diff --git a/libavformat/flvdec.c b/libavformat/flvdec.c
index 1dd79f3478..a4678f5ab0 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvdec.c
@@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ static int flv_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
         flags = FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASVIDEO | FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASAUDIO;
         av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Broken FLV file, which says no streams present, this might fail\n");
     }
-    if((flags & (FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASVIDEO|FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASAUDIO))
-             != (FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASVIDEO|FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASAUDIO))
-        s->ctx_flags |= AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER;
 
     if(flags & FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASVIDEO){
         if(!create_stream(s, 0))