diff --git a/libavformat/mpeg.c b/libavformat/mpeg.c
index b23845f2fc..0f8270a4fc 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpeg.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpeg.c
@@ -85,25 +85,15 @@ static int mpegps_probe(AVProbeData *p)
 typedef struct MpegDemuxContext {
     int32_t header_state;
     unsigned char psm_es_type[256];
-    int sofdec;
 } MpegDemuxContext;
 
 static int mpegps_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
                               AVFormatParameters *ap)
 {
     MpegDemuxContext *m = s->priv_data;
-    uint8_t buffer[8192];
-    char *p;
-
     m->header_state = 0xff;
     s->ctx_flags |= AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER;
 
-    get_buffer(&s->pb, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-    if ((p=memchr(buffer, 'S', sizeof(buffer))))
-        if (!memcmp(p, "Sofdec", 6))
-            m->sofdec = 1;
-    url_fseek(&s->pb, -sizeof(buffer), SEEK_CUR);
-
     /* no need to do more */
     return 0;
 }
@@ -437,7 +427,7 @@ static int mpegps_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s,
         type = CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO;
     } else if (startcode >= 0x1c0 && startcode <= 0x1df) {
         type = CODEC_TYPE_AUDIO;
-        codec_id = m->sofdec ? CODEC_ID_ADPCM_ADX : CODEC_ID_MP2;
+        codec_id = CODEC_ID_MP2;
     } else if (startcode >= 0x80 && startcode <= 0x87) {
         type = CODEC_TYPE_AUDIO;
         codec_id = CODEC_ID_AC3;