diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index e3c22d44a2d8e83f5690570c49462d3bf60248ac..56c139905a97e21ed7fcbe5ce2eef19fcf2fd3b3 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -2155,17 +2155,6 @@ int av_read_play(AVFormatContext *s);
  */
 int av_read_pause(AVFormatContext *s);
 
-#if FF_API_CLOSE_INPUT_FILE
-/**
- * @deprecated use avformat_close_input()
- * Close a media file (but not its codecs).
- *
- * @param s media file handle
- */
-attribute_deprecated
-void av_close_input_file(AVFormatContext *s);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Close an opened input AVFormatContext. Free it and all its contents
  * and set *s to NULL.
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 888d58ed664611114c0ad39daa0f3cf5f5e0fc0f..0008073c5ba133879fb13c6ee015323bd03b9373 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3544,13 +3544,6 @@ void avformat_free_context(AVFormatContext *s)
     av_free(s);
 }
 
-#if FF_API_CLOSE_INPUT_FILE
-void av_close_input_file(AVFormatContext *s)
-{
-    avformat_close_input(&s);
-}
-#endif
-
 void avformat_close_input(AVFormatContext **ps)
 {
     AVFormatContext *s;
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 38433ee9d75e2bd14f08c4054c496f4bd953ed43..a9b6cb65627c85125bc7d28a186ee59126dfa8d9 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
 #define FF_API_URL_FEOF                 (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 57)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef FF_API_CLOSE_INPUT_FILE
-#define FF_API_CLOSE_INPUT_FILE        (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 56)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_READ_PACKET
 #define FF_API_READ_PACKET             (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 56)
 #endif