diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 8d988d3b32..b073e38da9 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ version <next>
 - string validation in ffprobe
 - support for decoding through VDPAU in ffmpeg (the -hwaccel option)
 - complete Voxware MetaSound decoder
+- remove mp3_header_compress bitstream filters
 
 
 version 2.1:
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index e8c1c1b041..918013c348 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_IMX_DUMP_HEADER_BSF)        += imx_dump_header_bsf.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MJPEG2JPEG_BSF)             += mjpeg2jpeg_bsf.o mjpeg.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MJPEGA_DUMP_HEADER_BSF)     += mjpega_dump_header_bsf.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MOV2TEXTSUB_BSF)            += movsub_bsf.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_MP3_HEADER_COMPRESS_BSF)    += mp3_header_compress_bsf.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_MP3_HEADER_DECOMPRESS_BSF)  += mp3_header_decompress_bsf.o \
                                              mpegaudiodata.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_NOISE_BSF)                  += noise_bsf.o
diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index 2507eeeaf8..49200a532c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ void avcodec_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_BSF(IMX_DUMP_HEADER,       imx_dump_header);
     REGISTER_BSF(MJPEG2JPEG,            mjpeg2jpeg);
     REGISTER_BSF(MJPEGA_DUMP_HEADER,    mjpega_dump_header);
-    REGISTER_BSF(MP3_HEADER_COMPRESS,   mp3_header_compress);
     REGISTER_BSF(MP3_HEADER_DECOMPRESS, mp3_header_decompress);
     REGISTER_BSF(MOV2TEXTSUB,           mov2textsub);
     REGISTER_BSF(NOISE,                 noise);
diff --git a/libavcodec/mp3_header_compress_bsf.c b/libavcodec/mp3_header_compress_bsf.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e479f6b986..0000000000
--- a/libavcodec/mp3_header_compress_bsf.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * copyright (c) 2006 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
- *
- * This file is part of FFmpeg.
- *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-#include "libavutil/common.h"
-#include "libavutil/intreadwrite.h"
-#include "avcodec.h"
-#include "mpegaudiodecheader.h"
-
-
-static int mp3_header_compress(AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc, AVCodecContext *avctx, const char *args,
-                     uint8_t **poutbuf, int *poutbuf_size,
-                     const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size, int keyframe){
-    uint32_t header, extraheader;
-    int mode_extension, header_size;
-
-    if(avctx->strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_EXPERIMENTAL){
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "not standards compliant\n");
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    header = AV_RB32(buf);
-    mode_extension= (header>>4)&3;
-
-    if(ff_mpa_check_header(header) < 0 || (header&0x60000) != 0x20000){
-output_unchanged:
-        *poutbuf= (uint8_t *) buf;
-        *poutbuf_size= buf_size;
-
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_INFO, "cannot compress %08X\n", header);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if(avctx->extradata_size == 0){
-        avctx->extradata_size=15;
-        avctx->extradata= av_malloc(avctx->extradata_size);
-        strcpy(avctx->extradata, "FFCMP3 0.0");
-        memcpy(avctx->extradata+11, buf, 4);
-    }
-    if(avctx->extradata_size != 15){
-        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Extradata invalid\n");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    extraheader = AV_RB32(avctx->extradata+11);
-    if((extraheader&MP3_MASK) != (header&MP3_MASK))
-        goto output_unchanged;
-
-    header_size= (header&0x10000) ? 4 : 6;
-
-    *poutbuf_size= buf_size - header_size;
-    *poutbuf= av_malloc(buf_size - header_size + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
-    memcpy(*poutbuf, buf + header_size, buf_size - header_size + FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE);
-
-    if(avctx->channels==2){
-        if((header & (3<<19)) != 3<<19){
-            (*poutbuf)[1] &= 0x3F;
-            (*poutbuf)[1] |= mode_extension<<6;
-            FFSWAP(int, (*poutbuf)[1], (*poutbuf)[2]);
-        }else{
-            (*poutbuf)[1] &= 0x8F;
-            (*poutbuf)[1] |= mode_extension<<4;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return 1;
-}
-
-AVBitStreamFilter ff_mp3_header_compress_bsf={
-    .name   = "mp3comp",
-    .filter = mp3_header_compress,
-};