diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 2b79d0b116..6aa7dcab83 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -1557,13 +1557,6 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
      */
     int noise_reduction;
 
-#if FF_API_INTER_THRESHOLD
-    /**
-     * @deprecated this field is unused
-     */
-    attribute_deprecated int inter_threshold;
-#endif
-
     /**
      * Motion estimation threshold below which no motion estimation is
      * performed, but instead the user specified motion vectors are used.
diff --git a/libavcodec/options_table.h b/libavcodec/options_table.h
index afb6edaee1..7c81d5e7f1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options_table.h
+++ b/libavcodec/options_table.h
@@ -283,9 +283,6 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"lmax", "maximum Lagrange factor (VBR)", OFFSET(lmax), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 31*FF_QP2LAMBDA }, 0, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"nr", "noise reduction", OFFSET(noise_reduction), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"rc_init_occupancy", "number of bits which should be loaded into the rc buffer before decoding starts", OFFSET(rc_initial_buffer_occupancy), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
-#if FF_API_INTER_THRESHOLD
-{"inter_threshold", NULL, OFFSET(inter_threshold), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
-#endif
 {"flags2", NULL, OFFSET(flags2), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = DEFAULT}, 0, UINT_MAX, V|A|E|D, "flags2"},
 {"error", NULL, OFFSET(error_rate), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"threads", NULL, OFFSET(thread_count), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1 }, 0, INT_MAX, V|E|D, "threads"},
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 8423b7249d..72a880c280 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_REQUEST_CHANNELS
 #define FF_API_REQUEST_CHANNELS (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 56)
 #endif
-#ifndef FF_API_INTER_THRESHOLD
-#define FF_API_INTER_THRESHOLD  (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 55)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_SUB_ID
 #define FF_API_SUB_ID           (LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR < 55)
 #endif