3 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 1ec2d8c41a..c5185f7eec 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ version <next>:
 - Matroska 3D support thorugh side data
 - HTML generation using texi2html is deprecated in favor of makeinfo/texi2any
 - silenceremove filter
-- ffplay now exits by default at the end of playback
 
 
 version 2.3:
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index d5bd6d75cf..113cc5e97d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -59,4 +59,3 @@
   • libmodplug is now detected through pkg-config
   • HTML documentation generation through texi2html is deprecated in
     favor of makeinfo/texi2any
-  • ffplay now exits by default at the end of playback
diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index 06bccce45e..833b5b12cf 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static int fast = 0;
 static int genpts = 0;
 static int lowres = 0;
 static int decoder_reorder_pts = -1;
-static int autoexit = 1;
+static int autoexit;
 static int exit_on_keydown;
 static int exit_on_mousedown;
 static int loop = 1;