diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
index 6769f8d305..08b11097b7 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
@@ -1014,8 +1014,7 @@ Disable autoscale at your own risk.
 @item -pix_fmt[:@var{stream_specifier}] @var{format} (@emph{input/output,per-stream})
 Set pixel format. Use @code{-pix_fmts} to show all the supported
 pixel formats.
-If the selected pixel format can not be selected, ffmpeg will print a
-warning and select the best pixel format supported by the encoder.
+
 If @var{pix_fmt} is prefixed by a @code{+}, ffmpeg will exit with an error
 if the requested pixel format can not be selected, and automatic conversions
 inside filtergraphs are disabled.
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
index caf85194c5..0625a9bc92 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -277,38 +277,6 @@ static const enum AVPixelFormat *get_compliance_normal_pix_fmts(const AVCodec *c
     }
 }
 
-static enum AVPixelFormat
-choose_pixel_fmt(const AVCodec *codec, enum AVPixelFormat target,
-                 int strict_std_compliance)
-{
-    if (codec && codec->pix_fmts) {
-        const enum AVPixelFormat *p = codec->pix_fmts;
-        const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(target);
-        //FIXME: This should check for AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA after PAL8 pixel format without alpha is implemented
-        int has_alpha = desc ? desc->nb_components % 2 == 0 : 0;
-        enum AVPixelFormat best= AV_PIX_FMT_NONE;
-
-        if (strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_UNOFFICIAL) {
-            p = get_compliance_normal_pix_fmts(codec, p);
-        }
-        for (; *p != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE; p++) {
-            best = av_find_best_pix_fmt_of_2(best, *p, target, has_alpha, NULL);
-            if (*p == target)
-                break;
-        }
-        if (*p == AV_PIX_FMT_NONE) {
-            if (target != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE)
-                av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-                       "Incompatible pixel format '%s' for codec '%s', auto-selecting format '%s'\n",
-                       av_get_pix_fmt_name(target),
-                       codec->name,
-                       av_get_pix_fmt_name(best));
-            return best;
-        }
-    }
-    return target;
-}
-
 /* May return NULL (no pixel format found), a static string or a string
  * backed by the bprint. Nothing has been written to the AVBPrint in case
  * NULL is returned. The AVBPrint provided should be clean. */
@@ -327,8 +295,7 @@ static const char *choose_pix_fmts(OutputFilter *ofilter, AVBPrint *bprint)
         return av_get_pix_fmt_name(ost->enc_ctx->pix_fmt);
     }
     if (ost->enc_ctx->pix_fmt != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE) {
-        return av_get_pix_fmt_name(choose_pixel_fmt(enc->codec, enc->pix_fmt,
-                                                    ost->enc_ctx->strict_std_compliance));
+        return av_get_pix_fmt_name(enc->pix_fmt);
     } else if (enc->codec->pix_fmts) {
         const enum AVPixelFormat *p;
 
diff --git a/tests/fate/fits.mak b/tests/fate/fits.mak
index b9e99d97ee..d85946bc1a 100644
--- a/tests/fate/fits.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/fits.mak
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ tests/data/fits-multi.fits: ffmpeg$(PROGSSUF)$(EXESUF) | tests/data
 # TODO: Use an actual 64bit input file and fix the gbrp16 test on big-endian
 fits-png-map-gray      := gray8
 fits-png-map-gbrp      := rgb24
-fits-png-map-gbrp16    := rgb48
-fits-png-map-gbrap16le := rgba64
+fits-png-map-gbrp16be  := rgb48
+fits-png-map-gbrap16be := rgba64
 
 FATE_FITS_DEC-$(call FRAMECRC, FITS, FITS, SCALE_FILTER) += fate-fitsdec-ext_data_min_max
 fate-fitsdec-ext_data_min_max: CMD = framecrc -i $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/fits/x0cj010ct_d0h.fit -pix_fmt gray16le -vf scale
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fate-fitsdec-multi: CMD = framecrc -i $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/data/fits-multi.fits
 fate-fitsdec%: PIXFMT = $(word 3, $(subst -, ,$(@)))
 fate-fitsdec%: CMD = transcode image2 $(TARGET_SAMPLES)/png1/lena-$(fits-png-map-$(PIXFMT)).png fits "-vf scale -pix_fmt $(PIXFMT)"
 
-FATE_FITS_DEC_PIXFMT = gray gbrp gbrp16 gbrap16le
+FATE_FITS_DEC_PIXFMT = gray gbrp gbrp16be gbrap16be
 FATE_FITS_DEC-$(call TRANSCODE, FITS, FITS, IMAGE2_DEMUXER PNG_DECODER SCALE_FILTER) += $(FATE_FITS_DEC_PIXFMT:%=fate-fitsdec-%)
 
 FATE_FITS += $(FATE_FITS_DEC-yes)
diff --git a/tests/fate/lavf-video.mak b/tests/fate/lavf-video.mak
index e73f8f203b..da3b114bc8 100644
--- a/tests/fate/lavf-video.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/lavf-video.mak
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fate-lavf-gbrp.fits: CMD = lavf_video "-pix_fmt gbrp"
 fate-lavf-gbrap.fits: CMD = lavf_video "-pix_fmt gbrap"
 fate-lavf-gbrp16be.fits: CMD = lavf_video "-pix_fmt gbrp16be"
 fate-lavf-gbrap16be.fits: CMD = lavf_video "-pix_fmt gbrap16be"
-fate-lavf-gif: CMD = lavf_video "-pix_fmt rgb24"
+fate-lavf-gif: CMD = lavf_video "-pix_fmt rgb8"
 
 FATE_AVCONV += $(FATE_LAVF_VIDEO)
 fate-lavf-video fate-lavf: $(FATE_LAVF_VIDEO)
diff --git a/tests/fate/vcodec.mak b/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
index 2839e54de8..e32d28c556 100644
--- a/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ fate-vsynth%-h263p:              ENCOPTS = -qscale 2 -flags +aic -umv 1 -aiv 1 -
 FATE_VCODEC_SCALE-$(call ENCDEC, HUFFYUV, AVI) += huffyuv huffyuvbgr24 huffyuvbgra
 fate-vsynth%-huffyuv:            ENCOPTS = -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt yuv422p -sws_flags neighbor
 fate-vsynth%-huffyuv:            DECOPTS = -sws_flags neighbor
-fate-vsynth%-huffyuvbgr24:       ENCOPTS = -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt bgr24 -sws_flags neighbor
+fate-vsynth%-huffyuvbgr24:       ENCOPTS = -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt rgb24 -sws_flags neighbor
 fate-vsynth%-huffyuvbgr24:       DECOPTS = -sws_flags neighbor
-fate-vsynth%-huffyuvbgra:        ENCOPTS = -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt bgr32 -sws_flags neighbor
+fate-vsynth%-huffyuvbgra:        ENCOPTS = -c:v huffyuv -pix_fmt rgb32 -sws_flags neighbor
 fate-vsynth%-huffyuvbgra:        DECOPTS = -sws_flags neighbor
 
 FATE_VCODEC_SCALE-$(call ENCDEC, JPEGLS, AVI) += jpegls
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16le b/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16be
similarity index 79%
rename from tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16le
rename to tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16be
index 53ef980b13..1174a0f1d8 100644
--- a/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16le
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16be
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-64526d8da12d1fa07ceea5725647076f *tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16le.fits
-135360 tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16le.fits
+64526d8da12d1fa07ceea5725647076f *tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16be.fits
+135360 tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrap16be.fits
 #tb 0: 1/1
 #media_type 0: video
 #codec_id 0: rawvideo
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16 b/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16be
similarity index 79%
rename from tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16
rename to tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16be
index 9250690e9b..ff4ca9e65c 100644
--- a/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16be
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-2078208c93ba417d3fe150ba42bf5a30 *tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16.fits
-103680 tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16.fits
+2078208c93ba417d3fe150ba42bf5a30 *tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16be.fits
+103680 tests/data/fate/fitsdec-gbrp16be.fits
 #tb 0: 1/1
 #media_type 0: video
 #codec_id 0: rawvideo
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavf/gif b/tests/ref/lavf/gif
index fc94b9df3d..7f353df286 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavf/gif
+++ b/tests/ref/lavf/gif
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 e35f5ea283bbcb249818e0078ec72664 *tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif
 2011766 tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif
-tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif CRC=0x2429faff
+tests/data/lavf/lavf.gif CRC=0x37f4d323
