diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 8567c8b28f210595f0ff17090fa4ca4b91906f29..f596ad30516a1a2af3faefc6113eb453cde1deed 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2958,15 +2958,6 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
     uint8_t *subtitle_header;
     int subtitle_header_size;
 
-#if FF_API_ERROR_RATE
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use the 'error_rate' private AVOption of the mpegvideo
-     * encoders
-     */
-    attribute_deprecated
-    int error_rate;
-#endif
-
 #if FF_API_VBV_DELAY
     /**
      * VBV delay coded in the last frame (in periods of a 27 MHz clock).
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
index 40c044d703271e299bd9db3337222229ab8848d0..4d72c01ec9e68c3062ca8d6f44d5b4708503d405 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo_enc.c
@@ -874,13 +874,6 @@ FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
     if (ff_rate_control_init(s) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-#if FF_API_ERROR_RATE
-    FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-    if (avctx->error_rate)
-        s->error_rate = avctx->error_rate;
-    FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS;
-#endif
-
 #if FF_API_NORMALIZE_AQP
     FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
     if (avctx->flags & CODEC_FLAG_NORMALIZE_AQP)
diff --git a/libavcodec/options_table.h b/libavcodec/options_table.h
index 5e3540d2ddccb86594703bcf157dc232d029341e..7531af0471c53a16fa2344366c1a428227829011 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options_table.h
+++ b/libavcodec/options_table.h
@@ -313,9 +313,6 @@ static const AVOption avcodec_options[] = {
 #endif
 {"rc_init_occupancy", "number of bits which should be loaded into the rc buffer before decoding starts", OFFSET(rc_initial_buffer_occupancy), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"flags2", NULL, OFFSET(flags2), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = DEFAULT}, 0, UINT_MAX, V|A|E|D, "flags2"},
-#if FF_API_ERROR_RATE
-{"error", NULL, OFFSET(error_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
-#endif
 {"threads", NULL, OFFSET(thread_count), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1 }, 0, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "threads"},
 {"auto", "autodetect a suitable number of threads to use", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "threads"},
 #if FF_API_MPV_OPT
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 986e697bc9c928c80add319de3aa7e8aeb697e50..cfed83160f473ea280b751b1707ef83875739a3e 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_ERROR_RATE
-#define FF_API_ERROR_RATE        (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_QSCALE_TYPE
 #define FF_API_QSCALE_TYPE       (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
 #endif