diff --git a/fftools/cmdutils.c b/fftools/cmdutils.c
index ae341184f6..c0d802dd52 100644
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.c
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int init_report(const char *env);
 
 AVDictionary *sws_dict;
 AVDictionary *swr_opts;
-AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts, *resample_opts;
+AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts;
 
 static FILE *report_file;
 static int report_file_level = AV_LOG_DEBUG;
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ void uninit_opts(void)
     av_dict_free(&sws_dict);
     av_dict_free(&format_opts);
     av_dict_free(&codec_opts);
-    av_dict_free(&resample_opts);
 }
 
 void log_callback_help(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list vl)
@@ -657,11 +656,9 @@ static void finish_group(OptionParseContext *octx, int group_idx,
     g->swr_opts    = swr_opts;
     g->codec_opts  = codec_opts;
     g->format_opts = format_opts;
-    g->resample_opts = resample_opts;
 
     codec_opts  = NULL;
     format_opts = NULL;
-    resample_opts = NULL;
     sws_dict    = NULL;
     swr_opts    = NULL;
 
@@ -714,7 +711,6 @@ void uninit_parse_context(OptionParseContext *octx)
             av_freep(&l->groups[j].opts);
             av_dict_free(&l->groups[j].codec_opts);
             av_dict_free(&l->groups[j].format_opts);
-            av_dict_free(&l->groups[j].resample_opts);
 
             av_dict_free(&l->groups[j].sws_dict);
             av_dict_free(&l->groups[j].swr_opts);
@@ -826,7 +822,7 @@ do {                                                                           \
         return AVERROR_OPTION_NOT_FOUND;
     }
 
-    if (octx->cur_group.nb_opts || codec_opts || format_opts || resample_opts)
+    if (octx->cur_group.nb_opts || codec_opts || format_opts)
         av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Trailing option(s) found in the "
                "command: may be ignored.\n");
 
diff --git a/fftools/cmdutils.h b/fftools/cmdutils.h
index 0330ee3509..9caad01865 100644
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.h
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ extern AVCodecContext *avcodec_opts[AVMEDIA_TYPE_NB];
 extern AVFormatContext *avformat_opts;
 extern AVDictionary *sws_dict;
 extern AVDictionary *swr_opts;
-extern AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts, *resample_opts;
+extern AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts;
 extern int hide_banner;
 
 /**
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ typedef struct OptionGroup {
 
     AVDictionary *codec_opts;
     AVDictionary *format_opts;
-    AVDictionary *resample_opts;
     AVDictionary *sws_dict;
     AVDictionary *swr_opts;
 } OptionGroup;
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.c b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
index b0ce7c7c32..c3df955a6a 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.c
@@ -4926,7 +4926,6 @@ static int transcode(void)
                 av_dict_free(&ost->encoder_opts);
                 av_dict_free(&ost->sws_dict);
                 av_dict_free(&ost->swr_opts);
-                av_dict_free(&ost->resample_opts);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg.h b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
index d2dd7ca092..b21a2376d2 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg.h
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg.h
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ typedef struct OutputStream {
     AVDictionary *encoder_opts;
     AVDictionary *sws_dict;
     AVDictionary *swr_opts;
-    AVDictionary *resample_opts;
     char *apad;
     OSTFinished finished;        /* no more packets should be written for this stream */
     int unavailable;                     /* true if the steram is unavailable (possibly temporarily) */
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
index 21d54cc8ae..4b9ad3071b 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_filter.c
@@ -995,15 +995,6 @@ int configure_filtergraph(FilterGraph *fg)
         if (strlen(args))
             args[strlen(args)-1] = 0;
         av_opt_set(fg->graph, "aresample_swr_opts", args, 0);
-
-        args[0] = '\0';
-        e       = NULL;
-        while ((e = av_dict_get(fg->outputs[0]->ost->resample_opts, "", e,
-                                AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX))) {
-            av_strlcatf(args, sizeof(args), "%s=%s:", e->key, e->value);
-        }
-        if (strlen(args))
-            args[strlen(args) - 1] = '\0';
     } else {
         fg->graph->nb_threads = filter_complex_nbthreads;
     }
diff --git a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
index 428934a3d8..bd8f26ce2f 100644
--- a/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
+++ b/fftools/ffmpeg_opt.c
@@ -1628,8 +1628,6 @@ static OutputStream *new_output_stream(OptionsContext *o, AVFormatContext *oc, e
     if (ost->enc && av_get_exact_bits_per_sample(ost->enc->id) == 24)
         av_dict_set(&ost->swr_opts, "output_sample_bits", "24", 0);
 
-    av_dict_copy(&ost->resample_opts, o->g->resample_opts, 0);
-
     ost->source_index = source_index;
     if (source_index >= 0) {
         ost->sync_ist = input_streams[source_index];