diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index dd2f89a6c0..95ceca639f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -659,7 +659,6 @@ av_cold int ff_h264_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return ret;
 
     /* set defaults */
-    // s->decode_mb = ff_h263_decode_mb;
     if (!avctx->has_b_frames)
         h->low_delay = 1;