diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvideofilter.c b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvideofilter.c
index 40364d2edc..26c5ad9c5d 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvideofilter.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/video/gstvideofilter.c
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ gst_video_filter_decide_allocation (GstBaseTransform * trans, GstQuery * query)
   if (gst_query_get_n_allocation_pools (query) > 0) {
     gst_query_parse_nth_allocation_pool (query, 0, &pool, &size, &min, &max);
 
-    if (!pool)
-      pool = gst_video_buffer_pool_new ();
-
     update_pool = TRUE;
   } else {
     GstCaps *outcaps;