diff --git a/libavcodec/sp5xdec.c b/libavcodec/sp5xdec.c
index 920b32d8cd..f1e436c905 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sp5xdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/sp5xdec.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static int sp5x_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     recoded[j++] = 0xFF;
     recoded[j++] = 0xD9;
 
-    avctx->flags &= ~CODEC_FLAG_EMU_EDGE;
     i = ff_mjpeg_decode_frame(avctx, data, data_size, recoded, j);
 
     av_free(recoded);