diff --git a/p2p/transport/webrtc/connection.go b/p2p/transport/webrtc/connection.go
index 7b0fe78d86..5a0a8fc5f3 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/webrtc/connection.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/webrtc/connection.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ var _ tpt.CapableConn = &connection{}
 // maxAcceptQueueLen is the number of waiting streams.
 const maxAcceptQueueLen = 256
 
-const maxDataChannelID = 1 << 10
-
 type errConnectionTimeout struct{}
 
 var _ net.Error = &errConnectionTimeout{}
@@ -195,12 +193,6 @@ func (c *connection) OpenStream(ctx context.Context) (network.MuxedStream, error
 	if id > math.MaxUint16 {
 		return nil, errors.New("exhausted stream ID space")
 	}
-	// Limit the number of streams, since we're not able to actually properly close them.
-	// See https://github.com/libp2p/specs/issues/575 for details.
-	if id > maxDataChannelID {
-		c.Close()
-		return c.OpenStream(ctx)
-	}
 
 	streamID := uint16(id)
 	dc, err := c.pc.CreateDataChannel("", &webrtc.DataChannelInit{ID: &streamID})
@@ -329,12 +321,6 @@ func (c *connection) setRemotePublicKey(key ic.PubKey) {
 func SetupDataChannelQueue(pc *webrtc.PeerConnection, queueLen int) chan DetachedDataChannel {
 	queue := make(chan DetachedDataChannel, queueLen)
 	pc.OnDataChannel(func(dc *webrtc.DataChannel) {
-		// Limit the number of streams, since we're not able to actually properly close them.
-		// See https://github.com/libp2p/specs/issues/575 for details.
-		if *dc.ID() > maxDataChannelID {
-			dc.Close()
-			return
-		}
 		dc.OnOpen(func() {
 			rwc, err := dc.Detach()
 			if err != nil {