diff --git a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ColorInfo.java b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ColorInfo.java
index 71b15c053f..7021acfff0 100644
--- a/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ColorInfo.java
+++ b/libraries/common/src/main/java/androidx/media3/common/ColorInfo.java
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ import org.checkerframework.dataflow.qual.Pure;
 /** Stores color info. */
 @UnstableApi
 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/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java
index 8ad1a1ba8c..8b3ebe6bb2 100644
--- a/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/transformer/VideoTranscodingSamplePipeline.java
+++ b/libraries/transformer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/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 =