diff --git a/libavformat/allformats.c b/libavformat/allformats.c
index ec91b24aa3..541e4d14e0 100644
--- a/libavformat/allformats.c
+++ b/libavformat/allformats.c
@@ -300,9 +300,6 @@ void av_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_MUXDEMUX(YUV4MPEGPIPE,     yuv4mpegpipe);
 
     /* protocols */
-#if FF_API_APPLEHTTP_PROTO
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(APPLEHTTP,        applehttp);
-#endif
     REGISTER_PROTOCOL(BLURAY,           bluray);
     REGISTER_PROTOCOL(CACHE,            cache);
     REGISTER_PROTOCOL(CONCAT,           concat);
diff --git a/libavformat/hlsproto.c b/libavformat/hlsproto.c
index 8dedcfd7ca..4e35043a3e 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsproto.c
@@ -204,19 +204,6 @@ static int hls_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags)
                nested_url);
         ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
         goto fail;
-#if FF_API_APPLEHTTP_PROTO
-    } else if (av_strstart(uri, "applehttp+", &nested_url)) {
-        av_strlcpy(s->playlisturl, nested_url, sizeof(s->playlisturl));
-        av_log(h, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-               "The applehttp protocol is deprecated, use hls+%s as url "
-               "instead.\n", nested_url);
-    } else if (av_strstart(uri, "applehttp://", &nested_url)) {
-        av_strlcpy(s->playlisturl, "http://", sizeof(s->playlisturl));
-        av_strlcat(s->playlisturl, nested_url, sizeof(s->playlisturl));
-        av_log(h, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-               "The applehttp protocol is deprecated, use hls+http://%s as url "
-               "instead.\n", nested_url);
-#endif
     } else {
         av_log(h, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unsupported url %s\n", uri);
         ret = AVERROR(EINVAL);
@@ -326,17 +313,6 @@ retry:
     goto start;
 }
 
-#if FF_API_APPLEHTTP_PROTO
-URLProtocol ff_applehttp_protocol = {
-    .name           = "applehttp",
-    .url_open       = hls_open,
-    .url_read       = hls_read,
-    .url_close      = hls_close,
-    .flags          = URL_PROTOCOL_FLAG_NESTED_SCHEME,
-    .priv_data_size = sizeof(HLSContext),
-};
-#endif
-
 URLProtocol ff_hls_protocol = {
     .name           = "hls",
     .url_open       = hls_open,
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index d4a3bb3afa..9a2b90651d 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_CLOSE_INPUT_FILE
 #define FF_API_CLOSE_INPUT_FILE        (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 56)
 #endif
-#ifndef FF_API_APPLEHTTP_PROTO
-#define FF_API_APPLEHTTP_PROTO         (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 55)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_READ_PACKET
 #define FF_API_READ_PACKET             (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 55)
 #endif