diff --git a/libavcodec/blockdsp.c b/libavcodec/blockdsp.c
index 8480f0b2fe..42e177bae6 100644
--- a/libavcodec/blockdsp.c
+++ b/libavcodec/blockdsp.c
@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ av_cold void ff_blockdsp_init(BlockDSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (ARCH_PPC)
         ff_blockdsp_init_ppc(c, high_bit_depth);
     if (ARCH_X86)
-#if FF_API_XVMC
         ff_blockdsp_init_x86(c, high_bit_depth, avctx);
-#else
-        ff_blockdsp_init_x86(c, high_bit_depth);
-#endif /* FF_API_XVMC */
     if (ARCH_MIPS)
         ff_blockdsp_init_mips(c, high_bit_depth);
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/blockdsp.h b/libavcodec/blockdsp.h
index 32ea10752a..654ecdc3d8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/blockdsp.h
+++ b/libavcodec/blockdsp.h
@@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ void ff_blockdsp_init(BlockDSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 void ff_blockdsp_init_alpha(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth);
 void ff_blockdsp_init_arm(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth);
 void ff_blockdsp_init_ppc(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth);
-#if FF_API_XVMC
 void ff_blockdsp_init_x86(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth,
                           AVCodecContext *avctx);
-#else
-void ff_blockdsp_init_x86(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth);
-#endif /* FF_API_XVMC */
 void ff_blockdsp_init_mips(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_BLOCKDSP_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c b/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c
index 7780184af6..825e29f9d2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/blockdsp_init.c
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ void ff_clear_block_sse(int16_t *block);
 void ff_clear_blocks_mmx(int16_t *blocks);
 void ff_clear_blocks_sse(int16_t *blocks);
 
-#if FF_API_XVMC
 av_cold void ff_blockdsp_init_x86(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth,
                                   AVCodecContext *avctx)
-#else
-av_cold void ff_blockdsp_init_x86(BlockDSPContext *c, unsigned high_bit_depth)
-#endif /* FF_API_XVMC */
 {
 #if HAVE_YASM
     int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();