diff --git a/src/ffmpeg.js b/src/ffmpeg.js
index 00ace6c..be0dad1 100644
--- a/src/ffmpeg.js
+++ b/src/ffmpeg.js
@@ -482,7 +482,6 @@ class FFMPEG extends events.EventEmitter {
             if ( transcodeVideo && (this.audioOnly !== true) ) {
                 // add the video encoder flags
                 ffmpegArgs.push(
-                            `-b:v`, `${this.opts.videoBitrate}k`,
                             `-maxrate:v`, `${this.opts.videoBitrate}k`,
                             `-bufsize:v`, `${this.opts.videoBufSize}k`
                 );