diff --git a/codec-cfg.c b/codec-cfg.c
index d5f52d0c15..39269a4533 100644
--- a/codec-cfg.c
+++ b/codec-cfg.c
@@ -698,12 +698,10 @@ codecs_t* find_codec(unsigned int fourcc,unsigned int *fourccmap,
 		if(!i) return NULL;
 		for (/* NOTHING */; i--; c++) {
                         if(start && c<=start) continue;
-			if(c->flags&CODECS_FLAG_SELECTED) continue;
 			for (j = 0; j < CODECS_MAX_FOURCC; j++) {
 				if (c->fourcc[j]==fourcc || c->driver==0) {
 					if (fourccmap)
 						*fourccmap = c->fourccmap[j];
-					c->flags|=CODECS_FLAG_SELECTED;
 					return c;
 				}
 			}