diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c b/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c
index 04b6aef371..1f8c9b879f 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/player/gstplayer.c
@@ -633,8 +633,6 @@ gst_player_set_suburi_internal (gpointer user_data)
       GST_STR_NULL (self->suburi));
 
   g_object_set (self->playbin, "suburi", self->suburi, NULL);
-  g_object_set (self->playbin, "uri",
-      self->redirect_uri ? self->redirect_uri : self->uri, NULL);
 
   g_mutex_unlock (&self->lock);