diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index f9d7226386..843b5947e5 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -877,9 +877,7 @@ int avfilter_init_dict(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVDictionary **options)
         }
     }
 
-    if (ctx->filter->init_opaque)
-        ret = ctx->filter->init_opaque(ctx, NULL);
-    else if (ctx->filter->init)
+    if (ctx->filter->init)
         ret = ctx->filter->init(ctx);
     else if (ctx->filter->init_dict)
         ret = ctx->filter->init_dict(ctx, options);
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 360f63bc45..5a225ffc44 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -300,13 +300,6 @@ typedef struct AVFilter {
      */
     int (*process_command)(AVFilterContext *, const char *cmd, const char *arg, char *res, int res_len, int flags);
 
-    /**
-     * Filter initialization function, alternative to the init()
-     * callback. Args contains the user-supplied parameters, opaque is
-     * used for providing binary data.
-     */
-    int (*init_opaque)(AVFilterContext *ctx, void *opaque);
-
     /**
      * Filter activation function.
      *