diff --git a/src/video_display/decklink.cpp b/src/video_display/decklink.cpp
index c01d3d8c0..b6f406d21 100644
--- a/src/video_display/decklink.cpp
+++ b/src/video_display/decklink.cpp
@@ -1208,7 +1208,6 @@ static bool settings_init(struct state_decklink *s, const char *fmt,
         bool ret = true;
         char tmp[STR_LEN];
         snprintf_ch(tmp, "%s", fmt);
-        strcpy(tmp, fmt);
         replace_all(tmp, ESCAPED_COLON, DELDEL); // replace all '\:' with 2xDEL
         char *save_ptr = nullptr;
         char *ptr = strtok_r(tmp, ":", &save_ptr);