diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 1e2b13e0d79b6d6cd6dc8062902758e2cfa4bb01..5f83a36ea0f61b55ca30dec66732dc5cbfafc776 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -4899,12 +4899,6 @@ int av_picture_pad(AVPicture *dst, const AVPicture *src, int height, int width,
  * @{
  */
 
-/**
- * @deprecated Use av_pix_fmt_get_chroma_sub_sample
- */
-
-void attribute_deprecated avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt, int *h_shift, int *v_shift);
-
 /**
  * Return a value representing the fourCC code associated to the
  * pixel format pix_fmt, or 0 if no associated fourCC code can be
diff --git a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
index 4667a4fb52f9cc8ba77341f03f1897115fb92757..9c8fab59a305e547b9d41b45b6b96a209db55116 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
+++ b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
@@ -33,15 +33,6 @@
 #include "libavutil/internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
 
-#if FF_API_GETCHROMA
-void avcodec_get_chroma_sub_sample(enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt, int *h_shift, int *v_shift)
-{
-    const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(pix_fmt);
-    *h_shift = desc->log2_chroma_w;
-    *v_shift = desc->log2_chroma_h;
-}
-#endif
-
 static int is_gray(const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc)
 {
     return desc->nb_components - (desc->flags & AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_ALPHA) == 1;
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 2b9290316c0f90ca8bcef61fd07f91a526800fee..98c93d3bc647c16fc98a2ca0dab37ce178796f05 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_GETCHROMA
-#define FF_API_GETCHROMA         (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_MISSING_SAMPLE
 #define FF_API_MISSING_SAMPLE    (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
 #endif