diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index a7919a3506f092fbea9d0f5f380366b106fc3c01..c5caa77d997d3cfea897219a8d1207d79f3a73c2 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -5454,8 +5454,7 @@ Swap luma/chroma/alpha fields. Exchange even & odd lines. Default value is @code
 
 Simple interlacing filter from progressive contents. This interleaves upper (or
 lower) lines from odd frames with lower (or upper) lines from even frames,
-halving the frame rate and preserving image height. A vertical lowpass filter
-is always applied in order to avoid twitter effects and reduce moiré patterns.
+halving the frame rate and preserving image height.
 
 @example
    Original        Original             New Frame
@@ -5475,6 +5474,10 @@ It accepts the following optional parameters:
 @item scan
 This determines whether the interlaced frame is taken from the even
 (tff - default) or odd (bff) lines of the progressive frame.
+
+@item lowpass
+Enable (default) or disable the vertical lowpass filter to avoid twitter
+interlacing and reduce moire patterns.
 @end table
 
 @section kerndeint
diff --git a/libavfilter/version.h b/libavfilter/version.h
index 9f2c36494c0f42f4e0401c52826db3b19fd1939a..1a43dc51a9da9bf42233e4d9acd2b61c1b1e432a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/version.h
+++ b/libavfilter/version.h
@@ -88,8 +88,5 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME
 #define FF_API_NOCONST_GET_NAME             (LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR < 5)
 #endif
-#ifndef FF_API_INTERLACE_LOWPASS_SET
-#define FF_API_INTERLACE_LOWPASS_SET        (LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR < 5)
-#endif
 
 #endif /* AVFILTER_VERSION_H */
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_interlace.c b/libavfilter/vf_interlace.c
index 0929a7107ad3a4408669cc987e149f1430f78e8f..e07963f79a4688410f07be836649553b0a2dbfb9 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_interlace.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_interlace.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "formats.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
 #include "internal.h"
-#include "version.h"
 #include "video.h"
 
 enum ScanMode {
@@ -50,9 +49,7 @@ enum FieldType {
 typedef struct InterlaceContext {
     const AVClass *class;
     enum ScanMode scan;    // top or bottom field first scanning
-#if FF_API_INTERLACE_LOWPASS_SET
     int lowpass;           // enable or disable low pass filterning
-#endif
     AVFrame *cur, *next;   // the two frames from which the new one is obtained
 } InterlaceContext;
 
@@ -65,10 +62,8 @@ static const AVOption interlace_options[] = {
         AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = MODE_TFF }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, .flags = V, .unit = "scan" },
     { "bff", "bottom field first", 0,
         AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = MODE_BFF }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, .flags = V, .unit = "scan" },
-#if FF_API_INTERLACE_LOWPASS_SET
-    { "lowpass", "(deprecated, this option is always set)", OFFSET(lowpass),
+    { "lowpass", "enable vertical low-pass filter", OFFSET(lowpass),
         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   {.i64 = 1 },        0, 1, .flags = V },
-#endif
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -101,15 +96,15 @@ static int config_out_props(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     AVFilterLink *inlink = outlink->src->inputs[0];
     InterlaceContext *s = ctx->priv;
 
-#if FF_API_INTERLACE_LOWPASS_SET
-    if (!s->lowpass)
-        av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "This option is deprecated and always set.\n");
-#endif
-
     if (inlink->h < 2) {
         av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "input video height is too small\n");
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
     }
+
+    if (!s->lowpass)
+        av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "***warning*** Lowpass filter is disabled, "
+               "the resulting video will be aliased rather than interlaced.\n");
+
     // same input size
     outlink->w = inlink->w;
     outlink->h = inlink->h;
@@ -120,14 +115,15 @@ static int config_out_props(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     outlink->frame_rate.den *= 2;
     outlink->flags |= FF_LINK_FLAG_REQUEST_LOOP;
 
-    av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "%s interlacing\n",
-           s->scan == MODE_TFF ? "tff" : "bff");
+    av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "%s interlacing %s lowpass filter\n",
+           s->scan == MODE_TFF ? "tff" : "bff", (s->lowpass) ? "with" : "without");
 
     return 0;
 }
 
 static void copy_picture_field(AVFrame *src_frame, AVFrame *dst_frame,
-                               AVFilterLink *inlink, enum FieldType field_type)
+                               AVFilterLink *inlink, enum FieldType field_type,
+                               int lowpass)
 {
     const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(inlink->format);
     int vsub = desc->log2_chroma_h;
@@ -138,8 +134,6 @@ static void copy_picture_field(AVFrame *src_frame, AVFrame *dst_frame,
         int linesize = av_image_get_linesize(inlink->format, inlink->w, plane);
         uint8_t *dstp = dst_frame->data[plane];
         const uint8_t *srcp = src_frame->data[plane];
-        int srcp_linesize;
-        int dstp_linesize;
 
         av_assert0(linesize >= 0);
 
@@ -148,24 +142,29 @@ static void copy_picture_field(AVFrame *src_frame, AVFrame *dst_frame,
             srcp += src_frame->linesize[plane];
         if (field_type == FIELD_LOWER)
             dstp += dst_frame->linesize[plane];
-
-        srcp_linesize = src_frame->linesize[plane] * 2;
-        dstp_linesize = dst_frame->linesize[plane] * 2;
-        for (j = lines; j > 0; j--) {
-            const uint8_t *srcp_above = srcp - src_frame->linesize[plane];
-            const uint8_t *srcp_below = srcp + src_frame->linesize[plane];
-            if (j == lines)
-                srcp_above = srcp; // there is no line above
-            if (j == 1)
-                srcp_below = srcp; // there is no line below
-            for (i = 0; i < linesize; i++) {
-                // this calculation is an integer representation of
-                // '0.5 * current + 0.25 * above + 0.25 * below'
-                // '1 +' is for rounding.
-                dstp[i] = (1 + srcp[i] + srcp[i] + srcp_above[i] + srcp_below[i]) >> 2;
+        if (lowpass) {
+            int srcp_linesize = src_frame->linesize[plane] * 2;
+            int dstp_linesize = dst_frame->linesize[plane] * 2;
+            for (j = lines; j > 0; j--) {
+                const uint8_t *srcp_above = srcp - src_frame->linesize[plane];
+                const uint8_t *srcp_below = srcp + src_frame->linesize[plane];
+                if (j == lines)
+                    srcp_above = srcp; // there is no line above
+                if (j == 1)
+                    srcp_below = srcp; // there is no line below
+                for (i = 0; i < linesize; i++) {
+                    // this calculation is an integer representation of
+                    // '0.5 * current + 0.25 * above + 0.25 * below'
+                    // '1 +' is for rounding.
+                    dstp[i] = (1 + srcp[i] + srcp[i] + srcp_above[i] + srcp_below[i]) >> 2;
+                }
+                dstp += dstp_linesize;
+                srcp += srcp_linesize;
             }
-            dstp += dstp_linesize;
-            srcp += srcp_linesize;
+        } else {
+            av_image_copy_plane(dstp, dst_frame->linesize[plane] * 2,
+                                srcp, src_frame->linesize[plane] * 2,
+                                linesize, lines);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -208,11 +207,11 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *buf)
     out->pts             /= 2;  // adjust pts to new framerate
 
     /* copy upper/lower field from cur */
-    copy_picture_field(s->cur, out, inlink, tff ? FIELD_UPPER : FIELD_LOWER);
+    copy_picture_field(s->cur, out, inlink, tff ? FIELD_UPPER : FIELD_LOWER, s->lowpass);
     av_frame_free(&s->cur);
 
     /* copy lower/upper field from next */
-    copy_picture_field(s->next, out, inlink, tff ? FIELD_LOWER : FIELD_UPPER);
+    copy_picture_field(s->next, out, inlink, tff ? FIELD_LOWER : FIELD_UPPER, s->lowpass);
     av_frame_free(&s->next);
 
     ret = ff_filter_frame(outlink, out);