diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
index d3ff54a7ab..a85a15d2dc 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ void ff_mpeg1_encode_init(MpegEncContext *s)
 
 		adiff = ABS(diff);
 		if(diff<0) diff--;
-		index = vlc_dc_table[adiff];
+		index = av_log2(2*adiff);
 
 		bits= vlc_dc_lum_bits[index] + index;
 		code= (vlc_dc_lum_code[index]<<index) + (diff & ((1 << index) - 1));
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg12data.h b/libavcodec/mpeg12data.h
index 4ee460ccc8..0b329ab4ff 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg12data.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg12data.h
@@ -25,29 +25,6 @@ const int16_t ff_mpeg1_default_non_intra_matrix[64] = {
     16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16,
 };
 
-static const unsigned char vlc_dc_table[256] = {
-    0, 1, 2, 2,
-    3, 3, 3, 3,
-    4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
-    5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5,
-    6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6,
-    6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6,
-
-    7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
-    7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
-    7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
-    7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
-
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-    8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8,
-};
-
 static const uint16_t vlc_dc_lum_code[12] = {
     0x4, 0x0, 0x1, 0x5, 0x6, 0xe, 0x1e, 0x3e, 0x7e, 0xfe, 0x1fe, 0x1ff,
 };