diff --git a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
index e2f5176a03..b9c2f64688 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/codec_desc.c
@@ -2843,3 +2843,9 @@ const AVCodecDescriptor *avcodec_descriptor_get_by_name(const char *name)
             return desc;
     return NULL;
 }
+
+enum AVMediaType avcodec_get_type(enum AVCodecID codec_id)
+{
+    const AVCodecDescriptor *desc = avcodec_descriptor_get(codec_id);
+    return desc ? desc->type : AVMEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
+}
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 19548e25a7..c2ded454e2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -3403,26 +3403,6 @@ void ff_thread_report_progress2(AVCodecContext *avctx, int field, int thread, in
 
 #endif
 
-enum AVMediaType avcodec_get_type(enum AVCodecID codec_id)
-{
-    AVCodec *c= avcodec_find_decoder(codec_id);
-    if(!c)
-        c= avcodec_find_encoder(codec_id);
-    if(c)
-        return c->type;
-
-    if (codec_id <= AV_CODEC_ID_NONE)
-        return AVMEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
-    else if (codec_id < AV_CODEC_ID_FIRST_AUDIO)
-        return AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
-    else if (codec_id < AV_CODEC_ID_FIRST_SUBTITLE)
-        return AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
-    else if (codec_id < AV_CODEC_ID_FIRST_UNKNOWN)
-        return AVMEDIA_TYPE_SUBTITLE;
-
-    return AVMEDIA_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
-}
-
 int avcodec_is_open(AVCodecContext *s)
 {
     return !!s->internal;