diff --git a/libavformat/cafenc.c b/libavformat/cafenc.c
index f94101ab02..8926f0f2f7 100644
--- a/libavformat/cafenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/cafenc.c
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ static int caf_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_F32BE:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_F64LE:
     case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_F64BE:
-    case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_ALAW:
-    case AV_CODEC_ID_PCM_MULAW:
         codec_tag = MKTAG('l','p','c','m');
     }