diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 00645feed..cd7087bec 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             proto_preference = 0 if determine_protocol(f) in ['http', 'https'] else -0.1
 
             if f.get('vcodec') == 'none':  # audio only
+                preference -= 50
                 if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
                     ORDER = ['aac', 'mp3', 'm4a', 'webm', 'ogg', 'opus']
                 else:
@@ -861,6 +862,8 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
                 except ValueError:
                     audio_ext_preference = -1
             else:
+                if f.get('acodec') == 'none':  # video only
+                    preference -= 40
                 if self._downloader.params.get('prefer_free_formats'):
                     ORDER = ['flv', 'mp4', 'webm']
                 else: