diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1139ea648516270f10843a4d9c62c970bc6659e7..3101da099af46318aadc064a014cdd0f926a80a9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1201,7 +1201,6 @@ mp4_muxer_select="mov_muxer"
 mpegtsraw_demuxer_select="mpegts_demuxer"
 mxf_d10_muxer_select="mxf_muxer"
 psp_muxer_select="mov_muxer"
-redir_demuxer_deps="network"
 rtp_muxer_deps="network rtp_protocol"
 rtsp_demuxer_deps="sdp_demuxer"
 sdp_demuxer_deps="rtp_protocol mpegts_demuxer"
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index 284d7d693e483792dc892bba08b3967b5a118f7c..e22608a6dbe4501065954b06c8d3c2f2f45c26ea 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_QCP_DEMUXER)               += qcp.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_R3D_DEMUXER)               += r3d.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_RAWVIDEO_DEMUXER)          += raw.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_RAWVIDEO_MUXER)            += raw.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_REDIR_DEMUXER)             += rtsp.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_RL2_DEMUXER)               += rl2.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_RM_DEMUXER)                += rmdec.o rm.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_RM_MUXER)                  += rmenc.o rm.o
diff --git a/libavformat/allformats.c b/libavformat/allformats.c
index c35b060b5a319c2b158e8e8bd63f55e3854d1fba..f978426fdd1337a2c6a5f565f24ddb5329ffe542 100644
--- a/libavformat/allformats.c
+++ b/libavformat/allformats.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ void av_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_DEMUXER  (QCP, qcp);
     REGISTER_DEMUXER  (R3D, r3d);
     REGISTER_MUXDEMUX (RAWVIDEO, rawvideo);
-    REGISTER_DEMUXER  (REDIR, redir);
     REGISTER_DEMUXER  (RL2, rl2);
     REGISTER_MUXDEMUX (RM, rm);
     REGISTER_MUXDEMUX (ROQ, roq);
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index ddf51ed746c915b9f5d8134bcc5631b4366d412a..e45966cac38a5d4ef21c8ea5e96c84053ce692ea 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -1777,69 +1777,3 @@ AVInputFormat sdp_demuxer = {
     sdp_read_close,
 };
 #endif
-
-#if CONFIG_REDIR_DEMUXER
-/* dummy redirector format (used directly in av_open_input_file now) */
-static int redir_probe(AVProbeData *pd)
-{
-    const char *p;
-    p = pd->buf;
-    skip_spaces(&p);
-    if (av_strstart(p, "http://", NULL) ||
-        av_strstart(p, "rtsp://", NULL))
-        return AVPROBE_SCORE_MAX;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int redir_read_header(AVFormatContext *s, AVFormatParameters *ap)
-{
-    char buf[4096], *q;
-    int c;
-    AVFormatContext *ic = NULL;
-    ByteIOContext *f = s->pb;
-
-    /* parse each URL and try to open it */
-    c = url_fgetc(f);
-    while (c != URL_EOF) {
-        /* skip spaces */
-        for(;;) {
-            if (!redir_isspace(c))
-                break;
-            c = url_fgetc(f);
-        }
-        if (c == URL_EOF)
-            break;
-        /* record url */
-        q = buf;
-        for(;;) {
-            if (c == URL_EOF || redir_isspace(c))
-                break;
-            if ((q - buf) < sizeof(buf) - 1)
-                *q++ = c;
-            c = url_fgetc(f);
-        }
-        *q = '\0';
-        //printf("URL='%s'\n", buf);
-        /* try to open the media file */
-        if (av_open_input_file(&ic, buf, NULL, 0, NULL) == 0)
-            break;
-    }
-    if (!ic)
-        return AVERROR(EIO);
-
-    *s = *ic;
-    url_fclose(f);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-AVInputFormat redir_demuxer = {
-    "redir",
-    NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Redirector format"),
-    0,
-    redir_probe,
-    redir_read_header,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-};
-#endif