diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vd_vfw.c b/libmpcodecs/vd_vfw.c
index 7ad6a98f30..494eaf7b4c 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vd_vfw.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vd_vfw.c
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ static mp_image_t* decode(sh_video_t *sh,void* data,int len,int flags){
 	if (priv->palette)
 	{
 	    mpi->planes[1] = priv->palette;
-	    mpi->flags |= MP_IMGFLAG_RGB_PALETTE;
 	    mp_dbg(MSGT_DECVIDEO, MSGL_DBG2, "Found and copied palette\n");
 	}
 	else