diff --git a/decoders/decoder.cpp b/decoders/decoder.cpp
index a34075569..14b7c2018 100644
--- a/decoders/decoder.cpp
+++ b/decoders/decoder.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "decoder.h"
 
-Decoder::Decoder(QObject *parent) :
-  QObject(parent),
+Decoder::Decoder() :
   open_(false)
 {
 }
diff --git a/decoders/decoder.h b/decoders/decoder.h
index e26fd2fc0..2ba937bcb 100644
--- a/decoders/decoder.h
+++ b/decoders/decoder.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ class Decoder : public QObject
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 public:
-  Decoder(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+  Decoder();
 
-  Decoder(FootageStream* fs, QObject *parent = nullptr);
+  Decoder(FootageStream* fs);
 
   virtual ~Decoder();
 
diff --git a/decoders/ffmpegdecoder.cpp b/decoders/ffmpegdecoder.cpp
index bd4c33784..c620c30b4 100644
--- a/decoders/ffmpegdecoder.cpp
+++ b/decoders/ffmpegdecoder.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "ui/mainwindow.h"
 
-FFmpegDecoder::FFmpegDecoder(QObject *parent) :
-  Decoder(parent),
+FFmpegDecoder::FFmpegDecoder() :
   fmt_ctx_(nullptr),
   codec_ctx_(nullptr),
   opts_(nullptr)
diff --git a/decoders/ffmpegvideodecoder.cpp b/decoders/ffmpegvideodecoder.cpp
index 9f5b5b2e3..3b5e9fec7 100644
--- a/decoders/ffmpegvideodecoder.cpp
+++ b/decoders/ffmpegvideodecoder.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
-FFmpegVideoDecoder::FFmpegVideoDecoder(QObject *parent) :
-  FFmpegDecoder(parent)
+FFmpegVideoDecoder::FFmpegVideoDecoder()
 {
 
 }