diff --git a/backends/gstreamer/src/player.rs b/backends/gstreamer/src/player.rs
index 4abf9d64..7f7b6967 100644
--- a/backends/gstreamer/src/player.rs
+++ b/backends/gstreamer/src/player.rs
@@ -163,13 +163,6 @@ impl GStreamerPlayer {
             .set_property("uri", &Value::from("appsrc://"))
             .map_err(|e| BackendError::SetPropertyFailed(e.0))?;
 
-        // Disable periodic position updates for now.
-        let mut config = player.get_config();
-        config.set_position_update_interval(0u32);
-        player
-            .set_config(config)
-            .map_err(|e| BackendError::SetPropertyFailed(e.0))?;
-
         let video_sink = gst::ElementFactory::make("appsink", None)
             .ok_or(BackendError::ElementCreationFailed("appsink"))?;
         let pipeline = player.get_pipeline();