diff --git a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c
index 3439ea3a0e..b95ead95a1 100644
--- a/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c
+++ b/gst/rtsp-server/rtsp-stream.c
@@ -1157,8 +1157,6 @@ set_multicast_socket_for_udpsink (GstElement * udpsink, GSocket * socket,
     GST_INFO ("setting ttl-mc %d", mcast_ttl);
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT (udpsink), "ttl-mc", mcast_ttl, NULL);
   }
-
-  g_signal_emit_by_name (udpsink, "add", addr_str, port, NULL);
 }