diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 3a007fad1aac085bf2450c60ad2ea5c41f913d32..11a3280eb8da6de1b743252cffd7e31d8691f9d5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -4937,14 +4937,6 @@ enum AVPixelFormat avcodec_default_get_format(struct AVCodecContext *s, const en
  * @}
  */
 
-#if FF_API_SET_DIMENSIONS
-/**
- * @deprecated this function is not supposed to be used from outside of lavc
- */
-attribute_deprecated
-void avcodec_set_dimensions(AVCodecContext *s, int width, int height);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Put a string representing the codec tag codec_tag in buf.
  *
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 8a481dd025c324d202e479a5018a7a68ffcc7254..6cef65083d7ba35babaa082a847cbcae4ffd2384 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -125,13 +125,6 @@ unsigned avcodec_get_edge_width(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if FF_API_SET_DIMENSIONS
-void avcodec_set_dimensions(AVCodecContext *s, int width, int height)
-{
-    ff_set_dimensions(s, width, height);
-}
-#endif
-
 int ff_set_dimensions(AVCodecContext *s, int width, int height)
 {
     int ret = av_image_check_size(width, height, 0, s);
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 1f064832114acb0e513c1bae90313ca0a2ad7149..a12c322f49eb2e5e2354a4de97fd2161c650f7bd 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_SET_DIMENSIONS
-#define FF_API_SET_DIMENSIONS    (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_DEBUG_MV
 #define FF_API_DEBUG_MV          (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
 #endif