diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp b/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp
index 328a0ceadb23055c40a934a39099096c184ee6fa..64a2a402cebdea75f45cbb2fb9b23da9c4c0b6b7 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.cpp
@@ -1599,8 +1599,7 @@ void ChromaQpMappingTable::derivedChromaQPMappingTables()
 #endif
 
 PPSRExt::PPSRExt()
-: m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize      (2)
-, m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag(false)
+: m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag(false)
 , m_cuChromaQpOffsetSubdiv             (0)
 , m_chromaQpOffsetListLen              (0)
 // m_ChromaQpAdjTableIncludingNullEntry initialized below
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.h
index 7bac2fcb0b7627d851ea7b51f34e0593a24e8262..9b9e55a8110739acc7e72b02d56a80c926e183e0 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/Slice.h
@@ -1195,7 +1195,6 @@ public:
 class PPSRExt // Names aligned to text specification
 {
 private:
-  int              m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize;
   bool             m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag;
 
   // Chroma QP Adjustments
@@ -1210,16 +1209,12 @@ public:
 
   bool settingsDifferFromDefaults(const bool bTransformSkipEnabledFlag) const
   {
-    return (bTransformSkipEnabledFlag && (getLog2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize() !=2))
-        || (getCrossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag() )
+    return (getCrossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag() )
         || (getChromaQpOffsetListEnabledFlag() )
         || (getLog2SaoOffsetScale(CHANNEL_TYPE_LUMA) !=0 )
         || (getLog2SaoOffsetScale(CHANNEL_TYPE_CHROMA) !=0 );
   }
 
-  uint32_t                   getLog2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize() const                         { return m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize;         }
-  void                   setLog2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize( uint32_t u )                       { m_log2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize  = u;           }
-
   bool                   getCrossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag() const                   { return m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag;   }
   void                   setCrossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag(bool value)               { m_crossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag = value;  }
 
diff --git a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
index b269c6fa0362b1a1fddf36b70e39a7dc1820133e..ee8adc7b12686de75c86a4249d670a19a775297c 100644
--- a/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/DecoderLib/VLCReader.cpp
@@ -775,16 +775,6 @@ void HLSyntaxReader::parsePPS( PPS* pcPPS, ParameterSetManager *parameterSetMana
           PPSRExt &ppsRangeExtension = pcPPS->getPpsRangeExtension();
           CHECK(bSkipTrailingExtensionBits, "Invalid state");
 
-#if JVET_O1136_TS_BDPCM_SIGNALLING
-          if (parameterSetManager->getSPS(pcPPS->getSPSId())->getTransformSkipEnabledFlag())
-#else
-          if (pcPPS->getUseTransformSkip())
-#endif
-          {
-            READ_UVLC( uiCode, "log2_max_transform_skip_block_size_minus2");
-            ppsRangeExtension.setLog2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize(uiCode+2);
-          }
-
           READ_FLAG( uiCode, "cross_component_prediction_enabled_flag");
           ppsRangeExtension.setCrossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag(uiCode != 0);
 
diff --git a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
index 55b63286fce9a1391f2521f9bc2f5f7d6ac30c7f..ccefb18d04d134ad3a818c4c9feb9a47b231d6b9 100644
--- a/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
+++ b/source/Lib/EncoderLib/VLCWriter.cpp
@@ -486,14 +486,6 @@ void HLSWriter::codePPS( const PPS* pcPPS )
         case PPS_EXT__REXT:
         {
           const PPSRExt &ppsRangeExtension = pcPPS->getPpsRangeExtension();
-#if JVET_O1136_TS_BDPCM_SIGNALLING
-          if (pcSPS->getTransformSkipEnabledFlag())
-#else
-          if (pcPPS->getUseTransformSkip())
-#endif
-          {
-            WRITE_UVLC( ppsRangeExtension.getLog2MaxTransformSkipBlockSize()-2,            "log2_max_transform_skip_block_size_minus2");
-          }
 
           WRITE_FLAG((ppsRangeExtension.getCrossComponentPredictionEnabledFlag() ? 1 : 0), "cross_component_prediction_enabled_flag" );