diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1a3c675a3..3b30479cb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-11-10  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
+
+	* mkvmerge: bug fix: The Matroska reader doesn't insist on having
+	a default duration ( = FPS) for video tracks in the "AVI
+	compatibility mode" ( = with the CodecID "V_MS/VFW/FOURCC"). This
+	enables re-muxing of Matroska files created from MP4 files.
+
 2004-11-05  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
 
 	* mmg: bug fix: File names with non-ASCII characters were not
diff --git a/src/input/r_matroska.cpp b/src/input/r_matroska.cpp
index f21065ac7..de4ad1bd0 100644
--- a/src/input/r_matroska.cpp
+++ b/src/input/r_matroska.cpp
@@ -375,14 +375,6 @@ kax_reader_c::verify_tracks() {
             }
 
             memcpy(t->v_fourcc, &bih->bi_compression, 4);
-
-            if (t->v_frate == 0.0) {
-              if (verbose)
-                mxwarn(PFX "(MS compatibility "
-                       "mode, track %u) No VideoFrameRate/DefaultDuration "
-                       "element was found.\n", t->tnum);
-              continue;
-            }
           }
         }