diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index b0d199636..6fa133729 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -655,9 +655,6 @@ def run(self, info):
         input_files = [filename, *sub_filenames]
 
         opts = [
-            # Attached JSON subtitles don't have a codec id and we have to
-            # instruct FFMPEG to not discard them because of that.
-            '-copy_unknown',
             *self.stream_copy_opts(ext=info['ext']),
             # Don't copy the existing subtitles, we may be running the
             # postprocessor a second time