diff --git a/libao2/ao_dxr3.c b/libao2/ao_dxr3.c
index b9d770216b..711f5367af 100644
--- a/libao2/ao_dxr3.c
+++ b/libao2/ao_dxr3.c
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ static int get_space()
 // return: number of bytes played
 static int play(void* data,int len,int flags)
 {
-    if( ioctl( fd_audio, EM8300_IOCTL_AUDIO_SETPTS, &ao_data.pts ) < 0 )
-	printf( "AO: [dxr3] Unable to set PTS\n" );
     if( ao_data.samplerate < 44100 )
     {
 	int i,j,ratio,len2;
diff --git a/libvo/vo_dxr3.c b/libvo/vo_dxr3.c
index e8c1814b61..25aef07d23 100644
--- a/libvo/vo_dxr3.c
+++ b/libvo/vo_dxr3.c
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ static vo_info_t vo_info =
 
 void write_dxr3( rte_context* context, void* data, size_t size, void* user_data )
 {
-    if( ioctl( fd_video, EM8300_IOCTL_VIDEO_SETPTS, &vo_pts ) < 0 )
-	printf( "VO: [dxr3] Unable to set video PTS\n" );
     write( fd_video, data, size );
 }
 
@@ -268,9 +266,6 @@ static uint32_t draw_frame(uint8_t * src[])
         int data_left;
 	vo_mpegpes_t *p=(vo_mpegpes_t *)src[0];
 
-	if( ioctl( fd_video, EM8300_IOCTL_VIDEO_SETPTS, &vo_pts ) < 0 )
-	    printf( "VO: [dxr3] Unable to set video PTS\n" );
-
 	data_left = p->size;
 	while( data_left )
 	    data_left -= write( fd_video, &((unsigned char*)p->data)[p->size-data_left], data_left );