diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
index 3bdb57e488..4eb750ecb6 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
@@ -1451,9 +1451,7 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
     }
 
     if (codec == null) {
-      if (!legacyKeepAvailableCodecInfosWithoutCodec()) {
-        availableCodecInfos = null;
-      }
+      availableCodecInfos = null;
       maybeInitCodecOrBypass();
       return null;
     }
@@ -1542,14 +1540,6 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
     return evaluation;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns whether to keep available codec infos when the codec hasn't been initialized, which is
-   * the behavior before a bug fix. See also [Internal: b/162837741].
-   */
-  protected boolean legacyKeepAvailableCodecInfosWithoutCodec() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Called when one of the output formats changes.
    *