diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
index ed4e7bbd81..38ff9bb7db 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ static int open_input_file(const char *filename)
     if (!dec_ctx)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
     avcodec_parameters_to_context(dec_ctx, fmt_ctx->streams[video_stream_index]->codecpar);
-    av_opt_set_int(dec_ctx, "refcounted_frames", 1, 0);
 
     /* init the video decoder */
     if ((ret = avcodec_open2(dec_ctx, dec, NULL)) < 0) {