diff --git a/doc/examples/muxing.c b/doc/examples/muxing.c
index b5bd54a105..041617aff3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/muxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/muxing.c
@@ -498,39 +498,20 @@ static int write_video_frame(AVFormatContext *oc, OutputStream *ost)
 
     frame = get_video_frame(ost);
 
-    if (oc->oformat->flags & AVFMT_RAWPICTURE) {
-        /* a hack to avoid data copy with some raw video muxers */
-        AVPacket pkt;
-        av_init_packet(&pkt);
-
-        if (!frame)
-            return 1;
-
-        pkt.flags        |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;
-        pkt.stream_index  = ost->st->index;
-        pkt.data          = (uint8_t *)frame;
-        pkt.size          = sizeof(AVPicture);
+    AVPacket pkt = { 0 };
+    av_init_packet(&pkt);
 
-        pkt.pts = pkt.dts = frame->pts;
-        av_packet_rescale_ts(&pkt, c->time_base, ost->st->time_base);
+    /* encode the image */
+    ret = avcodec_encode_video2(c, &pkt, frame, &got_packet);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error encoding video frame: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
-        ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(oc, &pkt);
+    if (got_packet) {
+        ret = write_frame(oc, &c->time_base, ost->st, &pkt);
     } else {
-        AVPacket pkt = { 0 };
-        av_init_packet(&pkt);
-
-        /* encode the image */
-        ret = avcodec_encode_video2(c, &pkt, frame, &got_packet);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error encoding video frame: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
-            exit(1);
-        }
-
-        if (got_packet) {
-            ret = write_frame(oc, &c->time_base, ost->st, &pkt);
-        } else {
-            ret = 0;
-        }
+        ret = 0;
     }
 
     if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index e2a27d437b..f3ffcfbe38 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -465,8 +465,10 @@ typedef struct AVProbeData {
 #define AVFMT_NOFILE        0x0001
 #define AVFMT_NEEDNUMBER    0x0002 /**< Needs '%d' in filename. */
 #define AVFMT_SHOW_IDS      0x0008 /**< Show format stream IDs numbers. */
+#if FF_API_LAVF_FMT_RAWPICTURE
 #define AVFMT_RAWPICTURE    0x0020 /**< Format wants AVPicture structure for
-                                      raw picture data. */
+                                      raw picture data. @deprecated Not used anymore */
+#endif
 #define AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER  0x0040 /**< Format wants global header. */
 #define AVFMT_NOTIMESTAMPS  0x0080 /**< Format does not need / have any timestamps. */
 #define AVFMT_GENERIC_INDEX 0x0100 /**< Use generic index building code. */
@@ -511,7 +513,7 @@ typedef struct AVOutputFormat {
     enum AVCodecID video_codec;    /**< default video codec */
     enum AVCodecID subtitle_codec; /**< default subtitle codec */
     /**
-     * can use flags: AVFMT_NOFILE, AVFMT_NEEDNUMBER, AVFMT_RAWPICTURE,
+     * can use flags: AVFMT_NOFILE, AVFMT_NEEDNUMBER,
      * AVFMT_GLOBALHEADER, AVFMT_NOTIMESTAMPS, AVFMT_VARIABLE_FPS,
      * AVFMT_NODIMENSIONS, AVFMT_NOSTREAMS, AVFMT_ALLOW_FLUSH,
      * AVFMT_TS_NONSTRICT
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index f7a2e09852..7e706637a9 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_URL_FEOF
 #define FF_API_URL_FEOF                 (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
 #endif
+#ifndef FF_API_LAVF_FMT_RAWPICTURE
+#define FF_API_LAVF_FMT_RAWPICTURE      (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 58)
+#endif
 
 #ifndef FF_API_R_FRAME_RATE
 #define FF_API_R_FRAME_RATE            1