diff --git a/doc/bitstream_filters.texi b/doc/bitstream_filters.texi
index 50c95f035d..c63c20370f 100644
--- a/doc/bitstream_filters.texi
+++ b/doc/bitstream_filters.texi
@@ -382,9 +382,6 @@ This applies a specific fixup to some Blu-ray streams which contain
 redundant PPSs modifying irrelevant parameters of the stream which
 confuse other transformations which require correct extradata.
 
-A new single global PPS is created, and all of the redundant PPSs
-within the stream are removed.
-
 @section hevc_metadata
 
 Modify metadata embedded in an HEVC stream.
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264_redundant_pps_bsf.c b/libavcodec/h264_redundant_pps_bsf.c
index f8bab1f109..df9a88a705 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264_redundant_pps_bsf.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264_redundant_pps_bsf.c
@@ -80,26 +80,15 @@ static int h264_redundant_pps_update_fragment(AVBSFContext *bsf,
                                               CodedBitstreamFragment *au)
 {
     H264RedundantPPSContext *ctx = bsf->priv_data;
-    int au_has_sps;
     int err, i;
 
-    au_has_sps = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < au->nb_units; i++) {
         CodedBitstreamUnit *nal = &au->units[i];
 
-        if (nal->type == H264_NAL_SPS)
-            au_has_sps = 1;
         if (nal->type == H264_NAL_PPS) {
             err = h264_redundant_pps_fixup_pps(ctx, nal);
             if (err < 0)
                 return err;
-            if (!au_has_sps) {
-                av_log(bsf, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "Deleting redundant PPS "
-                       "at %"PRId64".\n", pkt->pts);
-                ff_cbs_delete_unit(au, i);
-                i--;
-                continue;
-            }
         }
         if (nal->type == H264_NAL_SLICE ||
             nal->type == H264_NAL_IDR_SLICE) {