diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_speed_features.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_speed_features.c
index 9afc7b2be..5c70b4ee4 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_speed_features.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_speed_features.c
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ static void set_rt_speed_feature(VP9_COMP *cpi, SPEED_FEATURES *sf,
 
     // Turn on this to use non-RD key frame coding mode.
     // sf->use_nonrd_pick_mode = 1;
-    sf->search_type_check_frequency = 50;
     sf->mv.search_method = NSTEP;
     sf->tx_size_search_method = is_keyframe ? USE_LARGESTALL : USE_TX_8X8;
     sf->mv.reduce_first_step_size = 1;