diff --git a/src/media/video/uwpvideo/video_device_impl.cpp b/src/media/video/uwpvideo/video_device_impl.cpp
index 78f524e912fc0accee603a4148858551f9b9e011..e50bb60682334ee0fb7fc1a06dd58218786abf21 100644
--- a/src/media/video/uwpvideo/video_device_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/media/video/uwpvideo/video_device_impl.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ VideoDeviceImpl::getDeviceParams() const
     ss1 << fmt_->ring_format;
     ss1 >> params.format;
 
-    params.format = fmt_->name;
     params.name = name;
     params.input = name;
     params.channel =  0;