diff --git a/libavformat/segment.c b/libavformat/segment.c
index 375df58396..8ac04e2f2e 100644
--- a/libavformat/segment.c
+++ b/libavformat/segment.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ AVOutputFormat ff_segment_muxer = {
     .name           = "segment",
     .long_name      = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("segment"),
     .priv_data_size = sizeof(SegmentContext),
-    .flags          = AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER | AVFMT_NOFILE,
+    .flags          = AVFMT_NOFILE,
     .write_header   = seg_write_header,
     .write_packet   = seg_write_packet,
     .write_trailer  = seg_write_trailer,