diff --git a/libavcodec/aacsbr.h b/libavcodec/aacsbr.h
index 153070d3f2..9bc5e29d33 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacsbr.h
+++ b/libavcodec/aacsbr.h
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 #include "sbr.h"
 
 /** Initialize SBR. */
-av_cold void ff_aac_sbr_init(void);
+void ff_aac_sbr_init(void);
 /** Initialize one SBR context. */
-av_cold void ff_aac_sbr_ctx_init(AACContext *ac, SpectralBandReplication *sbr);
+void ff_aac_sbr_ctx_init(AACContext *ac, SpectralBandReplication *sbr);
 /** Close one SBR context. */
-av_cold void ff_aac_sbr_ctx_close(SpectralBandReplication *sbr);
+void ff_aac_sbr_ctx_close(SpectralBandReplication *sbr);
 /** Decode one SBR element. */
 int ff_decode_sbr_extension(AACContext *ac, SpectralBandReplication *sbr,
                             GetBitContext *gb, int crc, int cnt, int id_aac);
diff --git a/libavcodec/asv.h b/libavcodec/asv.h
index c353d05ea2..228bd18186 100644
--- a/libavcodec/asv.h
+++ b/libavcodec/asv.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "libavutil/attributes.h"
 #include "libavutil/mem.h"
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
@@ -62,6 +61,6 @@ extern const uint8_t ff_asv_dc_ccp_tab[8][2];
 extern const uint8_t ff_asv_ac_ccp_tab[16][2];
 extern const uint8_t ff_asv2_level_tab[63][2];
 
-av_cold void ff_asv_common_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+void ff_asv_common_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_ASV_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/fmtconvert.h b/libavcodec/fmtconvert.h
index b879ee6422..1b534019f1 100644
--- a/libavcodec/fmtconvert.h
+++ b/libavcodec/fmtconvert.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ typedef struct FmtConvertContext {
 void ff_float_interleave_c(float *dst, const float **src, unsigned int len,
                            int channels);
 
-av_cold void ff_fmt_convert_init(FmtConvertContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
+void ff_fmt_convert_init(FmtConvertContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 void ff_fmt_convert_init_arm(FmtConvertContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 void ff_fmt_convert_init_altivec(FmtConvertContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.h b/libavcodec/h264.h
index 6216cb64ba..6eda2a693f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.h
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.h
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ const uint8_t *ff_h264_decode_nal(H264Context *h, const uint8_t *src,
  * Free any data that may have been allocated in the H264 context
  * like SPS, PPS etc.
  */
-av_cold void ff_h264_free_context(H264Context *h);
+void ff_h264_free_context(H264Context *h);
 
 /**
  * Reconstruct bitstream slice_type.
@@ -707,8 +707,8 @@ int ff_h264_check_intra_pred_mode(H264Context *h, int mode, int is_chroma);
 void ff_h264_hl_decode_mb(H264Context *h);
 int ff_h264_frame_start(H264Context *h);
 int ff_h264_decode_extradata(H264Context *h);
-av_cold int ff_h264_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
-av_cold void ff_h264_decode_init_vlc(void);
+int ff_h264_decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+void ff_h264_decode_init_vlc(void);
 
 /**
  * Decode a macroblock
diff --git a/libavcodec/ivi_common.h b/libavcodec/ivi_common.h
index 8ac41a5554..a3fb3140e2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ivi_common.h
+++ b/libavcodec/ivi_common.h
@@ -314,6 +314,6 @@ int  ff_ivi_init_tiles(IVIPlaneDesc *planes, int tile_width, int tile_height);
 
 int ff_ivi_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data, int *got_frame,
                         AVPacket *avpkt);
-av_cold int ff_ivi_decode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+int ff_ivi_decode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_IVI_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/mss12.h b/libavcodec/mss12.h
index f5d03662b8..5b1fee8913 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mss12.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mss12.h
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ int ff_mss12_decode_rect(SliceContext *ctx, ArithCoder *acoder,
                          int x, int y, int width, int height);
 void ff_mss12_model_update(Model *m, int val);
 void ff_mss12_slicecontext_reset(SliceContext *sc);
-av_cold int ff_mss12_decode_init(MSS12Context *c, int version,
-                                 SliceContext* sc1, SliceContext *sc2);
-av_cold int ff_mss12_decode_end(MSS12Context *ctx);
+int ff_mss12_decode_init(MSS12Context *c, int version,
+                         SliceContext *sc1, SliceContext *sc2);
+int ff_mss12_decode_end(MSS12Context *ctx);
 
 #define ARITH_GET_BIT(VERSION)                                          \
 static int arith ## VERSION ## _get_bit(ArithCoder *c)                  \
diff --git a/libavcodec/mss2dsp.h b/libavcodec/mss2dsp.h
index b3d67a1e57..34b095bdc5 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mss2dsp.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mss2dsp.h
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ typedef struct MSS2DSPContext {
     void (*upsample_plane)(uint8_t *plane, int plane_stride, int w, int h);
 } MSS2DSPContext;
 
-av_cold void ff_mss2dsp_init(MSS2DSPContext* dsp);
+void ff_mss2dsp_init(MSS2DSPContext *dsp);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_MSS2DSP_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/pnm.h b/libavcodec/pnm.h
index 702921fbdf..efba0d8183 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pnm.h
+++ b/libavcodec/pnm.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ typedef struct PNMContext {
 } PNMContext;
 
 int ff_pnm_decode_header(AVCodecContext *avctx, PNMContext * const s);
-av_cold int ff_pnm_end(AVCodecContext *avctx);
-av_cold int ff_pnm_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+int ff_pnm_end(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+int ff_pnm_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_PNM_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/psymodel.h b/libavcodec/psymodel.h
index 34b20d7d04..1cc30668e4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/psymodel.h
+++ b/libavcodec/psymodel.h
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ typedef struct FFPsyModel {
  *
  * @return zero if successful, a negative value if not
  */
-av_cold int ff_psy_init(FFPsyContext *ctx, AVCodecContext *avctx, int num_lens,
-                        const uint8_t **bands, const int* num_bands,
-                        int num_groups, const uint8_t *group_map);
+int ff_psy_init(FFPsyContext *ctx, AVCodecContext *avctx, int num_lens,
+                const uint8_t **bands, const int *num_bands,
+                int num_groups, const uint8_t *group_map);
 
 /**
  * Determine what group a channel belongs to.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ FFPsyChannelGroup *ff_psy_find_group(FFPsyContext *ctx, int channel);
  *
  * @param ctx model context
  */
-av_cold void ff_psy_end(FFPsyContext *ctx);
+void ff_psy_end(FFPsyContext *ctx);
 
 
 /**************************************************************************
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct FFPsyPreprocessContext;
 /**
  * psychoacoustic model audio preprocessing initialization
  */
-av_cold struct FFPsyPreprocessContext* ff_psy_preprocess_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+struct FFPsyPreprocessContext *ff_psy_preprocess_init(AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 /**
  * Preprocess several channel in audio frame in order to compress it better.
@@ -182,6 +182,6 @@ void ff_psy_preprocess(struct FFPsyPreprocessContext *ctx, float **audio, int ch
 /**
  * Cleanup audio preprocessing module.
  */
-av_cold void ff_psy_preprocess_end(struct FFPsyPreprocessContext *ctx);
+void ff_psy_preprocess_end(struct FFPsyPreprocessContext *ctx);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_PSYMODEL_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/vc1.h b/libavcodec/vc1.h
index 466a58ecde..6f24c0e4af 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vc1.h
+++ b/libavcodec/vc1.h
@@ -455,9 +455,9 @@ int ff_vc1_parse_frame_header    (VC1Context *v, GetBitContext *gb);
 int ff_vc1_parse_frame_header_adv(VC1Context *v, GetBitContext *gb);
 int ff_vc1_init_common(VC1Context *v);
 
-av_cold int  ff_vc1_decode_init_alloc_tables(VC1Context *v);
-av_cold void ff_vc1_init_transposed_scantables(VC1Context *v);
-av_cold int  ff_vc1_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx);
+int  ff_vc1_decode_init_alloc_tables(VC1Context *v);
+void ff_vc1_init_transposed_scantables(VC1Context *v);
+int  ff_vc1_decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx);
 void ff_vc1_decode_blocks(VC1Context *v);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_VC1_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/wma_common.h b/libavcodec/wma_common.h
index 3a786c3ae6..61b1a35e02 100644
--- a/libavcodec/wma_common.h
+++ b/libavcodec/wma_common.h
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 #ifndef AVCODEC_WMA_COMMON_H
 #define AVCODEC_WMA_COMMON_H
 
-#include "libavutil/attributes.h"
-
-av_cold int ff_wma_get_frame_len_bits(int sample_rate, int version,
-                                      unsigned int decode_flags);
+int ff_wma_get_frame_len_bits(int sample_rate, int version,
+                              unsigned int decode_flags);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_WMA_COMMON_H */