diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index dae56c60371e3aab229977981d835cf733bb6237..3e47285267b453a8c65cc19f37cfda1533ddb6cb 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -1043,13 +1043,6 @@ int av_open_input_file(AVFormatContext **ic_ptr, const char *filename,
                        int buf_size,
                        AVFormatParameters *ap);
 
-#if FF_API_ALLOC_FORMAT_CONTEXT
-/**
- * @deprecated Use avformat_alloc_context() instead.
- */
-attribute_deprecated AVFormatContext *av_alloc_format_context(void);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Allocate an AVFormatContext.
  * avformat_free_context() can be used to free the context and everything
diff --git a/libavformat/options.c b/libavformat/options.c
index 40edcec762e8d5a807006f36777e17c7a0096c68..2192ff6575067aaf5bbef2f3c08f7189baf87984 100644
--- a/libavformat/options.c
+++ b/libavformat/options.c
@@ -84,10 +84,3 @@ AVFormatContext *avformat_alloc_context(void)
     ic->av_class = &av_format_context_class;
     return ic;
 }
-
-#if FF_API_ALLOC_FORMAT_CONTEXT
-AVFormatContext *av_alloc_format_context(void)
-{
-    return avformat_alloc_context();
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 9b8192d96d4b6a66d3ee42b25c229e2004307400..f87665c2051db9d7a03a83aa980a03a6e328ced4 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_URL_CLASS
 #define FF_API_URL_CLASS               (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR >= 53)
 #endif
-#ifndef FF_API_ALLOC_FORMAT_CONTEXT
-#define FF_API_ALLOC_FORMAT_CONTEXT    (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_PARSE_FRAME_PARAM
 #define FF_API_PARSE_FRAME_PARAM       (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53)
 #endif