diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
index 044dcc8660b62d6895b5d4ee6b5cd7e73d7362b9..bc1b4a8c6751cfbf2d7565cb2008540af1ac9715 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -565,16 +565,16 @@ static void set_rd_speed_thresholds(VP9_COMP *cpi, int mode) {
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARESTG] = 0;
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARESTA] = 0;
 
-  sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWMV] += 1000;
-  sf->thresh_mult[THR_COMP_NEARESTLA] += 1000;
-  sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARMV] += 1000;
-  sf->thresh_mult[THR_COMP_NEARESTGA] += 1000;
-
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_DC] += 1000;
 
-  sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWG] += 1000;
+  sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWMV] += 1000;
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWA] += 1000;
+  sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWG] += 1000;
+
+  sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARMV] += 1000;
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARA] += 1000;
+  sf->thresh_mult[THR_COMP_NEARESTLA] += 1000;
+  sf->thresh_mult[THR_COMP_NEARESTGA] += 1000;
 
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_TM] += 1000;
 
@@ -606,28 +606,6 @@ static void set_rd_speed_thresholds(VP9_COMP *cpi, int mode) {
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_D207_PRED] += 2500;
   sf->thresh_mult[THR_D63_PRED] += 2500;
 
-  if (cpi->sf.skip_lots_of_modes) {
-    for (i = 0; i < MAX_MODES; ++i)
-      sf->thresh_mult[i] = INT_MAX;
-
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_DC] = 2000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_TM] = 2000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWMV] = 4000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWG] = 4000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWA] = 4000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARESTMV] = 0;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARESTG] = 0;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARESTA] = 0;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARMV] = 2000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARG] = 2000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEARA] = 2000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_COMP_NEARESTLA] = 2000;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_SPLITMV] = 2500;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_SPLITG] = 2500;
-    sf->thresh_mult[THR_SPLITA] = 2500;
-    sf->recode_loop = 0;
-  }
-
   /* disable frame modes if flags not set */
   if (!(cpi->ref_frame_flags & VP9_LAST_FLAG)) {
     sf->thresh_mult[THR_NEWMV    ] = INT_MAX;
@@ -714,7 +692,6 @@ void vp9_set_speed_features(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
   sf->adaptive_motion_search = 0;
   sf->use_avoid_tested_higherror = 0;
   sf->reference_masking = 0;
-  sf->skip_lots_of_modes = 0;
   sf->partition_by_variance = 0;
   sf->use_one_partition_size_always = 0;
   sf->less_rectangular_check = 0;
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
index 3e5796f3ce47d51be0e119c95b1c79daeb3cfd8d..92edf49ab1070ee2497ea618700f9a02604fa576 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ typedef struct {
   TX_SIZE_SEARCH_METHOD tx_size_search_method;
   int use_lp32x32fdct;
   int use_avoid_tested_higherror;
-  int skip_lots_of_modes;
   int partition_by_variance;
   int use_one_partition_size_always;
   int less_rectangular_check;