diff --git a/fftools/cmdutils.h b/fftools/cmdutils.h
index 9609c6c739..9441d5726b 100644
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.h
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.h
@@ -530,19 +530,6 @@ void *allocate_array_elem(void *array, size_t elem_size, int *nb_elems);
 #define GROW_ARRAY(array, nb_elems)\
     grow_array((void**)&array, sizeof(*array), &nb_elems, nb_elems + 1)
 
-#define GET_PIX_FMT_NAME(pix_fmt)\
-    const char *name = av_get_pix_fmt_name(pix_fmt);
-
-#define GET_CODEC_NAME(id)\
-    const char *name = avcodec_descriptor_get(id)->name;
-
-#define GET_SAMPLE_FMT_NAME(sample_fmt)\
-    const char *name = av_get_sample_fmt_name(sample_fmt)
-
-#define GET_SAMPLE_RATE_NAME(rate)\
-    char name[16];\
-    snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%d", rate);
-
 double get_rotation(const int32_t *displaymatrix);
 
 /* read file contents into a string */
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
index b562e8417c..d54beb26b7 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void choose_ ## name (OutputFilterPriv *ofp, AVBPrint *bprint)          \
 }
 
 //DEF_CHOOSE_FORMAT(pix_fmts, enum AVPixelFormat, format, formats, AV_PIX_FMT_NONE,
-//                  GET_PIX_FMT_NAME)
+//                  av_get_pix_fmt_name)
 
 DEF_CHOOSE_FORMAT(sample_fmts, enum AVSampleFormat, format, formats,
                   AV_SAMPLE_FMT_NONE, "%s", av_get_sample_fmt_name)