diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c b/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c
index 2e02be4756..3067f21cff 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ AVFilter avfilter_vf_drawbox = {
                                           .start_frame      = ff_null_start_frame,
                                           .draw_slice       = draw_slice,
                                           .end_frame        = ff_null_end_frame,
-                                          .min_perms        = AV_PERM_WRITE | AV_PERM_READ,
-                                          .rej_perms        = AV_PERM_PRESERVE },
+                                          .min_perms        = AV_PERM_WRITE | AV_PERM_READ },
                                         { .name = NULL}},
     .outputs   = (const AVFilterPad[]) {{ .name             = "default",
                                           .type             = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO, },