diff --git a/examples/cogl-basic-video-player.c b/examples/cogl-basic-video-player.c
index 34678f320..f894c38de 100644
--- a/examples/cogl-basic-video-player.c
+++ b/examples/cogl-basic-video-player.c
@@ -194,24 +194,8 @@ _set_up_pipeline (gpointer instance,
 {
   Data* data = (Data*) user_data;
 
-  /*
-    The cogl-gst sink, depending on the video format, can use up to 3 texture
-    layers to render a frame. To avoid overwriting frame data, the first
-    free layer in the cogl pipeline needs to be queried before adding any
-    additional textures.
-  */
-
-  int free_layer = cogl_gst_video_sink_get_free_layer (data->sink);
   data->video_pipeline = cogl_gst_video_sink_get_pipeline (data->sink);
 
-  while (free_layer > 0)
-    {
-      free_layer--;
-      cogl_pipeline_set_layer_filters (data->video_pipeline, free_layer,
-                                       COGL_PIPELINE_FILTER_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR,
-                                       COGL_PIPELINE_FILTER_LINEAR);
-    }
-
   /* disable blending... */
   cogl_pipeline_set_blend (data->video_pipeline,
                            "RGBA = ADD (SRC_COLOR, 0)", NULL);