diff --git a/rtsp.c b/rtsp.c
index 2f31699..f78b9a3 100644
--- a/rtsp.c
+++ b/rtsp.c
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ void cSatipRtsp::Create(void)
      SATIP_CURL_EASY_SETOPT(handleM, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, (long)eConnectTimeoutMs);
      SATIP_CURL_EASY_SETOPT(handleM, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, (long)eConnectTimeoutMs);
 
-     // Limit download speed (bytes/s)
-     SATIP_CURL_EASY_SETOPT(handleM, CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE, eMaxDownloadSpeedMBits * 131072L);
-
      // Set user-agent
      SATIP_CURL_EASY_SETOPT(handleM, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, *cString::sprintf("vdr-%s/%s (device %d)", PLUGIN_NAME_I18N, VERSION, tunerM.GetId()));
      }
diff --git a/rtsp.h b/rtsp.h
index d49f1ac..e751599 100644
--- a/rtsp.h
+++ b/rtsp.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ private:
 
   enum {
     eConnectTimeoutMs      = 1500,  // in milliseconds
-    eMaxDownloadSpeedMBits = 20,    // in megabits per second
   };
 
   cSatipTunerIf &tunerM;