diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h
index a216547..dfa41a3 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp.h
@@ -183,16 +183,10 @@ struct mgcp_config {
 
 	struct in_addr bts_in;
 
-	/* transcoder handling */
-	char *transcoder_ip;
-	struct in_addr transcoder_in;
-	int transcoder_remote_base;
-
 	struct osmo_wqueue gw_fd;
 
 	struct mgcp_port_range bts_ports;
 	struct mgcp_port_range net_ports;
-	struct mgcp_port_range transcoder_ports;
 	int endp_dscp;
 
 	int bts_force_ptime;
@@ -244,7 +238,6 @@ int mgcp_vty_init(void);
 int mgcp_endpoints_allocate(struct mgcp_trunk_config *cfg);
 void mgcp_release_endp(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
 void mgcp_initialize_endp(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
-int mgcp_reset_transcoder(struct mgcp_config *cfg);
 void mgcp_format_stats(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, char *stats, size_t size);
 int mgcp_parse_stats(struct msgb *msg, uint32_t *ps, uint32_t *os, uint32_t *pr, uint32_t *_or, int *loss, uint32_t *jitter);
 
diff --git a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp_internal.h b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp_internal.h
index 8fb8a45..dd195e0 100644
--- a/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp_internal.h
+++ b/openbsc/include/openbsc/mgcp_internal.h
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ struct mgcp_lco {
 
 enum mgcp_type {
 	MGCP_RTP_DEFAULT	= 0,
-	MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED,
 	MGCP_OSMUX_BSC,
 	MGCP_OSMUX_BSC_NAT,
 };
@@ -179,13 +178,6 @@ struct mgcp_endpoint {
 	struct mgcp_rtp_end bts_end;
 	struct mgcp_rtp_end net_end;
 
-	/*
-	 * For transcoding we will send from the local_port
-	 * of trans_bts and it will arrive at trans_net from
-	 * where we will forward it to the network.
-	 */
-	struct mgcp_rtp_end trans_bts;
-	struct mgcp_rtp_end trans_net;
 	enum mgcp_type type;
 
 	/* sequence bits */
@@ -268,16 +260,8 @@ struct mgcp_parse_data {
 int mgcp_send_dummy(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
 int mgcp_bind_bts_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int rtp_port);
 int mgcp_bind_net_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int rtp_port);
-int mgcp_bind_trans_bts_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *enp, int rtp_port);
-int mgcp_bind_trans_net_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *enp, int rtp_port);
 int mgcp_free_rtp_port(struct mgcp_rtp_end *end);
 
-/* For transcoding we need to manage an in and an output that are connected */
-static inline int endp_back_channel(int endpoint)
-{
-	return endpoint + 60;
-}
-
 struct mgcp_trunk_config *mgcp_trunk_alloc(struct mgcp_config *cfg, int index);
 struct mgcp_trunk_config *mgcp_trunk_num(struct mgcp_config *cfg, int index);
 
diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_network.c b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_network.c
index ed90d34..1eb87bb 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_network.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_network.c
@@ -553,33 +553,6 @@ static int forward_data(int fd, struct mgcp_rtp_tap *tap, const char *buf, int l
 		      (struct sockaddr *)&tap->forward, sizeof(tap->forward));
 }
 
-static int mgcp_send_transcoder(struct mgcp_rtp_end *end,
-				struct mgcp_config *cfg, int is_rtp,
-				const char *buf, int len)
-{
-	int rc;
-	int port;
-	struct sockaddr_in addr;
-
-	port = is_rtp ? end->rtp_port : end->rtcp_port;
-
-	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	addr.sin_addr = cfg->transcoder_in;
-	addr.sin_port = port;
-
-	rc = sendto(is_rtp ?
-		end->rtp.fd :
-		end->rtcp.fd, buf, len, 0,
-		(struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
-
-	if (rc != len)
-		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_ERROR,
-			"Failed to send data to the transcoder: %s\n",
-			strerror(errno));
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
 int mgcp_send(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int dest, int is_rtp,
 	      struct sockaddr_in *addr, char *buf, int rc)
 {
@@ -688,7 +661,6 @@ static int rtp_data_net(struct osmo_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
 
 	switch(endp->type) {
 	case MGCP_RTP_DEFAULT:
-	case MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED:
 		if (endp->net_end.rtp_port != addr.sin_port &&
 		    endp->net_end.rtcp_port != addr.sin_port) {
 			LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_ERROR,
@@ -719,9 +691,6 @@ static int rtp_data_net(struct osmo_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
 	case MGCP_RTP_DEFAULT:
 		return mgcp_send(endp, MGCP_DEST_BTS, proto == MGCP_PROTO_RTP,
 				 &addr, buf, rc);
-	case MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED:
-		return mgcp_send_transcoder(&endp->trans_net, endp->cfg,
-					    proto == MGCP_PROTO_RTP, buf, rc);
 	case MGCP_OSMUX_BSC_NAT:
 		return osmux_xfrm_to_osmux(MGCP_DEST_BTS, buf, rc, endp);
 	case MGCP_OSMUX_BSC:	/* Should not happen */
@@ -811,9 +780,6 @@ static int rtp_data_bts(struct osmo_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
 	case MGCP_RTP_DEFAULT:
 		return mgcp_send(endp, MGCP_DEST_NET, proto == MGCP_PROTO_RTP,
 				 &addr, buf, rc);
-	case MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED:
-		return mgcp_send_transcoder(&endp->trans_bts, endp->cfg,
-					    proto == MGCP_PROTO_RTP, buf, rc);
 	case MGCP_OSMUX_BSC:
 		/* OSMUX translation: BTS -> BSC */
 		return osmux_xfrm_to_osmux(MGCP_DEST_NET, buf, rc, endp);
@@ -826,63 +792,6 @@ static int rtp_data_bts(struct osmo_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int rtp_data_transcoder(struct mgcp_rtp_end *end, struct mgcp_endpoint *_endp,
-			      int dest, struct osmo_fd *fd)
-{
-	char buf[RTP_BUF_SIZE];
-	struct sockaddr_in addr;
-	struct mgcp_config *cfg;
-	int rc, proto;
-
-	cfg = _endp->cfg;
-	rc = receive_from(_endp, fd->fd, &addr, buf, sizeof(buf));
-	if (rc <= 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	proto = fd == &end->rtp ? MGCP_PROTO_RTP : MGCP_PROTO_RTCP;
-
-	if (memcmp(&addr.sin_addr, &cfg->transcoder_in, sizeof(addr.sin_addr)) != 0) {
-		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_ERROR,
-			"Data not coming from transcoder dest: %d %s on 0x%x\n",
-			dest, inet_ntoa(addr.sin_addr), ENDPOINT_NUMBER(_endp));
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if (end->rtp_port != addr.sin_port &&
-	    end->rtcp_port != addr.sin_port) {
-		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_ERROR,
-			"Data from wrong transcoder dest %d source port %d on 0x%x\n",
-			dest, ntohs(addr.sin_port), ENDPOINT_NUMBER(_endp));
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	/* throw away the dummy message */
-	if (rc == 1 && buf[0] == MGCP_DUMMY_LOAD) {
-		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_NOTICE, "Filtered dummy from transcoder dest %d on 0x%x\n",
-			dest, ENDPOINT_NUMBER(_endp));
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	end->packets += 1;
-	return mgcp_send(_endp, dest, proto == MGCP_PROTO_RTP, &addr, buf, rc);
-}
-
-static int rtp_data_trans_net(struct osmo_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
-{
-	struct mgcp_endpoint *endp;
-	endp = (struct mgcp_endpoint *) fd->data;
-
-	return rtp_data_transcoder(&endp->trans_net, endp, MGCP_DEST_NET, fd);
-}
-
-static int rtp_data_trans_bts(struct osmo_fd *fd, unsigned int what)
-{
-	struct mgcp_endpoint *endp;
-	endp = (struct mgcp_endpoint *) fd->data;
-
-	return rtp_data_transcoder(&endp->trans_bts, endp, MGCP_DEST_BTS, fd);
-}
-
 int mgcp_create_bind(const char *source_addr, struct osmo_fd *fd, int port)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in addr;
@@ -998,20 +907,6 @@ int mgcp_bind_net_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int rtp_port)
 			mgcp_net_src_addr(endp), rtp_port);
 }
 
-int mgcp_bind_trans_net_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int rtp_port)
-{
-	return int_bind("trans-net", &endp->trans_net,
-			rtp_data_trans_net, endp,
-			endp->cfg->source_addr, rtp_port);
-}
-
-int mgcp_bind_trans_bts_rtp_port(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int rtp_port)
-{
-	return int_bind("trans-bts", &endp->trans_bts,
-			rtp_data_trans_bts, endp,
-			endp->cfg->source_addr, rtp_port);
-}
-
 int mgcp_free_rtp_port(struct mgcp_rtp_end *end)
 {
 	if (end->rtp.fd != -1) {
diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
index 18a25bc..c136e31 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_protocol.c
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ static struct msgb *handle_modify_con(struct mgcp_parse_data *data);
 static struct msgb *handle_rsip(struct mgcp_parse_data *data);
 static struct msgb *handle_noti_req(struct mgcp_parse_data *data);
 
-static void create_transcoder(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
-static void delete_transcoder(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
-
 static int setup_rtp_processing(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp);
 
 static int mgcp_analyze_header(struct mgcp_parse_data *parse, char *data);
@@ -604,28 +601,6 @@ static int allocate_ports(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (endp->cfg->transcoder_ip && endp->tcfg->trunk_type == MGCP_TRUNK_VIRTUAL) {
-		if (allocate_port(endp, &endp->trans_net,
-				  &endp->cfg->transcoder_ports,
-				  mgcp_bind_trans_net_rtp_port) != 0) {
-			mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->net_end);
-			mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->bts_end);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		if (allocate_port(endp, &endp->trans_bts,
-				  &endp->cfg->transcoder_ports,
-				  mgcp_bind_trans_bts_rtp_port) != 0) {
-			mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->net_end);
-			mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->bts_end);
-			mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->trans_net);
-			return -1;
-		}
-
-		/* remember that we have set up transcoding */
-		endp->type = MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -868,7 +843,6 @@ mgcp_header_done:
 			break;
 		case MGCP_POLICY_DEFER:
 			/* stop processing */
-			create_transcoder(endp);
 			return NULL;
 			break;
 		case MGCP_POLICY_CONT:
@@ -887,7 +861,6 @@ mgcp_header_done:
 		send_dummy(endp);
 	}
 
-	create_transcoder(endp);
 	return create_response_with_sdp(endp, "CRCX", p->trans);
 error2:
 	mgcp_release_endp(endp);
@@ -1070,7 +1043,6 @@ static struct msgb *handle_delete_con(struct mgcp_parse_data *p)
 			break;
 		case MGCP_POLICY_DEFER:
 			/* stop processing */
-			delete_transcoder(endp);
 			return NULL;
 			break;
 		case MGCP_POLICY_CONT:
@@ -1086,7 +1058,6 @@ static struct msgb *handle_delete_con(struct mgcp_parse_data *p)
 	/* save the statistics of the current call */
 	mgcp_format_stats(endp, stats, sizeof(stats));
 
-	delete_transcoder(endp);
 	mgcp_release_endp(endp);
 	if (p->cfg->change_cb)
 		p->cfg->change_cb(endp->tcfg, ENDPOINT_NUMBER(endp), MGCP_ENDP_DLCX);
@@ -1205,8 +1176,6 @@ struct mgcp_config *mgcp_config_alloc(void)
 	cfg->source_addr = talloc_strdup(cfg, "0.0.0.0");
 	cfg->osmux_addr = talloc_strdup(cfg, "0.0.0.0");
 
-	cfg->transcoder_remote_base = 4000;
-
 	cfg->bts_ports.base_port = RTP_PORT_DEFAULT;
 	cfg->net_ports.base_port = RTP_PORT_NET_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -1328,8 +1297,6 @@ int mgcp_endpoints_allocate(struct mgcp_trunk_config *tcfg)
 		tcfg->endpoints[i].tcfg = tcfg;
 		mgcp_rtp_end_init(&tcfg->endpoints[i].net_end);
 		mgcp_rtp_end_init(&tcfg->endpoints[i].bts_end);
-		mgcp_rtp_end_init(&tcfg->endpoints[i].trans_net);
-		mgcp_rtp_end_init(&tcfg->endpoints[i].trans_bts);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1351,8 +1318,6 @@ void mgcp_release_endp(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
 
 	mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->bts_end);
 	mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->net_end);
-	mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->trans_net);
-	mgcp_rtp_end_reset(&endp->trans_bts);
 	endp->type = MGCP_RTP_DEFAULT;
 
 	memset(&endp->net_state, 0, sizeof(endp->net_state));
@@ -1374,65 +1339,6 @@ void mgcp_initialize_endp(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
 	return mgcp_release_endp(endp);
 }
 
-static int send_trans(struct mgcp_config *cfg, const char *buf, int len)
-{
-	struct sockaddr_in addr;
-
-	memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
-	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	addr.sin_addr = cfg->transcoder_in;
-	addr.sin_port = htons(2427);
-	return sendto(cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd, buf, len, 0,
-		      (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
-}
-
-static void send_msg(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int endpoint, int port,
-		     const char *msg, const char *mode)
-{
-	char buf[2096];
-	int len;
-	int nchars;
-
-	/* hardcoded to AMR right now, we do not know the real type at this point */
-	len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-			"%s 42 %x@mgw MGCP 1.0\r\n"
-			"C: 4256\r\n"
-			"M: %s\r\n"
-			"\r\n",
-			msg, endpoint, mode);
-
-	if (len < 0)
-		return;
-
-	nchars = write_response_sdp(endp, buf + len, sizeof(buf) + len - 1, NULL);
-	if (nchars < 0)
-		return;
-
-	len += nchars;
-
-	buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
-
-	send_trans(endp->cfg, buf, len);
-}
-
-static void send_dlcx(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, int endpoint)
-{
-	char buf[2096];
-	int len;
-
-	len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-			"DLCX 43 %x@mgw MGCP 1.0\r\n"
-			"C: 4256\r\n"
-			, endpoint);
-
-	if (len < 0)
-		return;
-
-	buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
-
-	send_trans(endp->cfg, buf, len);
-}
-
 static int send_agent(struct mgcp_config *cfg, const char *buf, int len)
 {
 	return write(cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd, buf, len);
@@ -1486,53 +1392,6 @@ static int setup_rtp_processing(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void create_transcoder(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
-{
-	int port;
-	int in_endp = ENDPOINT_NUMBER(endp);
-	int out_endp = endp_back_channel(in_endp);
-
-	if (endp->type != MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED)
-		return;
-
-	send_msg(endp, in_endp, endp->trans_bts.local_port, "CRCX", "sendrecv");
-	send_msg(endp, in_endp, endp->trans_bts.local_port, "MDCX", "sendrecv");
-	send_msg(endp, out_endp, endp->trans_net.local_port, "CRCX", "sendrecv");
-	send_msg(endp, out_endp, endp->trans_net.local_port, "MDCX", "sendrecv");
-
-	port = rtp_calculate_port(in_endp, endp->cfg->transcoder_remote_base);
-	endp->trans_bts.rtp_port = htons(port);
-	endp->trans_bts.rtcp_port = htons(port + 1);
-
-	port = rtp_calculate_port(out_endp, endp->cfg->transcoder_remote_base);
-	endp->trans_net.rtp_port = htons(port);
-	endp->trans_net.rtcp_port = htons(port + 1);
-}
-
-static void delete_transcoder(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp)
-{
-	int in_endp = ENDPOINT_NUMBER(endp);
-	int out_endp = endp_back_channel(in_endp);
-
-	if (endp->type != MGCP_RTP_TRANSCODED)
-		return;
-
-	send_dlcx(endp, in_endp);
-	send_dlcx(endp, out_endp);
-}
-
-int mgcp_reset_transcoder(struct mgcp_config *cfg)
-{
-	if (!cfg->transcoder_ip)
-		return 0;
-
-	static const char mgcp_reset[] = {
-	    "RSIP 1 13@mgw MGCP 1.0\r\n"
-	};
-
-	return send_trans(cfg, mgcp_reset, sizeof mgcp_reset -1);
-}
-
 void mgcp_format_stats(struct mgcp_endpoint *endp, char *msg, size_t size)
 {
 	uint32_t expected, jitter;
diff --git a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_vty.c b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_vty.c
index 13f66c5..5300ffc 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_vty.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libmgcp/mgcp_vty.c
@@ -128,17 +128,8 @@ static int config_write_mgcp(struct vty *vty)
 		g_cfg->trunk.no_audio_transcoding ? "no " : "", VTY_NEWLINE);
 	if (g_cfg->call_agent_addr)
 		vty_out(vty, "  call-agent ip %s%s", g_cfg->call_agent_addr, VTY_NEWLINE);
-	if (g_cfg->transcoder_ip)
-		vty_out(vty, "  transcoder-mgw %s%s", g_cfg->transcoder_ip, VTY_NEWLINE);
-
-	if (g_cfg->transcoder_ports.mode == PORT_ALLOC_STATIC)
-		vty_out(vty, "  rtp transcoder-base %u%s", g_cfg->transcoder_ports.base_port, VTY_NEWLINE);
-	else
-		vty_out(vty, "  rtp transcoder-range %u %u%s",
-			g_cfg->transcoder_ports.range_start, g_cfg->transcoder_ports.range_end, VTY_NEWLINE);
 	if (g_cfg->bts_force_ptime > 0)
 		vty_out(vty, "  rtp force-ptime %d%s", g_cfg->bts_force_ptime, VTY_NEWLINE);
-	vty_out(vty, "  transcoder-remote-base %u%s", g_cfg->transcoder_remote_base, VTY_NEWLINE);
 
 	switch (g_cfg->osmux) {
 	case OSMUX_USAGE_ON:
@@ -209,13 +200,12 @@ static void dump_trunk(struct vty *vty, struct mgcp_trunk_config *cfg, int verbo
 		struct mgcp_endpoint *endp = &cfg->endpoints[i];
 		vty_out(vty,
 			" Endpoint 0x%.2x: CI: %d net: %u/%u bts: %u/%u on %s "
-			"traffic received bts: %u  remote: %u transcoder: %u/%u%s",
+			"traffic received bts: %u  remote: %u%s",
 			i, endp->ci,
 			ntohs(endp->net_end.rtp_port), ntohs(endp->net_end.rtcp_port),
 			ntohs(endp->bts_end.rtp_port), ntohs(endp->bts_end.rtcp_port),
 			inet_ntoa(endp->bts_end.addr),
 			endp->bts_end.packets, endp->net_end.packets,
-			endp->trans_net.packets, endp->trans_bts.packets,
 			VTY_NEWLINE);
 
 		if (verbose && endp->allocated) {
@@ -378,24 +368,26 @@ ALIAS_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_rtp_bts_base_port, cfg_mgcp_rtp_base_port_cmd,
       "rtp base <0-65534>",
       RTP_STR BTS_START_STR UDP_PORT_STR)
 
-DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_rtp_transcoder_range,
+DEFUN_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_rtp_transcoder_range,
       cfg_mgcp_rtp_transcoder_range_cmd,
       "rtp transcoder-range <0-65534> <0-65534>",
       RTP_STR "Range of ports to use for the Transcoder\n"
       RANGE_START_STR RANGE_END_STR)
 {
-	parse_range(&g_cfg->transcoder_ports, argv);
-	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+	vty_out(vty,
+		"%% MGCP RTP transcoding has been removed.%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+	return CMD_WARNING;
 }
 
-DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_rtp_transcoder_base,
+DEFUN_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_rtp_transcoder_base,
       cfg_mgcp_rtp_transcoder_base_cmd,
       "rtp transcoder-base <0-65534>",
       RTP_STR "First UDP port allocated for the Transcoder side\n"
       UDP_PORT_STR)
 {
-	parse_base(&g_cfg->transcoder_ports, argv);
-	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+	vty_out(vty,
+		"%% MGCP RTP transcoding has been removed.%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+	return CMD_WARNING;
 }
 
 DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_rtp_bts_bind_ip,
@@ -724,39 +716,35 @@ ALIAS_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_agent_addr, cfg_mgcp_agent_addr_cmd_old,
       "IPv4 Address of the callagent\n")
       
 
-DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_transcoder,
+DEFUN_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_transcoder,
       cfg_mgcp_transcoder_cmd,
       "transcoder-mgw A.B.C.D",
       "Use a MGW to detranscoder RTP\n"
       "The IP address of the MGW")
 {
-	bsc_replace_string(g_cfg, &g_cfg->transcoder_ip, argv[0]);
-	inet_aton(g_cfg->transcoder_ip, &g_cfg->transcoder_in);
-
-	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+	vty_out(vty,
+		"%% MGCP RTP transcoding has been removed.%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+	return CMD_WARNING;
 }
 
-DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_no_transcoder,
+DEFUN_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_no_transcoder,
       cfg_mgcp_no_transcoder_cmd,
       "no transcoder-mgw",
       NO_STR "Disable the transcoding\n")
 {
-	if (g_cfg->transcoder_ip) {
-		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_NOTICE, "Disabling transcoding on future calls.\n");
-		talloc_free(g_cfg->transcoder_ip);
-		g_cfg->transcoder_ip = NULL;
-	}
-
-	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+	vty_out(vty,
+		"%% MGCP RTP transcoding has been removed.%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+	return CMD_WARNING;
 }
 
-DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_transcoder_remote_base,
+DEFUN_DEPRECATED(cfg_mgcp_transcoder_remote_base,
       cfg_mgcp_transcoder_remote_base_cmd,
       "transcoder-remote-base <0-65534>",
       "Set the base port for the transcoder\n" "The RTP base port on the transcoder")
 {
-	g_cfg->transcoder_remote_base = atoi(argv[0]);
-	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+	vty_out(vty,
+		"%% MGCP RTP transcoding has been removed.%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
+	return CMD_WARNING;
 }
 
 DEFUN(cfg_mgcp_trunk, cfg_mgcp_trunk_cmd,
@@ -1466,29 +1454,6 @@ static int allocate_trunk(struct mgcp_trunk_config *trunk)
 			}
 			endp->net_end.local_alloc = PORT_ALLOC_STATIC;
 		}
-
-		if (trunk->trunk_type == MGCP_TRUNK_VIRTUAL &&
-		    cfg->transcoder_ip && cfg->transcoder_ports.mode == PORT_ALLOC_STATIC) {
-			int rtp_port;
-
-			/* network side */
-			rtp_port = rtp_calculate_port(ENDPOINT_NUMBER(endp),
-						      cfg->transcoder_ports.base_port);
-			if (mgcp_bind_trans_net_rtp_port(endp, rtp_port) != 0) {
-				LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_FATAL, "Failed to bind: %d\n", rtp_port);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			endp->trans_net.local_alloc = PORT_ALLOC_STATIC;
-
-			/* bts side */
-			rtp_port = rtp_calculate_port(endp_back_channel(ENDPOINT_NUMBER(endp)),
-						      cfg->transcoder_ports.base_port);
-			if (mgcp_bind_trans_bts_rtp_port(endp, rtp_port) != 0) {
-				LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_FATAL, "Failed to bind: %d\n", rtp_port);
-				return -1;
-			}
-			endp->trans_bts.local_alloc = PORT_ALLOC_STATIC;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc_nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc_nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c
index 9fd9967..67149b8 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc_nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/osmo-bsc_nat/bsc_mgcp_utils.c
@@ -1116,15 +1116,6 @@ int bsc_mgcp_nat_init(struct bsc_nat *nat)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (mgcp_reset_transcoder(cfg) < 0) {
-		LOGP(DMGCP, LOGL_ERROR, "Failed to send packet to the transcoder.\n");
-		talloc_free(nat->bsc_endpoints);
-		nat->bsc_endpoints = NULL;
-		close(cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd);
-		cfg->gw_fd.bfd.fd = -1;
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
