diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc81b697b5..9c429c2f8b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-11-25  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
+
+	* configure.ac:
+	* gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c: (gst_play_base_bin_add_element):
+	* gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c: (mp3_type_find):
+	  Remove hacks for older core. Require newer core version
+	  accordingly.
+
 2004-11-25  Ronald S. Bultje  <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
 
 	* gst/cdxaparse/Makefile.am:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 17333394e8..025b85a789 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(GCONF, [GConf libraries], , [
 
 dnl check for gstreamer
 dnl uninstalled is selected preferentially -- see pkg-config(1)
-GST_REQ=0.8.4
+GST_REQ=0.8.7.1
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ,
   HAVE_GST="yes", HAVE_GST="no")
 
diff --git a/gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c b/gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c
index 82dd296772..f5c86faa22 100644
--- a/gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c
+++ b/gst/playback/gstplaybasebin.c
@@ -1174,9 +1174,6 @@ gst_play_base_bin_add_element (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element)
   play_base_bin = GST_PLAY_BASE_BIN (bin);
 
   if (play_base_bin->thread) {
-    GstScheduler *sched;
-    GstClock *clock;
-
     if (play_base_bin->threaded) {
       gchar *name;
       GstElement *thread;
@@ -1189,16 +1186,6 @@ gst_play_base_bin_add_element (GstBin * bin, GstElement * element)
       element = thread;
     }
     gst_bin_add (GST_BIN (play_base_bin->thread), element);
-
-    /* hack, the clock is not correctly distributed in the core */
-    sched = gst_element_get_scheduler (GST_ELEMENT (play_base_bin->thread));
-    clock = gst_scheduler_get_clock (sched);
-    gst_scheduler_set_clock (sched, clock);
-
-    /* FIXME set element to READY so that negotiation can happen. This
-     * currently fails because of weird negotiation problems. */
-    //gst_element_set_state (element, GST_STATE_PLAYING);
-
   } else {
     g_warning ("adding elements is not allowed in NULL");
   }
diff --git a/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c b/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
index bd5fbb219b..35c638024f 100644
--- a/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
+++ b/gst/typefind/gsttypefindfunctions.c
@@ -369,14 +369,14 @@ static GstStaticCaps mp3_caps = GST_STATIC_CAPS ("audio/mpeg, "
 static void
 mp3_type_find (GstTypeFind * tf, gpointer unused)
 {
-  /*guint64 length = gst_type_find_get_length (tf); */
+  guint64 length = gst_type_find_get_length (tf);
   gint try;
   guint8 *data = NULL;
   guint size;
   guint64 skipped;
 
-  for (try = 0; try < 1 /* 2 */ ; try++) {
-    guint64 start_off = 0;      /*(try == 0) ? 0 : length / 2; */
+  for (try = 0; try < 2; try++) {
+    guint64 start_off = (try == 0) ? 0 : length / 2;
 
     if (try != 0 && start_off == 0)
       return;