diff --git a/revid/config.go b/revid/config.go
index a995d238..82e06115 100644
--- a/revid/config.go
+++ b/revid/config.go
@@ -283,10 +283,6 @@ func (c *Config) Validate(r *Revid) error {
 			c.Quantization = defaultQuantization
 		}
 
-		if (c.Bitrate > 0 && c.Quantize) || (c.Bitrate == 0 && !c.Quantize) {
-			return errors.New("bad bitrate and quantization combination for H264 input")
-		}
-
 	case codecutil.MJPEG:
 		if c.Quantization > 0 || c.Bitrate == 0 {
 			return errors.New("bad bitrate or quantization for mjpeg input")