diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 764453070e7395702779250bec091a8217980bef..cb53bfc71559df11ce6687c7769a6507bd871a95 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -2252,10 +2252,6 @@ static int av_encode(AVFormatContext **output_files,
             break;
         }
 
-        /* finish if recording time exhausted */
-        if (opts_min >= (recording_time / 1000000.0))
-            break;
-
         /* finish if limit size exhausted */
         if (limit_filesize != 0 && limit_filesize < url_ftell(output_files[0]->pb))
             break;