:
-      return TRUE;
-  }
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 gst_splitmux_check_new_caps (SplitMuxSrcPad * splitpad, GstEvent * event)
 {
@@ -473,13 +456,6 @@ gst_splitmux_handle_event (GstSplitMuxSrc * splitmux,
       break;
   }
 
-  /* Make sure to send sticky events - from the part_pad directly */
-  if (splitpad->sent_caps == FALSE || splitpad->sent_stream_start == FALSE) {
-    gst_pad_sticky_events_foreach (GST_PAD_CAST (part_pad),
-        (GstPadStickyEventsForeachFunction) (resend_sticky), splitpad);
-    splitpad->sent_caps = splitpad->sent_stream_start = TRUE;
-  }
-
   gst_pad_push_event ((GstPad *) (splitpad), event);
   return;
 drop_event: