diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 230096e9..141e98bc 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ sdl_set_hints(const char *render_driver) {
 }
 
 static void
-sdl_configure(bool video_playback, bool disable_screensaver) {
+sdl_configure(bool disable_screensaver) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
     // Clean up properly on Ctrl+C on Windows
     bool ok = SetConsoleCtrlHandler(windows_ctrl_handler, TRUE);
@@ -149,10 +149,6 @@ sdl_configure(bool video_playback, bool disable_screensaver) {
     }
 #endif // _WIN32
 
-    if (!video_playback) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     if (disable_screensaver) {
         bool ok = SDL_DisableScreenSaver();
         if (!ok) {
@@ -544,7 +540,7 @@ scrcpy(struct scrcpy_options *options) {
         }
     }
 
-    sdl_configure(options->video_playback, options->disable_screensaver);
+    sdl_configure(options->disable_screensaver);
 
     // Await for server without blocking Ctrl+C handling
     bool connected;