diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index 7e94055352..803699b7cd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ void avcodec_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_DECODER (TRUESPEECH, truespeech);
     REGISTER_DECODER (TTA, tta);
     REGISTER_DECODER (VMDAUDIO, vmdaudio);
-    REGISTER_ENCDEC  (VORBIS, vorbis);
+    /* The Vorbis encoder is disabled because it is extremely low quality. */
+    REGISTER_DECODER (VORBIS, vorbis);
     REGISTER_DECODER (WAVPACK, wavpack);
     REGISTER_ENCDEC  (WMAV1, wmav1);
     REGISTER_ENCDEC  (WMAV2, wmav2);