diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 5fa1663426..4d17330df5 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -18724,8 +18724,7 @@ that value the speed drops by a factor of approximately 2.  Default value is
 @code{3}.
 
 @item qp
-Force a constant quantization parameter. If not set, the filter will use the QP
-from the video stream (if available).
+Force a constant quantization parameter.
 @end table
 
 @section v360
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_uspp.c b/libavfilter/vf_uspp.c
index da4029f4b2..677eeff276 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_uspp.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_uspp.c
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ typedef struct USPPContext {
     AVCodecContext *avctx_enc[BLOCK*BLOCK];
     AVFrame *frame;
     AVFrame *frame_dec;
-    uint8_t *non_b_qp_table;
-    int non_b_qp_alloc_size;
-    int use_bframe_qp;
 } USPPContext;
 
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(USPPContext, x)
@@ -61,7 +58,6 @@ typedef struct USPPContext {
 static const AVOption uspp_options[] = {
     { "quality",       "set quality",                          OFFSET(log2_count),    AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 3}, 0, MAX_LEVEL, FLAGS },
     { "qp",            "force a constant quantizer parameter", OFFSET(qp),            AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 63,        FLAGS },
-    { "use_bframe_qp", "use B-frames' QP",                     OFFSET(use_bframe_qp), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,{.i64 = 0}, 0, 1,         FLAGS },
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -182,7 +178,7 @@ static void store_slice_c(uint8_t *dst, const uint16_t *src,
 
 static void filter(USPPContext *p, uint8_t *dst[3], uint8_t *src[3],
                    int dst_stride[3], int src_stride[3], int width,
-                   int height, uint8_t *qp_store, int qp_stride)
+                   int height)
 {
     int x, y, i, j;
     const int count = 1<<p->log2_count;
@@ -215,18 +211,8 @@ static void filter(USPPContext *p, uint8_t *dst[3], uint8_t *src[3],
         memset(p->temp[i], 0, (h + 2 * block) * stride * sizeof(int16_t));
     }
 
-    if (p->qp)
-        p->frame->quality = p->qp * FF_QP2LAMBDA;
-    else {
-        int qpsum=0;
-        int qpcount = (height>>4) * (height>>4);
+    p->frame->quality = p->qp * FF_QP2LAMBDA;
 
-        for (y = 0; y < (height>>4); y++) {
-            for (x = 0; x < (width>>4); x++)
-                qpsum += qp_store[x + y * qp_stride];
-        }
-        p->frame->quality = ff_norm_qscale((qpsum + qpcount/2) / qpcount, p->qscale_type) * FF_QP2LAMBDA;
-    }
 //    init per MB qscale stuff FIXME
     p->frame->height = height + BLOCK;
     p->frame->width  = width + BLOCK;
@@ -384,68 +370,25 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
     AVFilterLink *outlink = ctx->outputs[0];
     AVFrame *out = in;
 
-    int qp_stride = 0;
-    uint8_t *qp_table = NULL;
-
-    /* if we are not in a constant user quantizer mode and we don't want to use
-     * the quantizers from the B-frames (B-frames often have a higher QP), we
-     * need to save the qp table from the last non B-frame; this is what the
-     * following code block does */
-    if (!uspp->qp) {
-        qp_table = av_frame_get_qp_table(in, &qp_stride, &uspp->qscale_type);
-
-        if (qp_table && !uspp->use_bframe_qp && in->pict_type != AV_PICTURE_TYPE_B) {
-            int w, h;
-
-            /* if the qp stride is not set, it means the QP are only defined on
-             * a line basis */
-            if (!qp_stride) {
-                w = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(inlink->w, 4);
-                h = 1;
-            } else {
-                w = qp_stride;
-                h = AV_CEIL_RSHIFT(inlink->h, 4);
-            }
-
-            if (w * h > uspp->non_b_qp_alloc_size) {
-                int ret = av_reallocp_array(&uspp->non_b_qp_table, w, h);
-                if (ret < 0) {
-                    uspp->non_b_qp_alloc_size = 0;
-                    return ret;
-                }
-                uspp->non_b_qp_alloc_size = w * h;
-            }
-
-            av_assert0(w * h <= uspp->non_b_qp_alloc_size);
-            memcpy(uspp->non_b_qp_table, qp_table, w * h);
-        }
-    }
-
     if (uspp->log2_count && !ctx->is_disabled) {
-        if (!uspp->use_bframe_qp && uspp->non_b_qp_table)
-            qp_table = uspp->non_b_qp_table;
-
-        if (qp_table || uspp->qp) {
-
-            /* get a new frame if in-place is not possible or if the dimensions
-             * are not multiple of 8 */
-            if (!av_frame_is_writable(in) || (inlink->w & 7) || (inlink->h & 7)) {
-                const int aligned_w = FFALIGN(inlink->w, 8);
-                const int aligned_h = FFALIGN(inlink->h, 8);
-
-                out = ff_get_video_buffer(outlink, aligned_w, aligned_h);
-                if (!out) {
-                    av_frame_free(&in);
-                    return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-                }
-                av_frame_copy_props(out, in);
-                out->width  = in->width;
-                out->height = in->height;
+        /* get a new frame if in-place is not possible or if the dimensions
+         * are not multiple of 8 */
+        if (!av_frame_is_writable(in) || (inlink->w & 7) || (inlink->h & 7)) {
+            const int aligned_w = FFALIGN(inlink->w, 8);
+            const int aligned_h = FFALIGN(inlink->h, 8);
+
+            out = ff_get_video_buffer(outlink, aligned_w, aligned_h);
+            if (!out) {
+                av_frame_free(&in);
+                return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
             }
-
-            filter(uspp, out->data, in->data, out->linesize, in->linesize,
-                   inlink->w, inlink->h, qp_table, qp_stride);
+            av_frame_copy_props(out, in);
+            out->width  = in->width;
+            out->height = in->height;
         }
+
+        filter(uspp, out->data, in->data, out->linesize, in->linesize,
+               inlink->w, inlink->h);
     }
 
     if (in != out) {
@@ -473,7 +416,6 @@ static av_cold void uninit(AVFilterContext *ctx)
         av_freep(&uspp->avctx_enc[i]);
     }
 
-    av_freep(&uspp->non_b_qp_table);
     av_freep(&uspp->outbuf);
     av_frame_free(&uspp->frame);
 }
