diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index d0fd0d46ff..60f4d03e4b 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -1577,14 +1577,12 @@ int64_t av_gen_search(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index, int64_t target_ts, i
 
     pos = (flags & AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD) ? pos_min : pos_max;
     ts  = (flags & AVSEEK_FLAG_BACKWARD) ?  ts_min :  ts_max;
-#if 1
     pos_min = pos;
     ts_min = read_timestamp(s, stream_index, &pos_min, INT64_MAX);
     pos_min++;
     ts_max = read_timestamp(s, stream_index, &pos_min, INT64_MAX);
     av_dlog(s, "pos=0x%"PRIx64" %"PRId64"<=%"PRId64"<=%"PRId64"\n",
             pos, ts_min, target_ts, ts_max);
-#endif
     *ts_ret= ts;
     return pos;
 }