diff --git a/src/media/video/accel.cpp b/src/media/video/accel.cpp
index 8f26f98e6fb9a83260db7b1bdbe7e5f3cef2481f..02276b42384afed48e7d7487aa7ad44dd298c217 100644
--- a/src/media/video/accel.cpp
+++ b/src/media/video/accel.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ makeHardwareAccel(AVCodecContext* codecCtx)
                     codecCtx->get_format = getFormatCb;
                     codecCtx->get_buffer2 = allocateBufferCb;
                     codecCtx->thread_safe_callbacks = 1;
-                    codecCtx->thread_count = 1;
                     RING_DBG("Attempting to use '%s' hardware acceleration", accel->name().c_str());
                     return accel;
                 }