diff --git a/avserver.c b/avserver.c
index 16a24fff9c658ab9598cd264805dff783d53431e..976c89583b5ef63c19a008d1cc97a8ae2b397f03 100644
--- a/avserver.c
+++ b/avserver.c
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <signal.h>
-#if HAVE_DLFCN_H
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#endif
 
 #include "cmdutils.h"
 
@@ -3914,32 +3911,6 @@ static enum AVCodecID opt_video_codec(const char *arg)
     return p->id;
 }
 
-/* simplistic plugin support */
-
-#if HAVE_DLOPEN
-static void load_module(const char *filename)
-{
-    void *dll;
-    void (*init_func)(void);
-    dll = dlopen(filename, RTLD_NOW);
-    if (!dll) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Could not load module '%s' - %s\n",
-                filename, dlerror());
-        return;
-    }
-
-    init_func = dlsym(dll, "avserver_module_init");
-    if (!init_func) {
-        fprintf(stderr,
-                "%s: init function 'avserver_module_init()' not found\n",
-                filename);
-        dlclose(dll);
-    }
-
-    init_func();
-}
-#endif
-
 static int avserver_opt_default(const char *opt, const char *arg,
                        AVCodecContext *avctx, int type)
 {
@@ -4596,12 +4567,7 @@ static int parse_ffconfig(const char *filename)
                 redirect = NULL;
             }
         } else if (!av_strcasecmp(cmd, "LoadModule")) {
-            get_arg(arg, sizeof(arg), &p);
-#if HAVE_DLOPEN
-            load_module(arg);
-#else
-            ERROR("Module support not compiled into this version: '%s'\n", arg);
-#endif
+            ERROR("Loadable modules no longer supported\n");
         } else {
             ERROR("Incorrect keyword: '%s'\n", cmd);
         }
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0e6b450fae6c133bd662a39f5b493f7065e0171f..d15e3f02a34739357f04d8d9ed0703992ffbae8a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1974,7 +1974,6 @@ enable dxva2 vdpau
 
 # build settings
 SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$$(@F)'
-AVSERVERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-E
 LIBPREF="lib"
 LIBSUF=".a"
 FULLNAME='$(NAME)$(BUILDSUF)'
@@ -3059,7 +3058,6 @@ case $target_os in
         host_libs=
         ;;
     sunos)
-        AVSERVERLDFLAGS=""
         SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-h,$$(@F)'
         enabled x86 && SHFLAGS="-mimpure-text $SHFLAGS"
         network_extralibs="-lsocket -lnsl"
@@ -3104,7 +3102,6 @@ case $target_os in
         SLIBSUF=".dylib"
         SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION='$(SLIBPREF)$(FULLNAME).$(LIBVERSION)$(SLIBSUF)'
         SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR='$(SLIBPREF)$(FULLNAME).$(LIBMAJOR)$(SLIBSUF)'
-        AVSERVERLDFLAGS=-Wl,-bind_at_load
         objformat="macho"
         enabled x86_64 && objformat="macho64"
         enabled_any pic shared ||
@@ -3196,7 +3193,6 @@ case $target_os in
         add_cppflags -D_GNU_SOURCE
         add_ldflags -Zomf -Zbin-files -Zargs-wild -Zmap
         SHFLAGS='$(SUBDIR)$(NAME).def -Zdll -Zomf'
-        AVSERVERLDFLAGS=""
         LIBSUF="_s.a"
         SLIBPREF=""
         SLIBSUF=".dll"
@@ -3236,7 +3232,6 @@ case $target_os in
         ;;
     osf1)
         add_cppflags -D_OSF_SOURCE -D_POSIX_PII -D_REENTRANT
-        AVSERVERLDFLAGS=
         ;;
     minix)
         ;;
@@ -4120,7 +4115,6 @@ LD_LIB=$LD_LIB
 LD_PATH=$LD_PATH
 DLLTOOL=$dlltool
 LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
-LDFLAGS-avserver=$AVSERVERLDFLAGS
 SHFLAGS=$(echo $($ldflags_filter $SHFLAGS))
 YASMFLAGS=$YASMFLAGS
 BUILDSUF=$build_suffix