diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c b/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c
index fe4d86570e..e7a7d8d8d4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libopenjpegdec.c
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ static int libopenjpeg_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     }
     opj_set_event_mgr((opj_common_ptr)dec, NULL, NULL);
     ctx->dec_params.cp_limit_decoding = LIMIT_TO_MAIN_HEADER;
-    ctx->dec_params.cp_reduce = avctx->lowres;
     ctx->dec_params.cp_layer  = ctx->lowqual;
     // Tie decoder with decoding parameters
     opj_setup_decoder(dec, &ctx->dec_params);