diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
index 52da50da0c..9ae601d9ba 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
@@ -826,8 +826,7 @@ AVFilter avfilter_vf_drawtext = {
                                           .end_frame        = end_frame,
                                           .config_props     = config_input,
                                           .min_perms        = AV_PERM_WRITE |
-                                                              AV_PERM_READ,
-                                          .rej_perms        = AV_PERM_PRESERVE },
+                                                              AV_PERM_READ },
                                         { .name = NULL}},
     .outputs   = (const AVFilterPad[]) {{ .name             = "default",
                                           .type             = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO, },