diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 80c3cc05e..de7ff3258 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
         # Source is given priority since formats that throttle are given lower source_preference
         # When throttling issue is fully fixed, remove this
-        self._sort_formats(formats, ('quality', 'res', 'fps', 'source', 'codec:vp9.2', 'size', 'br', 'lang'))
+        self._sort_formats(formats, ('quality', 'res', 'fps', 'source', 'codec:vp9.2', 'lang'))
 
         keywords = get_first(video_details, 'keywords', expected_type=list) or []
         if not keywords and webpage: