diff --git a/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp b/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp
index b276a2b..f0fca62 100644
--- a/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp
+++ b/src/remote/blockingUDPTransport.cpp
@@ -494,25 +494,6 @@ bool BlockingUDPTransport::send(ByteBuffer* buffer, InetAddressType target) {
     return allOK;
 }
 
-size_t BlockingUDPTransport::getSocketReceiveBufferSize() const {
-    // Get value of the SO_RCVBUF option for this DatagramSocket,
-    // that is the buffer size used by the platform for input on
-    // this DatagramSocket.
-
-    int sockBufSize = -1;
-    osiSocklen_t intLen = sizeof(int);
-
-    int retval = getsockopt(_channel, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, (char *)&sockBufSize, &intLen);
-    if(unlikely(retval<0))
-    {
-        char errStr[64];
-        epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString(errStr, sizeof(errStr));
-        LOG(logLevelError, "Socket getsockopt SO_RCVBUF error: %s.", errStr);
-    }
-
-    return (size_t)sockBufSize;
-}
-
 
 void BlockingUDPTransport::join(const osiSockAddr & mcastAddr, const osiSockAddr & nifAddr)
 {
diff --git a/src/remote/codec.cpp b/src/remote/codec.cpp
index b1e55ef..b0ff177 100644
--- a/src/remote/codec.cpp
+++ b/src/remote/codec.cpp
@@ -1289,27 +1289,6 @@ int BlockingTCPTransportCodec::write(
 }
 
 
-std::size_t BlockingTCPTransportCodec::getSocketReceiveBufferSize()
-const  {
-
-    osiSocklen_t intLen = sizeof(int);
-    int socketRecvBufferSize;
-    int retval = getsockopt(_channel, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF,
-                            (char *)&socketRecvBufferSize, &intLen);
-
-    if(retval<0) {
-        if (IS_LOGGABLE(logLevelDebug))
-        {
-            char strBuffer[64];
-            epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString(strBuffer, sizeof(strBuffer));
-            LOG(logLevelDebug, "Error getting SO_SNDBUF: %s", strBuffer);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return socketRecvBufferSize;
-}
-
-
 int BlockingTCPTransportCodec::read(epics::pvData::ByteBuffer* dst) {
 
     std::size_t remaining;
diff --git a/src/remote/pv/blockingUDP.h b/src/remote/pv/blockingUDP.h
index ea0aeb1..f1c560f 100644
--- a/src/remote/pv/blockingUDP.h
+++ b/src/remote/pv/blockingUDP.h
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ public:
         return _receiveBuffer.getSize();
     }
 
-    virtual std::size_t getSocketReceiveBufferSize() const OVERRIDE FINAL;
-
     virtual epics::pvData::int16 getPriority() const OVERRIDE FINAL {
         return PVA_DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
     }
diff --git a/src/remote/pv/codec.h b/src/remote/pv/codec.h
index 5607582..c8138dc 100644
--- a/src/remote/pv/codec.h
+++ b/src/remote/pv/codec.h
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ public:
         return &_socketAddress;
     }
     virtual void invalidDataStreamHandler() OVERRIDE FINAL;
-    virtual std::size_t getSocketReceiveBufferSize() const OVERRIDE FINAL;
 
     virtual std::string getType() const OVERRIDE FINAL {
         return std::string("tcp");
diff --git a/src/remote/pv/remote.h b/src/remote/pv/remote.h
index c549d65..b096008 100644
--- a/src/remote/pv/remote.h
+++ b/src/remote/pv/remote.h
@@ -197,12 +197,6 @@ public:
      */
     virtual std::size_t getReceiveBufferSize() const = 0;
 
-    /**
-     * Get socket receive buffer size.
-     * @return socket receive buffer size.
-     */
-    virtual std::size_t getSocketReceiveBufferSize() const = 0;
-
     /**
      * Transport priority.
      * @return protocol priority.
diff --git a/testApp/remote/testCodec.cpp b/testApp/remote/testCodec.cpp
index 8b8678a..74cb62c 100644
--- a/testApp/remote/testCodec.cpp
+++ b/testApp/remote/testCodec.cpp
@@ -366,11 +366,6 @@ public:
         return 0;
     }
 
-    std::size_t getSocketReceiveBufferSize() const
-    {
-        return 16384;
-    }
-
     void setRemoteTransportSocketReceiveBufferSize(
         std::size_t socketReceiveBufferSize)  {}