diff --git a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
index 188f2a1746..ea225b583f 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ gst_rtsp_src_buffer_mode_get_type (void)
 #define DEFAULT_TCP_TIMEOUT      20000000
 #define DEFAULT_LATENCY_MS       2000
 #define DEFAULT_DROP_ON_LATENCY  FALSE
-#define DEFAULT_DO_RETRANSMISSION FALSE
 #define DEFAULT_CONNECTION_SPEED 0
 #define DEFAULT_NAT_METHOD       GST_RTSP_NAT_DUMMY
 #define DEFAULT_DO_RTCP          TRUE
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ enum
   PROP_TCP_TIMEOUT,
   PROP_LATENCY,
   PROP_DROP_ON_LATENCY,
-  PROP_DO_RETRANSMISSION,
   PROP_CONNECTION_SPEED,
   PROP_NAT_METHOD,
   PROP_DO_RTCP,
@@ -406,12 +404,6 @@ gst_rtspsrc_class_init (GstRTSPSrcClass * klass)
           "Tells the jitterbuffer to never exceed the given latency in size",
           DEFAULT_DROP_ON_LATENCY, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
-  g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_DO_RETRANSMISSION,
-      g_param_spec_boolean ("do-retransmission", "Do retransmission",
-          "Send retransmission events upstream when a packet is late",
-          DEFAULT_DO_RETRANSMISSION,
-          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
-
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_CONNECTION_SPEED,
       g_param_spec_uint64 ("connection-speed", "Connection Speed",
           "Network connection speed in kbps (0 = unknown)",
@@ -700,7 +692,6 @@ gst_rtspsrc_init (GstRTSPSrc * src)
   gst_rtspsrc_set_tcp_timeout (src, DEFAULT_TCP_TIMEOUT);
   src->latency = DEFAULT_LATENCY_MS;
   src->drop_on_latency = DEFAULT_DROP_ON_LATENCY;
-  src->do_retransmission = DEFAULT_DO_RETRANSMISSION;
   src->connection_speed = DEFAULT_CONNECTION_SPEED;
   src->nat_method = DEFAULT_NAT_METHOD;
   src->do_rtcp = DEFAULT_DO_RTCP;
@@ -891,9 +882,6 @@ gst_rtspsrc_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id, const GValue * value,
     case PROP_DROP_ON_LATENCY:
       rtspsrc->drop_on_latency = g_value_get_boolean (value);
       break;
-    case PROP_DO_RETRANSMISSION:
-      rtspsrc->do_retransmission = g_value_get_boolean (value);
-      break;
     case PROP_CONNECTION_SPEED:
       rtspsrc->connection_speed = g_value_get_uint64 (value);
       break;
@@ -1026,9 +1014,6 @@ gst_rtspsrc_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id, GValue * value,
     case PROP_DROP_ON_LATENCY:
       g_value_set_boolean (value, rtspsrc->drop_on_latency);
       break;
-    case PROP_DO_RETRANSMISSION:
-      g_value_set_boolean (value, rtspsrc->do_retransmission);
-      break;
     case PROP_CONNECTION_SPEED:
       g_value_set_uint64 (value, rtspsrc->connection_speed);
       break;
@@ -2793,11 +2778,6 @@ gst_rtspsrc_stream_configure_manager (GstRTSPSrc * src, GstRTSPStream * stream,
             NULL);
       }
 
-      if (g_object_class_find_property (klass, "do-retransmission")) {
-        g_object_set (src->manager, "do-retransmission", src->do_retransmission,
-            NULL);
-      }
-
       /* buffer mode pauses are handled by adding offsets to buffer times,
        * but some depayloaders may have a hard time syncing output times
        * with such input times, e.g. container ones, most notably ASF */
diff --git a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.h b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.h
index 70636331d1..21b561b35d 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.h
+++ b/gst/rtsp/gstrtspsrc.h
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ struct _GstRTSPSrc {
   GTimeVal         *ptcp_timeout;
   guint             latency;
   gboolean          drop_on_latency;
-  gboolean          do_retransmission;
   guint64           connection_speed;
   GstRTSPNatMethod  nat_method;
   gboolean          do_rtcp;