diff --git a/libavformat/flvdec.c b/libavformat/flvdec.c
index 2375eb1a1f..96504e704d 100644
--- a/libavformat/flvdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/flvdec.c
@@ -558,20 +558,13 @@ static int flv_read_metabody(AVFormatContext *s, int64_t next_pos)
 
 static int flv_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
-    int offset, flags;
+    int offset;
 
     avio_skip(s->pb, 4);
-    flags = avio_r8(s->pb);
+    avio_r8(s->pb); // flags
 
     s->ctx_flags |= AVFMTCTX_NOHEADER;
 
-    if (flags & FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASVIDEO)
-        if (!create_stream(s, AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO))
-            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    if (flags & FLV_HEADER_FLAG_HASAUDIO)
-        if (!create_stream(s, AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO))
-            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-
     offset = avio_rb32(s->pb);
     avio_seek(s->pb, offset, SEEK_SET);
     avio_skip(s->pb, 4);