diff --git a/plexpy/common.py b/plexpy/common.py
index 7572c7c2..4d59f713 100644
--- a/plexpy/common.py
+++ b/plexpy/common.py
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ HW_ENCODERS = [
     'videotoolbox',
     'mediacodecndk',
     'vaapi',
-    'nvenc',
-    'x264'
+    'nvenc'
 ]
 
 EXTRA_TYPES = {