diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 83c521d49c0aef81d7ce056efd4abf8db6082259..f38eea88d37fd24adbf920d2b5f6f030e012b4bd 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -4958,11 +4958,6 @@ static int sip_setoption(struct ast_channel *chan, int option, void *data, int d
 			res = ast_rtp_instance_set_write_format(p->rtp, (struct ast_format *) data);
 		}
 		break;
-	case AST_OPTION_MAKE_COMPATIBLE:
-		if (p->rtp) {
-			res = ast_rtp_instance_make_compatible(chan, p->rtp, (struct ast_channel *) data);
-		}
-		break;
 	case AST_OPTION_DIGIT_DETECT:
 		if ((ast_test_flag(&p->flags[0], SIP_DTMF) == SIP_DTMF_INBAND) ||
 		    (ast_test_flag(&p->flags[0], SIP_DTMF) == SIP_DTMF_AUTO)) {
diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index f2519c40faa2ff3e886c3103b9ae4e8455339718..c6df5f8b00d91cdbf44aec882c996056fd29bf71 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -6069,12 +6069,6 @@ static int ast_channel_make_compatible_helper(struct ast_channel *from, struct a
 	struct ast_format best_dst_fmt;
 	int use_slin;
 
-	/* See if the channel driver can natively make these two channels compatible */
-	if (ast_channel_tech(from)->bridge && ast_channel_tech(from)->bridge == ast_channel_tech(to)->bridge &&
-	    !ast_channel_setoption(from, AST_OPTION_MAKE_COMPATIBLE, to, sizeof(struct ast_channel *), 0)) {
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if ((ast_format_cmp(ast_channel_readformat(from), ast_channel_writeformat(to)) != AST_FORMAT_CMP_NOT_EQUAL) &&
 		(ast_format_cmp(ast_channel_readformat(to), ast_channel_writeformat(from)) != AST_FORMAT_CMP_NOT_EQUAL)) {
 		/* Already compatible!  Moving on ... */