diff --git a/libavutil/riscv/timer.h b/libavutil/riscv/timer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 174b469cbe..0000000000
--- a/libavutil/riscv/timer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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
- */
-
-#ifndef AVUTIL_RISCV_TIMER_H
-#define AVUTIL_RISCV_TIMER_H
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#if HAVE_INLINE_ASM
-#include <stdint.h>
-
-static inline uint64_t ff_read_time(void)
-{
-#if (__riscv_xlen >= 64)
-    uintptr_t cycles;
-
-    __asm__ volatile ("rdtime  %0" : "=r" (cycles));
-
-#else
-    uint64_t cycles;
-    uint32_t hi, lo, check;
-
-    __asm__ volatile (
-        "1: rdtimeh %0\n"
-        "   rdtime  %1\n"
-        "   rdtimeh %2\n"
-        "   bne %0, %2, 1b\n" : "=r" (hi), "=r" (lo), "=r" (check));
-
-    cycles = (((uint64_t)hi) << 32) | lo;
-
-#endif
-    return cycles;
-}
-
-#define AV_READ_TIME ff_read_time
-#define FF_TIMER_UNITS "ticks"
-
-#endif
-#endif /* AVUTIL_RISCV_TIMER_H */
diff --git a/libavutil/timer.h b/libavutil/timer.h
index 9fe6aa1385..663daf81c6 100644
--- a/libavutil/timer.h
+++ b/libavutil/timer.h
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
 #   include "arm/timer.h"
 #elif ARCH_PPC
 #   include "ppc/timer.h"
-#elif ARCH_RISCV
-#   include "riscv/timer.h"
 #elif ARCH_X86
 #   include "x86/timer.h"
 #elif ARCH_LOONGARCH