diff --git a/include/libtorrent/peer_connection.hpp b/include/libtorrent/peer_connection.hpp
index 0bf400237..6657e3409 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/peer_connection.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/peer_connection.hpp
@@ -195,12 +195,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		policy::peer* peer_info_struct() const
 		{ return m_peer_info; }
 
-		// used by extensions to advertise that they expect to
-		// receive a number of bytes, this will make the peer
-		// connection request more download quota from the download
-		// rate limiter
-		void extension_expect_bytes(int n) { m_extension_outstanding_bytes += n; }
-
 		enum peer_speed_t { slow = 1, medium, fast };
 		peer_speed_t peer_speed();
 
diff --git a/src/metadata_transfer.cpp b/src/metadata_transfer.cpp
index 5eed27b0c..b097c114a 100644
--- a/src/metadata_transfer.cpp
+++ b/src/metadata_transfer.cpp
@@ -287,8 +287,6 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace
 				<< " ==> METADATA_REQUEST  [ start: " << start << " | size: " << size << " ]\n";
 #endif
 
-			m_pc.extension_expect_bytes(m_tp.metadata_size() == 0 ? 2048 : m_tp.metadata_size() * size / 255);
-
 			buffer::interval i = m_pc.allocate_send_buffer(9);
 
 			detail::write_uint32(1 + 1 + 3, i.begin);
diff --git a/src/peer_connection.cpp b/src/peer_connection.cpp
index 8e2a870a3..50ae37986 100644
--- a/src/peer_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/peer_connection.cpp
@@ -4172,7 +4172,7 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(m_outstanding_bytes >= 0);
 		m_channel_state[download_channel] = peer_info::bw_limit;
 		m_ses.m_download_rate.request_bandwidth(self()
-			, (std::max)(m_outstanding_bytes, m_extension_outstanding_bytes) + 30
+			, (std::max)(m_outstanding_bytes, m_packet_size - m_recv_pos) + 30
 			, priority , bwc1, bwc2, bwc3, bwc4);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/ut_metadata.cpp b/src/ut_metadata.cpp
index 38ff1467d..25dc3011c 100644
--- a/src/ut_metadata.cpp
+++ b/src/ut_metadata.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace
 					if (!m_torrent.valid_metadata())
 					{
 						write_metadata_packet(2, piece);
-						m_pc.extension_expect_bytes(0x4000);
 						return true;
 					}
 					// TODO: put the request on the queue in some cases