diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
index d93ce839cc..07c96ded08 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudioencoder.c
@@ -1214,14 +1214,6 @@ gst_audio_encoder_proxy_getcaps (GstAudioEncoder * enc, GstCaps * caps)
         gst_structure_set_value (s, "channels", val);
       /* following might also make sense for some encoded formats,
        * e.g. wavpack */
-      if ((val = gst_structure_get_value (allowed_s, "width")))
-        gst_structure_set_value (s, "width", val);
-      if ((val = gst_structure_get_value (allowed_s, "depth")))
-        gst_structure_set_value (s, "depth", val);
-      if ((val = gst_structure_get_value (allowed_s, "endianness")))
-        gst_structure_set_value (s, "endianness", val);
-      if ((val = gst_structure_get_value (allowed_s, "signed")))
-        gst_structure_set_value (s, "signed", val);
       if ((val = gst_structure_get_value (allowed_s, "channel-mask")))
         gst_structure_set_value (s, "channel-mask", val);