diff --git a/libswscale/ops.c b/libswscale/ops.c
index 0e35004c0d..83eb8e162e 100644
--- a/libswscale/ops.c
+++ b/libswscale/ops.c
@@ -248,29 +248,8 @@ void ff_sws_op_list_update_comps(SwsOpList *ops)
 
         switch (op->op) {
         case SWS_OP_READ:
-            for (int i = 0; i < op->rw.elems; i++) {
-                if (ff_sws_pixel_type_is_int(op->type)) {
-                    int bits = 8 * ff_sws_pixel_type_size(op->type) >> op->rw.frac;
-                    if (!op->rw.packed && ops->src.desc) {
-                        /* Use legal value range from pixdesc if available;
-                         * we don't need to do this for packed formats because
-                         * non-byte-aligned packed formats will necessarily go
-                         * through SWS_OP_UNPACK anyway */
-                        for (int c = 0; c < 4; c++) {
-                            if (ops->src.desc->comp[c].plane == i) {
-                                bits = ops->src.desc->comp[c].depth;
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    op->comps.flags[i] |= SWS_COMP_EXACT;
-                    op->comps.min[i] = av_max_q(Q(0), op->comps.min[i]);
-                    op->comps.max[i] = av_min_q(Q((1ULL << bits) - 1), op->comps.max[i]);
-                }
-            }
-
-            /* Explicitly strip flags and min/max range data for unread comps */
+            /* Active components are preserved from the user-provided value,
+             * other components are explicitly stripped */
             for (int i = op->rw.elems; i < 4; i++) {
                 op->comps.flags[i] = prev.flags[i];
                 op->comps.min[i]   = prev.min[i];
diff --git a/tests/ref/fate/sws-ops-list b/tests/ref/fate/sws-ops-list
index 0458a25df4..0210a0a1cc 100644
--- a/tests/ref/fate/sws-ops-list
+++ b/tests/ref/fate/sws-ops-list
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6b2360c6fa99f5d0e428a97dfeff7189
+d781f3ddfeed4590eb253814366d2d01