diff --git a/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp
index a81e1d0..140f691 100644
--- a/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 
 UnicastUdpTransport::UnicastUdpTransport(protocol::socket&& socket,
                                          ndn::nfd::FacePersistency persistency,
-                                         time::nanoseconds idleTimeout,
-                                         optional<ssize_t> overrideMtu)
+                                         time::nanoseconds idleTimeout)
   : DatagramTransport(std::move(socket))
   , m_idleTimeout(idleTimeout)
 {
@@ -51,14 +50,7 @@
   this->setScope(ndn::nfd::FACE_SCOPE_NON_LOCAL);
   this->setPersistency(persistency);
   this->setLinkType(ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
-
-  if (overrideMtu) {
-    this->setMtu(std::min(udp::computeMtu(m_socket.local_endpoint()), *overrideMtu));
-  }
-  else {
-    this->setMtu(udp::computeMtu(m_socket.local_endpoint()));
-  }
-  BOOST_ASSERT(this->getMtu() >= MIN_MTU);
+  this->setMtu(udp::computeMtu(m_socket.local_endpoint()));
 
   NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");