diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index ddb0ffe80d..b8fe028376 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2017.08"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_MAD
+	bool "mad (*.mp3 audio) removed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTC
 	bool "gst1-plugins-bad webrtc renamed to webrtcdsp"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTCDSP
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/Config.in
index f30163aa0a..c997411021 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/Config.in
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_LAME
 	help
 	  Encode MP3s with LAME
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_MAD
-	bool "mad (*.mp3 audio)"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBID3TAG
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMAD
-	help
-	  mp3 decoding based on the mad library
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_MPG123
 	bool "mpg123 (*.mp3 audio)"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MPG123
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.hash b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.hash
index 9567d9ca0c..5d211ce10a 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.hash
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# From http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-ugly/gst-plugins-ugly-1.10.4.tar.xz.sha256sum
-sha256 6386c77ca8459cba431ed0b63da780c7062c7cc48055d222024d8eaf198ffa59  gst-plugins-ugly-1.10.4.tar.xz
+# From http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-ugly/gst-plugins-ugly-1.12.0.tar.xz.sha256sum
+sha256 5e68ba5046e83ee87b17d7a13931e6091466fd771e1338c5b929ee0944d40ad6  gst-plugins-ugly-1.12.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk
index b0d9a65eb1..4266ceda36 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-ugly/gst1-plugins-ugly.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_VERSION = 1.10.4
+GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_VERSION = 1.12.0
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_SOURCE = gst-plugins-ugly-$(GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_VERSION).tar.xz
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_SITE = https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-plugins-ugly
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@ else
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-lame
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_MAD),y)
-GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-mad
-GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_DEPENDENCIES += libid3tag libmad
-GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_HAS_GPL_LICENSE = y
-else
-GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_CONF_OPTS += --disable-mad
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_PLUGIN_MPG123),y)
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_CONF_OPTS += --enable-mpg123
 GST1_PLUGINS_UGLY_DEPENDENCIES += mpg123