diff --git a/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c b/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c
index f4864c1bfd..6db56791e1 100644
--- a/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c
+++ b/ext/gl/gstglimagesink.c
@@ -100,20 +100,6 @@
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_debug_glimage_sink);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_debug_glimage_sink
 
-#define DEFAULT_SHOW_PREROLL_FRAME  TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_SYNC                TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_LATENESS        -1
-#define DEFAULT_QOS                 FALSE
-#define DEFAULT_ASYNC               TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_TS_OFFSET           0
-#define DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE           4096
-#define DEFAULT_RENDER_DELAY        0
-#define DEFAULT_ENABLE_LAST_SAMPLE  TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_THROTTLE_TIME       0
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_BITRATE         0
-#define DEFAULT_HANDLE_EVENTS       TRUE
-#define DEFAULT_FORCE_ASPECT_RATIO  TRUE
-
 typedef GstGLSinkBin GstGLImageSinkBin;
 typedef GstGLSinkBinClass GstGLImageSinkBinClass;
 
@@ -123,20 +109,7 @@ enum
 {
   PROP_BIN_0,
   PROP_BIN_FORCE_ASPECT_RATIO,
-  PROP_BIN_HANDLE_EVENTS,
-  PROP_BIN_CONTEXT,
-  PROP_BIN_SHOW_PREROLL_FRAME,
-  PROP_BIN_SYNC,
-  PROP_BIN_MAX_LATENESS,
-  PROP_BIN_QOS,
-  PROP_BIN_ASYNC,
-  PROP_BIN_TS_OFFSET,
-  PROP_BIN_ENABLE_LAST_SAMPLE,
   PROP_BIN_LAST_SAMPLE,
-  PROP_BIN_BLOCKSIZE,
-  PROP_BIN_RENDER_DELAY,
-  PROP_BIN_THROTTLE_TIME,
-  PROP_BIN_MAX_BITRATE,
 };
 
 enum
@@ -210,76 +183,16 @@ gst_gl_image_sink_bin_class_init (GstGLImageSinkBinClass * klass)
   gobject_class->get_property = gst_gl_image_sink_bin_get_property;
   gobject_class->set_property = gst_gl_image_sink_bin_set_property;
 
-  /* gl sink */
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_FORCE_ASPECT_RATIO,
       g_param_spec_boolean ("force-aspect-ratio",
           "Force aspect ratio",
-          "When enabled, scaling will respect original aspect ratio",
-          DEFAULT_FORCE_ASPECT_RATIO,
+          "When enabled, scaling will respect original aspect ratio", TRUE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_HANDLE_EVENTS,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("ignore-alpha", "Ignore Alpha",
-          "When enabled, alpha will be ignored and converted to black",
-          DEFAULT_HANDLE_EVENTS, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_CONTEXT,
-      g_param_spec_object ("context", "OpenGL context", "Get OpenGL context",
-          GST_GL_TYPE_CONTEXT, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-
-  /* video sink */
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_SHOW_PREROLL_FRAME,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("show-preroll-frame", "Show preroll frame",
-          "Whether to render video frames during preroll",
-          DEFAULT_SHOW_PREROLL_FRAME,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-
-  /* base sink */
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_SYNC,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("sync", "Sync", "Sync on the clock", DEFAULT_SYNC,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_MAX_LATENESS,
-      g_param_spec_int64 ("max-lateness", "Max Lateness",
-          "Maximum number of nanoseconds that a buffer can be late before it "
-          "is dropped (-1 unlimited)", -1, G_MAXINT64, DEFAULT_MAX_LATENESS,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_QOS,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("qos", "Qos",
-          "Generate Quality-of-Service events upstream", DEFAULT_QOS,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_ASYNC,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("async", "Async",
-          "Go asynchronously to PAUSED", DEFAULT_ASYNC,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_TS_OFFSET,
-      g_param_spec_int64 ("ts-offset", "TS Offset",
-          "Timestamp offset in nanoseconds", G_MININT64, G_MAXINT64,
-          DEFAULT_TS_OFFSET, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_ENABLE_LAST_SAMPLE,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("enable-last-sample", "Enable Last Buffer",
-          "Enable the last-sample property", DEFAULT_ENABLE_LAST_SAMPLE,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_LAST_SAMPLE,
       g_param_spec_boxed ("last-sample", "Last Sample",
           "The last sample received in the sink", GST_TYPE_SAMPLE,
           G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_BLOCKSIZE,
-      g_param_spec_uint ("blocksize", "Block size",
-          "Size in bytes to pull per buffer (0 = default)", 0, G_MAXUINT,
-          DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_RENDER_DELAY,
-      g_param_spec_uint64 ("render-delay", "Render Delay",
-          "Additional render delay of the sink in nanoseconds", 0, G_MAXUINT64,
-          DEFAULT_RENDER_DELAY, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_THROTTLE_TIME,
-      g_param_spec_uint64 ("throttle-time", "Throttle time",
-          "The time to keep between rendered buffers (0 = disabled)", 0,
-          G_MAXUINT64, DEFAULT_THROTTLE_TIME,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_BIN_MAX_BITRATE,
-      g_param_spec_uint64 ("max-bitrate", "Max Bitrate",
-          "The maximum bits per second to render (0 = disabled)", 0,
-          G_MAXUINT64, DEFAULT_MAX_BITRATE,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
   gst_gl_image_sink_bin_signals[SIGNAL_BIN_CLIENT_DRAW] =
       g_signal_new ("client-draw", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
@@ -464,9 +377,9 @@ gst_glimage_sink_class_init (GstGLImageSinkClass * klass)
           NULL, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_FORCE_ASPECT_RATIO,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("force-aspect-ratio", "Force aspect ratio",
-          "When enabled, scaling will respect original aspect ratio",
-          DEFAULT_FORCE_ASPECT_RATIO,
+      g_param_spec_boolean ("force-aspect-ratio",
+          "Force aspect ratio",
+          "When enabled, scaling will respect original aspect ratio", TRUE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_PIXEL_ASPECT_RATIO,
@@ -475,7 +388,9 @@ gst_glimage_sink_class_init (GstGLImageSinkClass * klass)
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_CONTEXT,
-      g_param_spec_object ("context", "OpenGL context", "Get OpenGL context",
+      g_param_spec_object ("context",
+          "OpenGL context",
+          "Get OpenGL context",
           GST_GL_TYPE_CONTEXT, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_HANDLE_EVENTS,
@@ -483,7 +398,7 @@ gst_glimage_sink_class_init (GstGLImageSinkClass * klass)
           "When enabled, XEvents will be selected and handled", TRUE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_IGNORE_ALPHA,
+  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_HANDLE_EVENTS,
       g_param_spec_boolean ("ignore-alpha", "Ignore Alpha",
           "When enabled, alpha will be ignored and converted to black", TRUE,
           G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));