diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_receiver.h b/modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_receiver.h
index d43acb2c7c..e15bbe410d 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_receiver.h
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/include/rtp_receiver.h
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ class TelephoneEventHandler {
   // Forward DTMFs to decoder for playout.
   virtual void SetTelephoneEventForwardToDecoder(bool forward_to_decoder) = 0;
 
-  // Is forwarding of outband telephone events turned on/off?
-  virtual bool TelephoneEventForwardToDecoder() const = 0;
-
   // Is TelephoneEvent configured with payload type payload_type
   virtual bool TelephoneEventPayloadType(const int8_t payload_type) const = 0;
 };
diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.cc b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.cc
index ac571382f5..3d66fd57e4 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.cc
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RTPReceiverStrategy* RTPReceiverStrategy::CreateAudioStrategy(
 RTPReceiverAudio::RTPReceiverAudio(RtpData* data_callback)
     : RTPReceiverStrategy(data_callback),
       TelephoneEventHandler(),
-      telephone_event_forward_to_decoder_(false),
+      telephone_event_forward_to_decoder_(true),
       telephone_event_payload_type_(-1),
       cng_nb_payload_type_(-1),
       cng_wb_payload_type_(-1),
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ void RTPReceiverAudio::SetTelephoneEventForwardToDecoder(
   telephone_event_forward_to_decoder_ = forward_to_decoder;
 }
 
-// Is forwarding of outband telephone events turned on/off?
-bool RTPReceiverAudio::TelephoneEventForwardToDecoder() const {
-  rtc::CritScope lock(&crit_sect_);
-  return telephone_event_forward_to_decoder_;
-}
-
 bool RTPReceiverAudio::TelephoneEventPayloadType(int8_t payload_type) const {
   rtc::CritScope lock(&crit_sect_);
   return telephone_event_payload_type_ == payload_type;
diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.h b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.h
index 8c82094ab9..1d3d6d42e0 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.h
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_receiver_audio.h
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ class RTPReceiverAudio : public RTPReceiverStrategy,
   // Forward DTMFs to decoder for playout.
   void SetTelephoneEventForwardToDecoder(bool forward_to_decoder) override;
 
-  // Is forwarding of outband telephone events turned on/off?
-  bool TelephoneEventForwardToDecoder() const override;
-
   // Is TelephoneEvent configured with |payload_type|.
   bool TelephoneEventPayloadType(const int8_t payload_type) const override;
 
diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/test/testAPI/test_api_audio.cc b/modules/rtp_rtcp/test/testAPI/test_api_audio.cc
index abda7b2120..fdd99decce 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/test/testAPI/test_api_audio.cc
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/test/testAPI/test_api_audio.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,26 @@ const CngCodecSpec kCngCodecs[] = {{13, 8000},
                                    {104, 32000},
                                    {105, 48000}};
 
+// Rough sanity check of DTMF payload.
+void VerifyDtmf(const uint8_t* payloadData,
+                size_t payloadSize) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(payloadSize, 4u);
+  uint8_t p0 = (payloadSize > 0) ? payloadData[0] : 0xff;
+  uint8_t p1 = (payloadSize > 1) ? payloadData[1] : 0xff;
+  uint8_t p2 = (payloadSize > 2) ? payloadData[2] : 0xff;
+  uint8_t p3 = (payloadSize > 3) ? payloadData[3] : 0xff;
+  uint8_t event = p0;
+  bool reserved = (p1 >> 6) & 1;
+  uint8_t volume = p1 & 63;
+  uint16_t duration = (p2 << 8) | p3;
+
+  // 0-15 are digits, #, *, A-D, 32 is answer tone (see rfc 4734)
+  EXPECT_LE(event, 32u);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(event < 16u || event == 32u);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(reserved);
+  EXPECT_EQ(volume, 10u);
+  EXPECT_LE(duration, 6560u);
+}
 
 class VerifyingAudioReceiver : public RtpData {
  public:
@@ -47,11 +67,13 @@ class VerifyingAudioReceiver : public RtpData {
       size_t payloadSize,
       const webrtc::WebRtcRTPHeader* rtpHeader) override {
     const uint8_t payload_type = rtpHeader->header.payloadType;
-    if (payload_type == kPcmuPayloadType || payload_type == kDtmfPayloadType) {
+    if (payload_type == kPcmuPayloadType) {
       EXPECT_EQ(sizeof(kTestPayload), payloadSize);
-      // All our test vectors for PCMU and DTMF are equal to |kTestPayload|.
+      // All our test vectors for PCMU are equal to |kTestPayload|.
       const size_t min_size = std::min(sizeof(kTestPayload), payloadSize);
       EXPECT_EQ(0, memcmp(payloadData, kTestPayload, min_size));
+    } else if (payload_type == kDtmfPayloadType) {
+      VerifyDtmf(payloadData, payloadSize);
     }
 
     return 0;