diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index c67138300b..bcbc30d545 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -3548,7 +3548,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     parse_loglevel(argc, argv, options);
 
     /* register all codecs, demux and protocols */
-    avcodec_register_all();
 #if CONFIG_AVDEVICE
     avdevice_register_all();
 #endif