diff --git a/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/ColorInfo.java b/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/ColorInfo.java
index 2bb3e207d4..bd7baf7fd9 100644
--- a/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/ColorInfo.java
+++ b/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/video/ColorInfo.java
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
 
 /** Stores color info. */
 public final class ColorInfo implements Bundleable {
-  /** Standard Dynamic Range (SDR). */
-  public static final ColorInfo SDR =
-      new ColorInfo(
-          C.COLOR_SPACE_BT709,
-          C.COLOR_RANGE_LIMITED,
-          C.COLOR_TRANSFER_SDR,
-          /* hdrStaticInfo= */ null);
-
   /**
    * Returns the {@link C.ColorSpace} corresponding to the given ISO color primary code, as per
    * table A.7.21.1 in Rec. ITU-T T.832 (03/2009), or {@link Format#NO_VALUE} if no mapping can be
diff --git a/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java b/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java
index abcc6e6474..0152778764 100644
--- a/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java
+++ b/library/transformer/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
                   transformationRequest.videoMimeType != null
                       ? transformationRequest.videoMimeType
                       : inputFormat.sampleMimeType)
-              .setColorInfo(fallbackToSdr ? ColorInfo.SDR : inputFormat.colorInfo)
+              .setColorInfo(fallbackToSdr ? null : inputFormat.colorInfo)
               .build();
 
       encoder =