diff --git a/UPGRADE.txt b/UPGRADE.txt
index 01fb8f7487..ce13b75ef2 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.txt
+++ b/UPGRADE.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ As of 1.6.0.16:
   contrib/firmware/iax/ directory in the Asterisk source tree before running
   "make install".
 
+* T.38 FAX error correction mode can no longer be configured in udptl.conf;
+  instead, it is configured on a per-peer (or global) basis in sip.conf, with
+  the same default as was present in udptl.conf.sample.
+
 As of 1.6.0.15:
 
 * There have been some changes to the IAX2 protocol to address the security
diff --git a/configs/udptl.conf.sample b/configs/udptl.conf.sample
index 706994c6e3..97df84213d 100644
--- a/configs/udptl.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/udptl.conf.sample
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ udptlend=4999
 ;
 ;udptlchecksums=no
 ;
-; The error correction type to be sent
-;
-T38FaxUdpEC = t38UDPFEC
-;T38FaxUdpEC = t38UDPRedundancy
-;
 ; The maximum length of a UDPTL packet
 ;
 T38FaxMaxDatagram = 400
diff --git a/main/udptl.c b/main/udptl.c
index 1e24e99a93..9cfb9b64b3 100644
--- a/main/udptl.c
+++ b/main/udptl.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static struct sockaddr_in udptldebugaddr;   /*!< Debug packets to/from this host
 #ifdef SO_NO_CHECK
 static int nochecksums;
 #endif
-static enum ast_t38_ec_modes udptlfectype;
 static int udptlfecentries;
 static int udptlfecspan;
 static int udptlmaxdatagram;
@@ -866,7 +865,6 @@ struct ast_udptl *ast_udptl_new_with_bindaddr(struct sched_context *sched, struc
 	if (!(udptl = ast_calloc(1, sizeof(*udptl))))
 		return NULL;
 
-	udptl->error_correction_scheme = udptlfectype;
 	udptl->error_correction_span = udptlfecspan;
 	udptl->error_correction_entries = udptlfecentries;
 	
@@ -1326,7 +1324,6 @@ static void __ast_udptl_reload(int reload)
 
 	udptlstart = 4500;
 	udptlend = 4999;
-	udptlfectype = UDPTL_ERROR_CORRECTION_NONE;
 	udptlfecentries = 0;
 	udptlfecspan = 0;
 	udptlmaxdatagram = 0;
@@ -1367,10 +1364,7 @@ static void __ast_udptl_reload(int reload)
 #endif
 		}
 		if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "T38FaxUdpEC"))) {
-			if (strcmp(s, "t38UDPFEC") == 0)
-				udptlfectype = UDPTL_ERROR_CORRECTION_FEC;
-			else if (strcmp(s, "t38UDPRedundancy") == 0)
-				udptlfectype = UDPTL_ERROR_CORRECTION_REDUNDANCY;
+			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "T38FaxUdpEC in udptl.conf is no longer supported; use the t38pt_udptl configuration option in sip.conf instead.\n");
 		}
 		if ((s = ast_variable_retrieve(cfg, "general", "T38FaxMaxDatagram"))) {
 			udptlmaxdatagram = atoi(s);