diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index ea1ec5f1..4c4044da 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6875,3 +6875,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added some missing 'const' to cDevice (thanks to Joachim Wilke).
 - Fixed handling the PrimaryLimit when requesting a device for live viewing
   (reported by Uwe Scheffler).
+- Removed superfluous calls to SetVideoFormat() from device constructors. This
+  function is called in cDevice::SetPrimaryDevice(), anyway.
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c
index 17f842b6..cc6af339 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/dvbsdffdevice.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * See the README file for copyright information and how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbsdffdevice.c 2.30 2011/08/27 11:33:57 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbsdffdevice.c 2.31 2012/02/15 13:15:05 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbsdffdevice.h"
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ cDvbSdFfDevice::cDvbSdFfDevice(int Adapter, int Frontend, bool OutputOnly)
         fclose(f);
      }
   devVideoIndex = devVideoOffset >= 0 ? devVideoOffset++ : -1;
-
-  // Video format:
-
-  SetVideoFormat(Setup.VideoFormat);
 }
 
 cDvbSdFfDevice::~cDvbSdFfDevice()
diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 04cc7b5a..526f867f 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: device.c 2.48 2012/02/15 12:14:32 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: device.c 2.49 2012/02/15 13:15:19 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "device.h"
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ cDevice::cDevice(void)
 
   SetDescription("receiver on device %d", CardIndex() + 1);
 
-  SetVideoFormat(Setup.VideoFormat);
-
   mute = false;
   volume = Setup.CurrentVolume;