diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 6fd76b5329b03c86f557602010f16f0456104b32..86632f28b86d851b2282ca768cf7afbd54eac954 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
 
 #include "version.h"
 
-#if FF_API_FAST_MALLOC
-// to provide fast_*alloc
-#include "libavutil/mem.h"
-#endif
-
 /**
  * @defgroup libavc Encoding/Decoding Library
  * @{
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index da2d5e5328002b8a4e5f4e6c2993507b215a4b74..3fca559fc003d45ff0943b298cd6a7c0abda008e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
  * the public API and may change, break or disappear at any time.
  */
 
-#ifndef FF_API_FAST_MALLOC
-#define FF_API_FAST_MALLOC       (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_EMU_EDGE
 #define FF_API_EMU_EDGE          (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
 #endif