diff --git a/libavutil/log.h b/libavutil/log.h
index f0a57385df..d9554e609d 100644
--- a/libavutil/log.h
+++ b/libavutil/log.h
@@ -334,20 +334,6 @@ void av_log_format_line(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list vl,
 int av_log_format_line2(void *ptr, int level, const char *fmt, va_list vl,
                         char *line, int line_size, int *print_prefix);
 
-#if FF_API_DLOG
-/**
- * av_dlog macros
- * @deprecated unused
- * Useful to print debug messages that shouldn't get compiled in normally.
- */
-
-#ifdef DEBUG
-#    define av_dlog(pctx, ...) av_log(pctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
-#else
-#    define av_dlog(pctx, ...) do { if (0) av_log(pctx, AV_LOG_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#endif
-#endif /* FF_API_DLOG */
-
 /**
  * Skip repeated messages, this requires the user app to use av_log() instead of
  * (f)printf as the 2 would otherwise interfere and lead to
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 2aa89914be..ad22e67b03 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@
  * @{
  */
 
-#ifndef FF_API_DLOG
-#define FF_API_DLOG                     (LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 56)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_VAAPI
 #define FF_API_VAAPI                    (LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 57)
 #endif