diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_mcdeint.c b/libavfilter/vf_mcdeint.c
index 13299158ae5e104fe1a48c7a3cf22fe71f815f6d..833ce35adc58c36ca2ab84e77047a42b08ce386a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_mcdeint.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_mcdeint.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static int config_props(AVFilterLink *inlink)
     enc_ctx->me_cmp = enc_ctx->me_sub_cmp = FF_CMP_SAD;
     enc_ctx->mb_cmp = FF_CMP_SSE;
     av_dict_set(&opts, "memc_only", "1", 0);
+    av_dict_set(&opts, "no_bitstream", "1", 0);
 
     switch (mcdeint->mode) {
     case MODE_EXTRA_SLOW: