diff --git a/libavcodec/libx264.c b/libavcodec/libx264.c
index 6da7f2ae03fa47e31ae656329091bb0d2a64d48e..f550c6a433ec68fd3df69280dc5f0ad2636cde19 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libx264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libx264.c
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ static av_cold int X264_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (avctx->level > 0)
         x4->params.i_level_idc = avctx->level;
 
-    x4->params.rc.f_rate_tolerance =
-        (float)avctx->bit_rate_tolerance/avctx->bit_rate;
-
     if ((avctx->rc_buffer_size != 0) &&
         (avctx->rc_initial_buffer_occupancy <= avctx->rc_buffer_size)) {
         x4->params.rc.f_vbv_buffer_init =