diff --git a/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
index 5d56ae2d3..fa8cf95dd 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.mutter.gschema.xml.in
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   <flags id="org.gnome.mutter.MetaExperimentalFeature">
     <value nick="scale-monitor-framebuffer" value="1"/>
     <value nick="kms-modifiers" value="2"/>
-    <value nick="rt-scheduler" value="4"/>
-    <value nick="autoclose-xwayland" value="8"/>
+    <value nick="autoclose-xwayland" value="4"/>
   </flags>
 
   <schema id="org.gnome.mutter" path="/org/gnome/mutter/"
@@ -126,9 +125,6 @@
                                         supported by the driver. Requires a
                                         restart.
 
-        • “rt-scheduler”              — makes mutter request a low priority
-                                        real-time scheduling. Requires a restart.
-
         • “autoclose-xwayland”        — automatically terminates Xwayland if all
                                         relevant X11 clients are gone.
                                         Requires a restart.
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h b/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h
index 618e9daa2..ca14ce67c 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h
+++ b/src/backends/meta-settings-private.h
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ typedef enum _MetaExperimentalFeature
   META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_NONE = 0,
   META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_SCALE_MONITOR_FRAMEBUFFER = (1 << 0),
   META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_KMS_MODIFIERS  = (1 << 1),
-  META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_RT_SCHEDULER = (1 << 2),
-  META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_AUTOCLOSE_XWAYLAND  = (1 << 3),
+  META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_AUTOCLOSE_XWAYLAND  = (1 << 2),
 } MetaExperimentalFeature;
 
 typedef enum _MetaXwaylandExtension
diff --git a/src/backends/meta-settings.c b/src/backends/meta-settings.c
index 1e107b0a7..486ac5abb 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-settings.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-settings.c
@@ -292,8 +292,6 @@ experimental_features_handler (GVariant *features_variant,
         feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_SCALE_MONITOR_FRAMEBUFFER;
       else if (g_str_equal (feature_str, "kms-modifiers"))
         feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_KMS_MODIFIERS;
-      else if (g_str_equal (feature_str, "rt-scheduler"))
-        feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_RT_SCHEDULER;
       else if (g_str_equal (feature_str, "autoclose-xwayland"))
         feature = META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_AUTOCLOSE_XWAYLAND;
 
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
index 2f1b28522..418af8504 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-backend-native.c
@@ -216,45 +216,9 @@ static void
 meta_backend_native_post_init (MetaBackend *backend)
 {
   MetaBackendNative *backend_native = META_BACKEND_NATIVE (backend);
-  MetaSettings *settings = meta_backend_get_settings (backend);
 
   META_BACKEND_CLASS (meta_backend_native_parent_class)->post_init (backend);
 
-  if (meta_settings_is_experimental_feature_enabled (settings,
-                                                     META_EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURE_RT_SCHEDULER))
-    {
-      g_autoptr (MetaDBusRealtimeKit1) rtkit_proxy = NULL;
-      g_autoptr (GError) error = NULL;
-
-      rtkit_proxy =
-        meta_dbus_realtime_kit1_proxy_new_for_bus_sync (G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM,
-                                                        G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_LOAD_PROPERTIES |
-                                                        G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_CONNECT_SIGNALS |
-                                                        G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_DO_NOT_AUTO_START,
-                                                        "org.freedesktop.RealtimeKit1",
-                                                        "/org/freedesktop/RealtimeKit1",
-                                                        NULL,
-                                                        &error);
-
-      if (rtkit_proxy)
-        {
-          uint32_t priority;
-
-          priority = sched_get_priority_min (SCHED_RR);
-          meta_dbus_realtime_kit1_call_make_thread_realtime_sync (rtkit_proxy,
-                                                                  gettid (),
-                                                                  priority,
-                                                                  NULL,
-                                                                  &error);
-        }
-
-      if (error)
-        {
-          g_dbus_error_strip_remote_error (error);
-          g_message ("Failed to set RT scheduler: %s", error->message);
-        }
-    }
-
 #ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_DESKTOP
   maybe_disable_screen_cast_dma_bufs (backend_native);
 #endif