diff --git a/demux/demux_mkv.c b/demux/demux_mkv.c
index 6bb8fd0c2a..a39accda7b 100644
--- a/demux/demux_mkv.c
+++ b/demux/demux_mkv.c
@@ -1300,23 +1300,11 @@ static int demux_mkv_open_video(demuxer_t *demuxer, mkv_track_t *track)
     if (track->v_frate == 0.0)
         track->v_frate = 25.0;
     sh_v->fps = track->v_frate;
-    sh_v->aspect = 0;
-    if (!track->realmedia) {
-        sh_v->disp_w = track->v_width;
-        sh_v->disp_h = track->v_height;
-        uint32_t dw = track->v_dwidth_set ? track->v_dwidth : track->v_width;
-        uint32_t dh = track->v_dheight_set ? track->v_dheight : track->v_height;
-        if (dw && dh)
-            sh_v->aspect = (double) dw / dh;
-    } else {
-        // vd_realvid.c will set aspect to disp_w/disp_h and rederive
-        // disp_w and disp_h from the RealVideo stream contents returned
-        // by the Real DLLs. If DisplayWidth/DisplayHeight was not set in
-        // the Matroska file then it has already been set to PixelWidth/Height
-        // by check_track_information.
-        sh_v->disp_w = track->v_dwidth;
-        sh_v->disp_h = track->v_dheight;
-    }
+    sh_v->disp_w = track->v_width;
+    sh_v->disp_h = track->v_height;
+    uint32_t dw = track->v_dwidth_set ? track->v_dwidth : track->v_width;
+    uint32_t dh = track->v_dheight_set ? track->v_dheight : track->v_height;
+    sh_v->aspect = (dw && dh) ? (double) dw / dh : 0;
     MP_VERBOSE(demuxer, "Aspect: %f\n", sh_v->aspect);
     sh_v->avi_dts = track->ms_compat;
     sh_v->stereo_mode = track->stereo_mode;