diff --git a/libavformat/oggparsecelt.c b/libavformat/oggparsecelt.c
index 82a842c612..6a0c308e41 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggparsecelt.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggparsecelt.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ static int celt_header(AVFormatContext *s, int idx)
         st->codec->sample_rate    = sample_rate;
         st->codec->channels       = nb_channels;
         st->codec->frame_size     = frame_size;
-        st->codec->sample_fmt     = AV_SAMPLE_FMT_S16;
         st->codec->extradata      = extradata;
         st->codec->extradata_size = 2 * sizeof(uint32_t);
         if (sample_rate)