diff --git a/libavcodec/tak.h b/libavcodec/tak.h
index dc45a8c070..6069118971 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tak.h
+++ b/libavcodec/tak.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #define TAK_LAST_FRAME_SIZE_BITS               24
 #define TAK_ENCODER_CODEC_BITS                  6
 #define TAK_ENCODER_PROFILE_BITS                4
-#define TAK_ENCODER_VERSION_BITS               24
 #define TAK_SAMPLE_RATE_MIN                  6000
 #define TAK_CHANNELS_MIN                        1
 #define TAK_BPS_MIN                             8
diff --git a/libavformat/takdec.c b/libavformat/takdec.c
index bb256e1190..cc1f049512 100644
--- a/libavformat/takdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/takdec.c
@@ -171,9 +171,8 @@ static int tak_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
                               get_bits(&gb, TAK_LAST_FRAME_SIZE_BITS);
             av_freep(&buffer);
         } else if (type == TAK_METADATA_ENCODER) {
-            init_get_bits8(&gb, buffer, size - 3);
             av_log(s, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "encoder version: %0X\n",
-                   get_bits_long(&gb, TAK_ENCODER_VERSION_BITS));
+                   AV_RL24(buffer));
             av_freep(&buffer);
         }
     }