diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes/vc1.txt b/DOCS/interface-changes/vc1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7fd09e00b1577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes/vc1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+change `hwdec-codecs` default from `h264,vc1,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1,prores` to `h264,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1,prores`
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 79576c736c3fd..475615812b29f 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -1787,9 +1787,9 @@ Video
     You can get the list of allowed codecs with ``mpv --vd=help``. Remove the
     prefix, e.g. instead of ``lavc:h264`` use ``h264``.
 
-    By default, this is set to ``h264,vc1,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1,prores``. Note that
-    the hardware acceleration special codecs like ``h264_vdpau`` are not
-    relevant anymore, and in fact have been removed from FFmpeg in this form.
+    By default, this is set to ``h264,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1,prores``. Note that the
+    hardware acceleration special codecs like ``h264_vdpau`` are not relevant
+    anymore, and in fact have been removed from FFmpeg in this form.
 
     This is usually only needed with broken GPUs, where a codec is reported
     as supported, but decoding causes more problems than it solves.
diff --git a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
index 0a69ba4f3ec17..3bcac450d8b53 100644
--- a/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
+++ b/video/decode/vd_lavc.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options vd_lavc_conf = {
         .framedrop = AVDISCARD_NONREF,
         .dr = -1,
         .hwdec_api = (char *[]){"no", NULL,},
-        .hwdec_codecs = "h264,vc1,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1,prores",
+        .hwdec_codecs = "h264,hevc,vp8,vp9,av1,prores",
         // Maximum number of surfaces the player wants to buffer. This number
         // might require adjustment depending on whatever the player does;
         // for example, if vo_gpu increases the number of reference surfaces for