diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index d121b59e37..655488ca95 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_UDP_GET_FILE
 #define FF_API_UDP_GET_FILE       (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53)
 #endif
+#ifndef FF_API_URL_SPLIT
+#define FF_API_URL_SPLIT          (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53)
+#endif
 
 /**
  * I return the LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT constant.  You got
diff --git a/libavformat/internal.h b/libavformat/internal.h
index decc26fdd6..d723f0958f 100644
--- a/libavformat/internal.h
+++ b/libavformat/internal.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int ff_probe_input_buffer(ByteIOContext **pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
                           const char *filename, void *logctx,
                           unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size);
 
-#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+#if FF_API_URL_SPLIT
 /**
  * @deprecated use av_url_split() instead
  */
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 4060ca9ed8..ebcb7d7e45 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@ void av_pkt_dump_log(void *avcl, int level, AVPacket *pkt, int dump_payload)
     pkt_dump_internal(avcl, NULL, level, pkt, dump_payload);
 }
 
-#if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 53
+#if FF_API_URL_SPLIT
 attribute_deprecated
 void ff_url_split(char *proto, int proto_size,
                   char *authorization, int authorization_size,