diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index f26cb63921..38290bb64d 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -640,8 +640,6 @@ static int mov_get_rawvideo_codec_tag(AVFormatContext *s, MOVTrack *track)
             break;
         }
     }
-    if (!tag) // restore tag
-        tag = track->enc->codec_tag;
 
     return tag;
 }