diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_minterpolate.c b/libavfilter/vf_minterpolate.c
index ef47140946..c9ce80420d 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_minterpolate.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_minterpolate.c
@@ -834,19 +834,11 @@ static int detect_scene_change(MIContext *mi_ctx)
     ptrdiff_t linesize2 = mi_ctx->frames[2].avf->linesize[0];
 
     if (mi_ctx->scd_method == SCD_METHOD_FDIFF) {
-        double ret = 0, mafd = HUGE_VAL, diff;
+        double ret = 0, mafd, diff;
         uint64_t sad;
-        AVDictionaryEntry *e_mafd = NULL;
-        char *tail = NULL;
-
-        e_mafd = av_dict_get(mi_ctx->frames[2].avf->metadata, "lavfi.scd.mafd", NULL, AV_DICT_MATCH_CASE);
-        if (e_mafd)
-            mafd = strtod(e_mafd->value, &tail);
-        if (*tail || mafd == HUGE_VAL) {
-            mi_ctx->sad(p1, linesize1, p2, linesize2, me_ctx->width, me_ctx->height, &sad);
-            emms_c();
-            mafd = (double) sad * 100.0 / (me_ctx->height * me_ctx->width) / (1 << mi_ctx->bitdepth);
-        }
+        mi_ctx->sad(p1, linesize1, p2, linesize2, me_ctx->width, me_ctx->height, &sad);
+        emms_c();
+        mafd = (double) sad * 100.0 / (me_ctx->height * me_ctx->width) / (1 << mi_ctx->bitdepth);
         diff = fabs(mafd - mi_ctx->prev_mafd);
         ret  = av_clipf(FFMIN(mafd, diff), 0, 100.0);
         mi_ctx->prev_mafd = mafd;