diff --git a/clapper_src/playerBase.js b/clapper_src/playerBase.js
index 200a3bf5..2d4aec3f 100644
--- a/clapper_src/playerBase.js
+++ b/clapper_src/playerBase.js
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class ClapperPlayerBase extends GstPlayer.Player
                     + ' Do you have gstreamer-plugins-good-gtk4 installed?'
             ));
         }
-        gtkglsink.show_preroll_frame = false;
 
         let glsinkbin = Gst.ElementFactory.make('glsinkbin', null);
         glsinkbin.sink = gtkglsink;