diff --git a/examples/rl-tcp/sim.cc b/examples/rl-tcp/sim.cc
index 90ae9acb2a..7e76878516 100644
--- a/examples/rl-tcp/sim.cc
+++ b/examples/rl-tcp/sim.cc
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   cmd.AddValue ("nLeaf",     "Number of left and right side leaf nodes", nLeaf);
   cmd.AddValue ("transport_prot", "Transport protocol to use: TcpNewReno, "
                 "TcpHybla, TcpHighSpeed, TcpHtcp, TcpVegas, TcpScalable, TcpVeno, "
-                "TcpBic, TcpYeah, TcpIllinois, TcpWestwood, TcpWestwoodPlus, TcpLedbat, "
+                "TcpBic, TcpYeah, TcpIllinois, TcpWestwoodPlus, TcpLedbat, "
 		            "TcpLp, TcpRl, TcpRlTimeBased", transport_prot);
   cmd.AddValue ("error_p", "Packet error rate", error_p);
   cmd.AddValue ("bottleneck_bandwidth", "Bottleneck bandwidth", bottleneck_bandwidth);
@@ -180,19 +180,9 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   Config::SetDefault ("ns3::TcpL4Protocol::RecoveryType",
                       TypeIdValue (TypeId::LookupByName (recovery)));
   // Select TCP variant
-  if (transport_prot.compare ("ns3::TcpWestwoodPlus") == 0)
-    {
-      // TcpWestwoodPlus is not an actual TypeId name; we need TcpWestwood here
-      Config::SetDefault ("ns3::TcpL4Protocol::SocketType", TypeIdValue (TcpWestwood::GetTypeId ()));
-      // the default protocol type in ns3::TcpWestwood is WESTWOOD
-      Config::SetDefault ("ns3::TcpWestwood::ProtocolType", EnumValue (TcpWestwood::WESTWOODPLUS));
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      TypeId tcpTid;
-      NS_ABORT_MSG_UNLESS (TypeId::LookupByNameFailSafe (transport_prot, &tcpTid), "TypeId " << transport_prot << " not found");
-      Config::SetDefault ("ns3::TcpL4Protocol::SocketType", TypeIdValue (TypeId::LookupByName (transport_prot)));
-    }
+  TypeId tcpTid;
+  NS_ABORT_MSG_UNLESS (TypeId::LookupByNameFailSafe (transport_prot, &tcpTid), "TypeId " << transport_prot << " not found");
+  Config::SetDefault ("ns3::TcpL4Protocol::SocketType", TypeIdValue (TypeId::LookupByName (transport_prot)));
 
   // Configure the error model
   // Here we use RateErrorModel with packet error rate