diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index 0e62b4a13f..f0be5c110a 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
  */
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 51
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 22
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 21
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index eeab7a76ed..6e1f23b97f 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -521,19 +521,6 @@ const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = PIX_FMT_PLANAR,
     },
-    [PIX_FMT_YUVA444P] = {
-        .name = "yuva444p",
-        .nb_components = 4,
-        .log2_chroma_w = 0,
-        .log2_chroma_h = 0,
-        .comp = {
-            { 0, 0, 1, 0, 7 },        /* Y */
-            { 1, 0, 1, 0, 7 },        /* U */
-            { 2, 0, 1, 0, 7 },        /* V */
-            { 3, 0, 1, 0, 7 },        /* A */
-        },
-        .flags = PIX_FMT_PLANAR,
-    },
     [PIX_FMT_VDPAU_H264] = {
         .name = "vdpau_h264",
         .log2_chroma_w = 1,
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 7d1d291e05..bd898bdc8e 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ enum PixelFormat {
     PIX_FMT_GBRP10LE,  ///< planar GBR 4:4:4 30bpp, little endian
     PIX_FMT_GBRP16BE,  ///< planar GBR 4:4:4 48bpp, big endian
     PIX_FMT_GBRP16LE,  ///< planar GBR 4:4:4 48bpp, little endian
-    PIX_FMT_YUVA444P,  ///< planar YUV 4:4:4 32bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 1x1 Y & A samples)
     PIX_FMT_NB,        ///< number of pixel formats, DO NOT USE THIS if you want to link with shared libav* because the number of formats might differ between versions
 };
 
diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index 3d94499986..b49f924244 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ static const FormatEntry format_entries[PIX_FMT_NB] = {
     [PIX_FMT_YUV440P]     = { 1 , 1 },
     [PIX_FMT_YUVJ440P]    = { 1 , 1 },
     [PIX_FMT_YUVA420P]    = { 1 , 1 },
-    [PIX_FMT_YUVA444P]    = { 1 , 1 },
     [PIX_FMT_RGB48BE]     = { 1 , 1 },
     [PIX_FMT_RGB48LE]     = { 1 , 1 },
     [PIX_FMT_RGB565BE]    = { 1 , 1 },
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixdesc b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixdesc
index 3d6efeafef..5dfa270021 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixdesc
+++ b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixdesc
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ yuv444p16le         20f86bc2f68d2b3f1f2b48b97b2189f4
 yuv444p9be          6ab31f4c12b533ce318ecdff83cdd054
 yuv444p9le          f0606604a5c08becab6ba500124c4b7c
 yuva420p            a29884f3f3dfe1e00b961bc17bef3d47
-yuva444p            bc92270d1b97ba23a9640d806daa7b07
 yuvj420p            32eec78ba51857b16ce9b813a49b7189
 yuvj422p            0dfa0ed434f73be51428758c69e082cb
 yuvj440p            657501a28004e27a592757a7509f5189
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_copy b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_copy
index 3d6efeafef..5dfa270021 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_copy
+++ b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_copy
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ yuv444p16le         20f86bc2f68d2b3f1f2b48b97b2189f4
 yuv444p9be          6ab31f4c12b533ce318ecdff83cdd054
 yuv444p9le          f0606604a5c08becab6ba500124c4b7c
 yuva420p            a29884f3f3dfe1e00b961bc17bef3d47
-yuva444p            bc92270d1b97ba23a9640d806daa7b07
 yuvj420p            32eec78ba51857b16ce9b813a49b7189
 yuvj422p            0dfa0ed434f73be51428758c69e082cb
 yuvj440p            657501a28004e27a592757a7509f5189
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_null b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_null
index 3d6efeafef..5dfa270021 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_null
+++ b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_null
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ yuv444p16le         20f86bc2f68d2b3f1f2b48b97b2189f4
 yuv444p9be          6ab31f4c12b533ce318ecdff83cdd054
 yuv444p9le          f0606604a5c08becab6ba500124c4b7c
 yuva420p            a29884f3f3dfe1e00b961bc17bef3d47
-yuva444p            bc92270d1b97ba23a9640d806daa7b07
 yuvj420p            32eec78ba51857b16ce9b813a49b7189
 yuvj422p            0dfa0ed434f73be51428758c69e082cb
 yuvj440p            657501a28004e27a592757a7509f5189
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_scale b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_scale
index 1fdd909fba..4a5bf676d9 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_scale
+++ b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_scale
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ yuv444p16le         a0c5d3c7bf3f181db503cf8e450d1335
 yuv444p9be          9ac2643ce7f7e5c4e17c8c9fd8494d4a
 yuv444p9le          896a1cc9cccca1ba410dd53942d33cc4
 yuva420p            8673a9131fb47de69788863f93a50eb7
-yuva444p            d74a2339d1973fb25e53efc2102f8a08
 yuvj420p            30427bd6caf5bda93a173dbebe759e09
 yuvj422p            fc8288f64fd149573f73cf8da05d8e6d
 yuvj440p            508ac7a9ddeb6d1794a1100ba7a1664c
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_vflip b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_vflip
index cec9e1508e..f21927bdad 100644
--- a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_vflip
+++ b/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_vflip
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ yuv444p16le         8e83323cf102d6c823a03ae8a7b7e033
 yuv444p9be          6ac92b7dc9ab2fc59bee99204886899a
 yuv444p9le          85aef13a654953d3455d89770b0d74bd
 yuva420p            c705d1cf061d8c6580ac690b55f92276
-yuva444p            8ed70261961cf596e7b80e89b1ed2b08
 yuvj420p            41fd02b204da0ab62452cd14b595e2e4
 yuvj422p            7f6ca9bc1812cde02036d7d29a7cce43
 yuvj440p            25711c3c0fd15ec19c59a10784fcfb96