diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c b/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c
index b8a78aa81b..9b49f5506e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvdec_h2645.c
@@ -178,12 +178,6 @@ static void qsv_decode_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     ff_qsv_decode_flush(avctx, &s->qsv);
 }
 
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-#define LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW
-#else
-#define LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW
-#endif
-
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(QSVH2645Context, x)
 #define VD AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM
 
@@ -191,7 +185,7 @@ static void qsv_decode_flush(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 static const AVOption hevc_options[] = {
     { "async_depth", "Internal parallelization depth, the higher the value the higher the latency.", OFFSET(qsv.async_depth), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = ASYNC_DEPTH_DEFAULT }, 1, INT_MAX, VD },
 
-    { "load_plugin", "A user plugin to load in an internal session", OFFSET(load_plugin), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT }, LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE, LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW, VD, "load_plugin" },
+    { "load_plugin", "A user plugin to load in an internal session", OFFSET(load_plugin), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW }, LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE, LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW, VD, "load_plugin" },
     { "none",     NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE },    0, 0, VD, "load_plugin" },
     { "hevc_sw",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW }, 0, 0, VD, "load_plugin" },
     { "hevc_hw",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW }, 0, 0, VD, "load_plugin" },
diff --git a/libavcodec/qsvenc_hevc.c b/libavcodec/qsvenc_hevc.c
index 4339b316a3..1c615b4e81 100644
--- a/libavcodec/qsvenc_hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/qsvenc_hevc.c
@@ -217,12 +217,6 @@ static av_cold int qsv_enc_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     return ff_qsv_enc_close(avctx, &q->qsv);
 }
 
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-#define LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW
-#else
-#define LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW
-#endif
-
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(QSVHEVCEncContext, x)
 #define VE AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 static const AVOption options[] = {
@@ -230,7 +224,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 
     { "idr_interval", "Distance (in I-frames) between IDR frames", OFFSET(qsv.idr_interval), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, -1, INT_MAX, VE, "idr_interval" },
     { "begin_only", "Output an IDR-frame only at the beginning of the stream", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = -1 }, 0, 0, VE, "idr_interval" },
-    { "load_plugin", "A user plugin to load in an internal session", OFFSET(load_plugin), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_DEFAULT }, LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE, LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW, VE, "load_plugin" },
+    { "load_plugin", "A user plugin to load in an internal session", OFFSET(load_plugin), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW }, LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE, LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW, VE, "load_plugin" },
     { "none",     NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_NONE },    0, 0, VE, "load_plugin" },
     { "hevc_sw",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_SW }, 0, 0, VE, "load_plugin" },
     { "hevc_hw",  NULL, 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = LOAD_PLUGIN_HEVC_HW }, 0, 0, VE, "load_plugin" },
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 5fe013f171..802fc4a024 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR  58
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR  42
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 102
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO 103
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \