diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 0030bc7dc1..243a4d78e3 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ void ff_http_set_headers(URLContext *h, const char *headers)
     av_strlcpy(s->headers, headers, sizeof(s->headers));
 }
 
-void ff_http_set_chunked_transfer_encoding(URLContext *h, int is_chunked)
-{
-    ((HTTPContext*)h->priv_data)->chunksize = is_chunked ? 0 : -1;
-}
-
 void ff_http_init_auth_state(URLContext *dest, const URLContext *src)
 {
     memcpy(&((HTTPContext*)dest->priv_data)->auth_state,
diff --git a/libavformat/http.h b/libavformat/http.h
index c5ff5e134c..bd63a190dc 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.h
+++ b/libavformat/http.h
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@
  */
 void ff_http_set_headers(URLContext *h, const char *headers);
 
-/**
- * Enable or disable chunked transfer encoding. (default is enabled)
- *
- * @param h URL context for this HTTP connection
- * @param is_chunked 0 to disable chunking, nonzero otherwise.
- */
-void ff_http_set_chunked_transfer_encoding(URLContext *h, int is_chunked);
-
 /**
  * Initialize the authentication state based on another HTTP URLContext.
  * This can be used to pre-initialize the authentication parameters if