diff --git a/libavutil/pixdesc.c b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
index 18c7a0efc8..a4ab93c975 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixdesc.c
+++ b/libavutil/pixdesc.c
@@ -1329,33 +1329,12 @@ static const AVPixFmtDescriptor av_pix_fmt_descriptors[AV_PIX_FMT_NB] = {
         },
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_RGB,
     },
-#if FF_API_VAAPI
-    [AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_MOCO] = {
-        .name = "vaapi_moco",
-        .log2_chroma_w = 1,
-        .log2_chroma_h = 1,
-        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL,
-    },
-    [AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_IDCT] = {
-        .name = "vaapi_idct",
-        .log2_chroma_w = 1,
-        .log2_chroma_h = 1,
-        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL,
-    },
-    [AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_VLD] = {
-        .name = "vaapi_vld",
-        .log2_chroma_w = 1,
-        .log2_chroma_h = 1,
-        .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL,
-    },
-#else
     [AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI] = {
         .name = "vaapi",
         .log2_chroma_w = 1,
         .log2_chroma_h = 1,
         .flags = AV_PIX_FMT_FLAG_HWACCEL,
     },
-#endif
     [AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P9LE] = {
         .name = "yuv420p9le",
         .nb_components = 3,
@@ -2515,10 +2494,6 @@ enum AVPixelFormat av_get_pix_fmt(const char *name)
         pix_fmt = get_pix_fmt_internal(name2);
     }
 
-#if FF_API_VAAPI
-    if (pix_fmt == AV_PIX_FMT_NONE && !strcmp(name, "vaapi"))
-        pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI;
-#endif
     return pix_fmt;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index 46ef211add..30591133a4 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -112,21 +112,11 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_BGR555BE,  ///< packed BGR 5:5:5, 16bpp, (msb)1X 5B 5G 5R(lsb), big-endian   , X=unused/undefined
     AV_PIX_FMT_BGR555LE,  ///< packed BGR 5:5:5, 16bpp, (msb)1X 5B 5G 5R(lsb), little-endian, X=unused/undefined
 
-#if FF_API_VAAPI
-    /** @name Deprecated pixel formats */
-    /**@{*/
-    AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_MOCO, ///< HW acceleration through VA API at motion compensation entry-point, Picture.data[3] contains a vaapi_render_state struct which contains macroblocks as well as various fields extracted from headers
-    AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_IDCT, ///< HW acceleration through VA API at IDCT entry-point, Picture.data[3] contains a vaapi_render_state struct which contains fields extracted from headers
-    AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_VLD,  ///< HW decoding through VA API, Picture.data[3] contains a VASurfaceID
-    /**@}*/
-    AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI = AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI_VLD,
-#else
     /**
      *  Hardware acceleration through VA-API, data[3] contains a
      *  VASurfaceID.
      */
     AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI,
-#endif
 
     AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P16LE,  ///< planar YUV 4:2:0, 24bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 2x2 Y samples), little-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P16BE,  ///< planar YUV 4:2:0, 24bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 2x2 Y samples), big-endian
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index fb6700511b..f14406f7b0 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@
  * @{
  */
 
-#ifndef FF_API_VAAPI
-#define FF_API_VAAPI                    (LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 57)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_FRAME_QP
 #define FF_API_FRAME_QP                 (LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 57)
 #endif