diff --git a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
index a8dcbb6b98..a43c94455b 100644
--- a/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
+++ b/sys/v4l2/gstv4l2object.c
@@ -66,229 +66,6 @@ enum
 
 static GSList *gst_v4l2_object_get_format_list (GstV4l2Object * v4l2object);
 
-#if 0
-G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC (probe_lock);
-
-const GList *
-gst_v4l2_probe_get_properties (GstPropertyProbe * probe)
-{
-  GObjectClass *klass = G_OBJECT_GET_CLASS (probe);
-  static GList *list = NULL;
-
-  G_LOCK (probe_lock);
-
-  if (!list) {
-    list = g_list_append (NULL, g_object_class_find_property (klass, "device"));
-  }
-
-  G_UNLOCK (probe_lock);
-
-  return list;
-}
-
-static gboolean init = FALSE;
-static GList *devices = NULL;
-
-#ifdef HAVE_GUDEV
-static gboolean
-gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices_with_udev (GstElementClass * klass, gboolean check,
-    GList ** klass_devices)
-{
-  GUdevClient *client = NULL;
-  GList *item;
-
-  if (!check) {
-    while (devices) {
-      gchar *device = devices->data;
-      devices = g_list_remove (devices, device);
-      g_free (device);
-    }
-
-    GST_INFO ("Enumerating video4linux devices from udev");
-    client = g_udev_client_new (NULL);
-    if (!client) {
-      GST_WARNING ("Failed to initialize gudev client");
-      goto finish;
-    }
-
-    item = g_udev_client_query_by_subsystem (client, "video4linux");
-    while (item) {
-      GUdevDevice *device = item->data;
-      gchar *devnode = g_strdup (g_udev_device_get_device_file (device));
-      gint api = g_udev_device_get_property_as_int (device, "ID_V4L_VERSION");
-      GST_INFO ("Found new device: %s, API: %d", devnode, api);
-      /* Append v4l2 devices only. If api is 0 probably v4l_id has
-         been stripped out of the current udev installation, append
-         anyway */
-      if (api == 0) {
-        GST_WARNING
-            ("Couldn't retrieve ID_V4L_VERSION, silly udev installation?");
-      }
-      if ((api == 2 || api == 0)) {
-        devices = g_list_append (devices, devnode);
-      } else {
-        g_free (devnode);
-      }
-      g_object_unref (device);
-      item = item->next;
-    }
-    g_list_free (item);
-    init = TRUE;
-  }
-
-finish:
-  if (client) {
-    g_object_unref (client);
-  }
-
-  *klass_devices = devices;
-
-  return init;
-}
-#endif /* HAVE_GUDEV */
-
-static gboolean
-gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices (GstElementClass * klass, gboolean check,
-    GList ** klass_devices)
-{
-  if (!check) {
-    const gchar *dev_base[] = { "/dev/video", "/dev/v4l2/video", NULL };
-    gint base, n, fd;
-
-    while (devices) {
-      gchar *device = devices->data;
-      devices = g_list_remove (devices, device);
-      g_free (device);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * detect /dev entries
-     */
-    for (n = 0; n < 64; n++) {
-      for (base = 0; dev_base[base] != NULL; base++) {
-        struct stat s;
-        gchar *device = g_strdup_printf ("%s%d",
-            dev_base[base],
-            n);
-
-        /*
-         * does the /dev/ entry exist at all?
-         */
-        if (stat (device, &s) == 0) {
-          /*
-           * yes: is a device attached?
-           */
-          if (S_ISCHR (s.st_mode)) {
-
-            if ((fd = open (device, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK)) > 0 || errno == EBUSY) {
-              if (fd > 0)
-                close (fd);
-
-              devices = g_list_append (devices, device);
-              break;
-            }
-          }
-        }
-        g_free (device);
-      }
-    }
-    init = TRUE;
-  }
-
-  *klass_devices = devices;
-
-  return init;
-}
-
-void
-gst_v4l2_probe_probe_property (GstPropertyProbe * probe,
-    guint prop_id, const GParamSpec * pspec, GList ** klass_devices)
-{
-  GstElementClass *klass = GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (probe);
-
-  switch (prop_id) {
-    case PROP_DEVICE:
-#ifdef HAVE_GUDEV
-      if (!gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices_with_udev (klass, FALSE, klass_devices))
-        gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices (klass, FALSE, klass_devices);
-#else /* !HAVE_GUDEV */
-      gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices (klass, FALSE, klass_devices);
-#endif /* HAVE_GUDEV */
-      break;
-    default:
-      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (probe, prop_id, pspec);
-      break;
-  }
-}
-
-gboolean
-gst_v4l2_probe_needs_probe (GstPropertyProbe * probe,
-    guint prop_id, const GParamSpec * pspec, GList ** klass_devices)
-{
-  GstElementClass *klass = GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (probe);
-  gboolean ret = FALSE;
-
-  switch (prop_id) {
-    case PROP_DEVICE:
-#ifdef HAVE_GUDEV
-      ret =
-          !gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices_with_udev (klass, FALSE, klass_devices);
-#else /* !HAVE_GUDEV */
-      ret = !gst_v4l2_class_probe_devices (klass, TRUE, klass_devices);
-#endif /* HAVE_GUDEV */
-      break;
-    default:
-      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (probe, prop_id, pspec);
-      break;
-  }
-  return ret;
-}
-
-static GValueArray *
-gst_v4l2_class_list_devices (GstElementClass * klass, GList ** klass_devices)
-{
-  GValueArray *array;
-  GValue value = { 0 };
-  GList *item;
-
-  if (!*klass_devices)
-    return NULL;
-
-  array = g_value_array_new (g_list_length (*klass_devices));
-  item = *klass_devices;
-  g_value_init (&value, G_TYPE_STRING);
-  while (item) {
-    gchar *device = item->data;
-
-    g_value_set_string (&value, device);
-    g_value_array_append (array, &value);
-
-    item = item->next;
-  }
-  g_value_unset (&value);
-
-  return array;
-}
-
-GValueArray *
-gst_v4l2_probe_get_values (GstPropertyProbe * probe,
-    guint prop_id, const GParamSpec * pspec, GList ** klass_devices)
-{
-  GstElementClass *klass = GST_ELEMENT_GET_CLASS (probe);
-  GValueArray *array = NULL;
-
-  switch (prop_id) {
-    case PROP_DEVICE:
-      array = gst_v4l2_class_list_devices (klass, klass_devices);
-      break;
-    default:
-      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (probe, prop_id, pspec);
-      break;
-  }
-
-  return array;
-}
-#endif
 
 #define GST_TYPE_V4L2_DEVICE_FLAGS (gst_v4l2_device_get_type ())
 static GType