diff --git a/libavutil/attributes.h b/libavutil/attributes.h
index 0a4d50ecce..8c0e5b2979 100644
--- a/libavutil/attributes.h
+++ b/libavutil/attributes.h
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@
 #    define av_pure
 #endif
 
-#ifndef av_restrict
-#define av_restrict restrict
-#endif
-
 #if AV_GCC_VERSION_AT_LEAST(2,6)
 #    define av_const __attribute__((const))
 #else