diff --git a/options/m_option.c b/options/m_option.c
index fcc52406ff..aa1ac71ae6 100644
--- a/options/m_option.c
+++ b/options/m_option.c
@@ -2356,8 +2356,6 @@ const m_option_type_t m_option_type_size_box = {
 static int parse_imgfmt(struct mp_log *log, const m_option_t *opt,
                         struct bstr name, struct bstr param, void *dst)
 {
-    bool accept_no = opt->min < 0;
-
     if (param.len == 0)
         return M_OPT_MISSING_PARAM;
 
@@ -2366,15 +2364,14 @@ static int parse_imgfmt(struct mp_log *log, const m_option_t *opt,
         char **list = mp_imgfmt_name_list();
         for (int i = 0; list[i]; i++)
             mp_info(log, " %s", list[i]);
-        if (accept_no)
-            mp_info(log, " no");
+        mp_info(log, " no");
         mp_info(log, "\n");
         talloc_free(list);
         return M_OPT_EXIT;
     }
 
     unsigned int fmt = mp_imgfmt_from_name(param);
-    if (!fmt && !(accept_no && bstr_equals0(param, "no"))) {
+    if (!fmt && !bstr_equals0(param, "no")) {
         mp_err(log, "Option %.*s: unknown format name: '%.*s'\n",
                BSTR_P(name), BSTR_P(param));
         return M_OPT_INVALID;
diff --git a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
index 9a647bf50c..e0732397a8 100644
--- a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
+++ b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options vd_lavc_conf = {
         {"hwdec", OPT_STRING_VALIDATE(hwdec_api, hwdec_validate_opt),
             .flags = M_OPT_OPTIONAL_PARAM | UPDATE_HWDEC},
         {"hwdec-codecs", OPT_STRING(hwdec_codecs)},
-        {"hwdec-image-format", OPT_IMAGEFORMAT(hwdec_image_format), .min = -1},
+        {"hwdec-image-format", OPT_IMAGEFORMAT(hwdec_image_format)},
         {"hwdec-extra-frames", OPT_INT(hwdec_extra_frames), M_RANGE(0, 256)},
         {0}
     },