diff --git a/tests/check/libs/gdp.c b/tests/check/libs/gdp.c
index 77aeceaf93..fff4ed43f6 100644
--- a/tests/check/libs/gdp.c
+++ b/tests/check/libs/gdp.c
@@ -89,322 +89,6 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_conversion)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
-#ifndef GST_REMOVE_DEPRECATED   /* these tests use deprecated API, that we disable by default */
-
-/* test creation of header from buffer and back again */
-GST_START_TEST (test_buffer)
-{
-  GstBuffer *buffer;
-  GstBuffer *newbuffer;
-
-  guint header_length;
-  guint8 *header;
-
-  /* create buffer */
-  GST_DEBUG ("Creating a new 8-byte buffer with ts 0.5 sec, dur 1 sec");
-  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (8);
-  GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer) = (GstClockTime) (GST_SECOND * 0.5);
-  GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer) = (GstClockTime) GST_SECOND;
-  GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer) = (guint64) 10;
-  GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer) = (guint64) 19;
-  GST_BUFFER_FLAG_SET (buffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS);
-  memmove (GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer), "a buffer", 8);
-
-  /* create a buffer with CRC checking */
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_header_from_buffer (buffer, GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC,
-          &header_length, &header), "Could not create header from buffer.");
-
-  /* validate the header */
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_validate_header (header_length, header),
-      "Could not validate header");
-  /* create a new, empty buffer with the right size */
-  newbuffer = gst_dp_buffer_from_header (header_length, header);
-  fail_unless (newbuffer != NULL, "Could not create a new buffer from header");
-  fail_unless (GST_IS_BUFFER (newbuffer), "Created buffer is not a GstBuffer");
-  /* read/copy the data */
-  memmove (GST_BUFFER_DATA (newbuffer), GST_BUFFER_DATA (buffer),
-      GST_BUFFER_SIZE (buffer));
-  /* validate the buffer */
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_validate_payload (header_length, header,
-          GST_BUFFER_DATA (newbuffer)), "Could not validate payload");
-
-  GST_DEBUG ("new buffer timestamp: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
-      GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (newbuffer)));
-  GST_DEBUG ("new buffer duration: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
-      GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (newbuffer)));
-  GST_DEBUG ("new buffer offset: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-      GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (newbuffer));
-  GST_DEBUG ("new buffer offset_end: %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT,
-      GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (newbuffer));
-  fail_unless (GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (newbuffer) ==
-      GST_BUFFER_TIMESTAMP (buffer), "Timestamps don't match !");
-  fail_unless (GST_BUFFER_DURATION (newbuffer) == GST_BUFFER_DURATION (buffer),
-      "Durations don't match !");
-  fail_unless (GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (newbuffer) == GST_BUFFER_OFFSET (buffer),
-      "Offsets don't match !");
-  fail_unless (GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (newbuffer) ==
-      GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END (buffer), "Offset ends don't match !");
-  fail_unless (GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IS_SET (newbuffer, GST_BUFFER_FLAG_IN_CAPS),
-      "GST_BUFFER_IN_CAPS flag should have been copied !");
-
-  /* clean up */
-  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
-  gst_buffer_unref (newbuffer);
-  g_free (header);
-}
-
-GST_END_TEST;
-
-GST_START_TEST (test_caps)
-{
-  gchar *string, *newstring;
-  GstCaps *caps, *newcaps;
-
-  guint header_length;
-  guint8 *header, *payload;
-
-  caps = gst_caps_from_string ("audio/x-raw-float, "
-      "rate = (int) [ 11025, 48000 ], "
-      "channels = (int) [ 1, 2 ], " "endianness = (int) BYTE_ORDER, "
-      "width = (int) 32, " "buffer-frames = (int) 0");
-  string = gst_caps_to_string (caps);
-  GST_DEBUG ("Created caps: %s", string);
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_packet_from_caps (caps, 0, &header_length, &header,
-          &payload), "Could not create packet from caps.");
-
-  /* validate the packet */
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_validate_packet (header_length, header, payload),
-      "Could not validate packet");
-  newcaps = gst_dp_caps_from_packet (header_length, header, payload);
-  fail_unless (newcaps != NULL, "Could not create caps from packet");
-  fail_unless (GST_IS_CAPS (newcaps));
-  newstring = gst_caps_to_string (newcaps);
-  GST_DEBUG ("Received caps: %s", newstring);
-  fail_unless (strcmp (string, newstring) == 0,
-      "Created caps do not match original caps");
-
-  /* cleanup */
-  gst_caps_unref (caps);
-  gst_caps_unref (newcaps);
-  g_free (header);
-  g_free (payload);
-  g_free (string);
-  g_free (newstring);
-}
-
-GST_END_TEST;
-
-GST_START_TEST (test_event)
-{
-  GstEvent *send;
-  GstEvent *receive;
-  guint header_length;
-  guint8 *header, *payload;
-
-  GST_DEBUG ("Testing EOS event at 1s");
-  send = gst_event_new_eos ();
-  GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (send) = GST_SECOND;
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_packet_from_event (send, GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC,
-          &header_length, &header, &payload),
-      "Could not create packet from eos event");
-
-  receive = gst_dp_event_from_packet (header_length, header, payload);
-
-  GST_DEBUG ("EOS, timestamp %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
-      GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (receive)));
-  fail_unless (GST_EVENT_TYPE (receive) == GST_EVENT_EOS,
-      "Received event is not EOS");
-  fail_unless (GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (receive) == GST_SECOND,
-      "EOS timestamp is not 1.0 sec");
-
-  /* clean up */
-  g_free (header);
-  g_free (payload);
-  gst_event_unref (send);
-  gst_event_unref (receive);
-
-  GST_DEBUG ("Testing FLUSH event at 2s");
-  send = gst_event_new_flush_start ();
-  GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (send) = GST_SECOND * 2;
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_packet_from_event (send, GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC,
-          &header_length, &header, &payload),
-      "Could not create packet from flush event");
-
-  receive = gst_dp_event_from_packet (header_length, header, payload);
-
-  GST_DEBUG ("Flush, timestamp %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
-      GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (receive)));
-  fail_unless (GST_EVENT_TYPE (receive) == GST_EVENT_FLUSH_START,
-      "Received event is not flush");
-  fail_unless (GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (receive) == GST_SECOND * 2,
-      "Flush timestamp is not 2.0 sec");
-
-  /* clean up */
-  g_free (header);
-  g_free (payload);
-  gst_event_unref (send);
-  gst_event_unref (receive);
-
-  GST_DEBUG ("Testing SEEK event with 1 second at 3 seconds");
-  send =
-      gst_event_new_seek (1.0, GST_FORMAT_TIME, 0, GST_SEEK_TYPE_SET,
-      GST_SECOND, GST_SEEK_TYPE_NONE, 0);
-  GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (send) = GST_SECOND * 3;
-  fail_unless (gst_dp_packet_from_event (send, GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC,
-          &header_length, &header, &payload),
-      "Could not create packet from seek event");
-
-  receive = gst_dp_event_from_packet (header_length, header, payload);
-
-  {
-    gdouble rate;
-    GstFormat format;
-    GstSeekFlags flags;
-    GstSeekType cur_type, stop_type;
-    gint64 cur, stop;
-
-    gst_event_parse_seek (receive, &rate, &format, &flags,
-        &cur_type, &cur, &stop_type, &stop);
-
-    GST_DEBUG ("Seek, timestamp %" GST_TIME_FORMAT ", to %" GST_TIME_FORMAT,
-        GST_TIME_ARGS (GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (receive)), GST_TIME_ARGS (cur));
-    fail_unless (GST_EVENT_TYPE (receive) == GST_EVENT_SEEK,
-        "Returned event is not seek");
-    fail_unless (GST_EVENT_TIMESTAMP (receive) == GST_SECOND * 3,
-        "Seek timestamp is not 3.0 sec");
-    fail_unless (format == GST_FORMAT_TIME, "Seek format is not time");
-    fail_unless (cur == GST_SECOND, "Seek cur is not 1.0 sec");
-  }
-
-  /* clean up */
-  g_free (header);
-  g_free (payload);
-  gst_event_unref (send);
-  gst_event_unref (receive);
-}
-
-GST_END_TEST;
-
-/* try to segfault the thing by passing NULLs, short headers, etc.. */
-GST_START_TEST (test_memory)
-{
-  guint8 foo[5];
-  GstBuffer *buffer;
-  GstCaps *caps;
-  GstEvent *event;
-  guint length;
-  guint8 *header;
-  guint8 *payload;
-
-  /* check 0 sized input, data pointer can be NULL or anything. CRC is always 0,
-   * though. */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_crc (NULL, 0) != 0);
-  fail_if (gst_dp_crc (foo, 0) != 0);
-
-  /* this is very invalid input and gives a warning. */
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_crc (NULL, 1));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_header_payload_length (NULL));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_header_payload_type (NULL));
-
-  /* wrong */
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_header_from_buffer (NULL, 0, NULL, NULL));
-
-  /* empty buffer has NULL as data pointer */
-  buffer = gst_buffer_new_and_alloc (0);
-
-  /* no place to store the length and/or header data */
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_header_from_buffer (buffer, 0, NULL, NULL));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_header_from_buffer (buffer, 0, &length, NULL));
-
-  /* this should work fine */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_header_from_buffer (buffer, 0, &length, &header) != TRUE);
-  fail_unless (length != 0);
-  fail_unless (header != NULL);
-
-  /* this should validate */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_validate_header (length, header) == FALSE);
-
-  /* NULL header pointer */
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_validate_header (length, NULL));
-  /* short header */
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_validate_header (5, header));
-
-  g_free (header);
-
-  /* this should work and not crash trying to calc a CRC on a 0 sized buffer */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_header_from_buffer (buffer,
-          GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC_HEADER | GST_DP_HEADER_FLAG_CRC_PAYLOAD,
-          &length, &header) != TRUE);
-
-  /* this should validate */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_validate_header (length, header) == FALSE);
-
-  /* there was no payload, NULL as payload data should validate the CRC
-   * checks and all. */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_validate_payload (length, header, NULL) == FALSE);
-
-  /* and the whole packet as well */
-  fail_if (gst_dp_validate_packet (length, header, NULL) == FALSE);
-
-  /* some bogus length */
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_validate_packet (5, header, NULL));
-  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
-
-  /* create buffer from header data, integrity tested elsewhere */
-  buffer = gst_dp_buffer_from_header (length, header);
-  fail_if (buffer == NULL);
-  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);
-  g_free (header);
-
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_caps (NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
-
-  /* some caps stuff */
-  caps = gst_caps_new_empty ();
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_caps (caps, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_caps (caps, 0, &length, NULL, NULL));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_caps (caps, 0, &length, &header, NULL));
-
-  fail_if (gst_dp_packet_from_caps (caps, 0, &length, &header,
-          &payload) != TRUE);
-  fail_if (strcmp ((const gchar *) payload, "EMPTY") != 0);
-  gst_caps_unref (caps);
-
-  caps = gst_dp_caps_from_packet (length, header, payload);
-  fail_if (caps == NULL);
-  gst_caps_unref (caps);
-
-  g_free (header);
-  g_free (payload);
-
-  /* some event stuff */
-  event = gst_event_new_eos ();
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_event (event, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_event (event, 0, &length, NULL, NULL));
-  ASSERT_CRITICAL (gst_dp_packet_from_event (event, 0, &length, &header, NULL));
-
-  /* payload is not NULL from previous test and points to freed memory, very
-   * invalid. */
-  fail_if (payload == NULL);
-  fail_if (gst_dp_packet_from_event (event, 0, &length, &header,
-          &payload) != TRUE);
-
-  /* the EOS event has no payload */
-  fail_if (payload != NULL);
-  gst_event_unref (event);
-
-  event = gst_dp_event_from_packet (length, header, payload);
-  fail_if (event == NULL);
-  fail_if (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event) != GST_EVENT_EOS);
-  gst_event_unref (event);
-
-  g_free (header);
-  g_free (payload);
-}
-
-GST_END_TEST;
-
-#endif
-
 static Suite *
 gst_dp_suite (void)
 {
@@ -414,12 +98,6 @@ gst_dp_suite (void)
   suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
   tcase_add_checked_fixture (tc_chain, gst_dp_init, NULL);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_conversion);
-#ifndef GST_REMOVE_DEPRECATED
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_buffer);
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_caps);
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_event);
-  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_memory);
-#endif
 
   return s;
 }