diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1d8d8953b545ede028c2582ebcaf57ce4c6bddd9..945a68194468045cf97e78d803693aba5c51c536 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ EXPERIMENT_LIST="
     csm
     implicit_segmentation
     comp_interintra_pred
-    enable_6tap
     modelcoefprob
     loop_dering
     scatterscan
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h b/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
index b18a4aa09d49d631c9173a007d5d43be82d5e311..a2199359885b9794e2edac86770fce0a15b90c17 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_blockd.h
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ typedef enum {
 } FRAME_TYPE;
 
 typedef enum {
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_6TAP
-  SIXTAP,
-#endif
   EIGHTTAP_SMOOTH,
   EIGHTTAP,
   EIGHTTAP_SHARP,
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
index f3fead6ee483a37d3767d1ae9d160f2e50458f8f..503ad959833b5903e1c81e188a0c92c2d5b5e8f8 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_entropymode.c
@@ -304,15 +304,9 @@ const vp9_tree_index vp9_switchable_interp_tree[VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS*2-2] = {
   -1, -2
 };
 struct vp9_token vp9_switchable_interp_encodings[VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS];
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_6TAP
-const INTERPOLATIONFILTERTYPE vp9_switchable_interp[VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS] = {
-  SIXTAP, EIGHTTAP, EIGHTTAP_SHARP};
-const int vp9_switchable_interp_map[SWITCHABLE+1] = {0, -1, 1, 2, -1, -1};
-#else
 const INTERPOLATIONFILTERTYPE vp9_switchable_interp[VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS] = {
   EIGHTTAP, EIGHTTAP_SMOOTH, EIGHTTAP_SHARP};
 const int vp9_switchable_interp_map[SWITCHABLE+1] = {1, 0, 2, -1, -1};
-#endif
 const vp9_prob vp9_switchable_interp_prob [VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS+1]
                                           [VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS-1] = {
   {248, 192}, { 32, 248}, { 32,  32}, {192, 160}
@@ -330,20 +324,12 @@ const vp9_prob vp9_switchable_interp_prob [VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS+1]
 };
 const INTERPOLATIONFILTERTYPE vp9_switchable_interp[VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS] = {
   EIGHTTAP, EIGHTTAP_SHARP};
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_6TAP
-const int vp9_switchable_interp_map[SWITCHABLE+1] = {-1, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1};
-#else
 const int vp9_switchable_interp_map[SWITCHABLE+1] = {-1, 0, 1, -1, -1};
-#endif
 #endif  // VP9_SWITCHABLE_FILTERS
 
 // Indicates if the filter is interpolating or non-interpolating
 // Note currently only the EIGHTTAP_SMOOTH is non-interpolating
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_6TAP
-const int vp9_is_interpolating_filter[SWITCHABLE + 1] = {1, 0, 1, 1, 1, -1};
-#else
 const int vp9_is_interpolating_filter[SWITCHABLE + 1] = {0, 1, 1, 1, -1};
-#endif
 
 void vp9_entropy_mode_init() {
   vp9_tokens_from_tree(vp9_kf_bmode_encodings,   vp9_kf_bmode_tree);
diff --git a/vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.c b/vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.c
index e39e050c2ab248848897191d7c5eb104dbe3e1b5..14642f20c7e8862f136c512f7c1bf543b1febbb4 100644
--- a/vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.c
+++ b/vp9/common/vp9_reconinter.c
@@ -125,11 +125,6 @@ void vp9_setup_interp_filters(MACROBLOCKD *xd,
     case BILINEAR:
       xd->subpix.filter_x = xd->subpix.filter_y = vp9_bilinear_filters;
       break;
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_6TAP
-    case SIXTAP:
-      xd->subpix.filter_x = xd->subpix.filter_y = vp9_sub_pel_filters_6;
-      break;
-#endif
   }
   assert(((intptr_t)xd->subpix.filter_x & 0xff) == 0);
 }
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
index a47758bb73968d4ee1b5420337a8def861a92ba6..09a0fab0fa998d7c03ade75d2eb1adfd75d9a52d 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -2624,11 +2624,7 @@ static void encode_frame_to_data_rate(VP9_COMP *cpi,
 
   /* list of filters to search over */
   int mcomp_filters_to_search[] = {
-#if CONFIG_ENABLE_6TAP
-      EIGHTTAP, EIGHTTAP_SHARP, SIXTAP, SWITCHABLE
-#else
-      EIGHTTAP, EIGHTTAP_SHARP, EIGHTTAP_SMOOTH, SWITCHABLE
-#endif
+    EIGHTTAP, EIGHTTAP_SHARP, EIGHTTAP_SMOOTH, SWITCHABLE
   };
   int mcomp_filters = sizeof(mcomp_filters_to_search) /
       sizeof(*mcomp_filters_to_search);