diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b290c60703..d8b8c07c8c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2522,9 +2522,17 @@ MUXER_LIST=$(find_things    muxer    _MUX     libavformat/allformats.c)
 DEMUXER_LIST=$(find_things  demuxer  DEMUX    libavformat/allformats.c)
 OUTDEV_LIST=$(find_things   outdev   OUTDEV   libavdevice/alldevices.c)
 INDEV_LIST=$(find_things    indev    _IN      libavdevice/alldevices.c)
-PROTOCOL_LIST=$(find_things protocol PROTOCOL libavformat/allformats.c)
 FILTER_LIST=$(find_things   filter   FILTER   libavfilter/allfilters.c)
 
+find_things_extern(){
+    thing=$1
+    pattern=$2
+    file=$source_path/$3
+    sed -n "s/^[^#]*extern.*$pattern *ff_\([^ ]*\)_$thing;/\1_$thing/p" "$file"
+}
+
+PROTOCOL_LIST=$(find_things_extern protocol URLProtocol libavformat/protocols.c)
+
 ALL_COMPONENTS="
     $BSF_LIST
     $DECODER_LIST
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index b497b9398e..e814f792b6 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ OBJS = allformats.o         \
        mux.o                \
        options.o            \
        os_support.o         \
+       protocols.o          \
        riff.o               \
        sdp.o                \
        url.o                \
diff --git a/libavformat/allformats.c b/libavformat/allformats.c
index a514c630fb..687ae1bf2a 100644
--- a/libavformat/allformats.c
+++ b/libavformat/allformats.c
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@
 
 #define REGISTER_MUXDEMUX(X, x) REGISTER_MUXER(X, x); REGISTER_DEMUXER(X, x)
 
-#define REGISTER_PROTOCOL(X, x)                                         \
-    {                                                                   \
-        extern URLProtocol ff_##x##_protocol;                           \
-        if (CONFIG_##X##_PROTOCOL)                                      \
-            ffurl_register_protocol(&ff_##x##_protocol);                \
-    }
-
 void av_register_all(void)
 {
     static int initialized;
@@ -264,42 +257,4 @@ void av_register_all(void)
     REGISTER_DEMUXER (XWMA,             xwma);
     REGISTER_DEMUXER (YOP,              yop);
     REGISTER_MUXDEMUX(YUV4MPEGPIPE,     yuv4mpegpipe);
-
-    /* protocols */
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(CONCAT,           concat);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(CRYPTO,           crypto);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(FFRTMPCRYPT,      ffrtmpcrypt);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(FFRTMPHTTP,       ffrtmphttp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(FILE,             file);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(GOPHER,           gopher);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(HLS,              hls);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(HTTP,             http);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(HTTPPROXY,        httpproxy);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(HTTPS,            https);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(ICECAST,          icecast);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(MMSH,             mmsh);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(MMST,             mmst);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(MD5,              md5);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(PIPE,             pipe);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTMP,             rtmp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTMPE,            rtmpe);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTMPS,            rtmps);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTMPT,            rtmpt);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTMPTE,           rtmpte);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTMPTS,           rtmpts);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(RTP,              rtp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(SCTP,             sctp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(SRTP,             srtp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(TCP,              tcp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(TLS_GNUTLS,       tls_gnutls);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(TLS_OPENSSL,      tls_openssl);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(UDP,              udp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(UNIX,             unix);
-
-    /* external libraries */
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(LIBRTMP,          librtmp);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(LIBRTMPE,         librtmpe);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(LIBRTMPS,         librtmps);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(LIBRTMPT,         librtmpt);
-    REGISTER_PROTOCOL(LIBRTMPTE,        librtmpte);
 }
diff --git a/libavformat/avio.c b/libavformat/avio.c
index ff740a28b7..00c111a059 100644
--- a/libavformat/avio.c
+++ b/libavformat/avio.c
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
 #endif
 #include "url.h"
 
-static URLProtocol *first_protocol = NULL;
-
-URLProtocol *ffurl_protocol_next(const URLProtocol *prev)
-{
-    return prev ? prev->next : first_protocol;
-}
-
 /** @name Logging context. */
 /*@{*/
 static const char *urlcontext_to_name(void *ptr)
@@ -58,17 +51,20 @@ static void *urlcontext_child_next(void *obj, void *prev)
 
 static const AVClass *urlcontext_child_class_next(const AVClass *prev)
 {
-    URLProtocol *p = NULL;
+    int i;
 
     /* find the protocol that corresponds to prev */
-    while (prev && (p = ffurl_protocol_next(p)))
-        if (p->priv_data_class == prev)
+    for (i = 0; ff_url_protocols[i]; i++) {
+        if (ff_url_protocols[i]->priv_data_class == prev) {
+            i++;
             break;
+        }
+    }
 
     /* find next protocol with priv options */
-    while (p = ffurl_protocol_next(p))
-        if (p->priv_data_class)
-            return p->priv_data_class;
+    for (; ff_url_protocols[i]; i++)
+        if (ff_url_protocols[i]->priv_data_class)
+            return ff_url_protocols[i]->priv_data_class;
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -85,27 +81,20 @@ const AVClass ffurl_context_class = {
 
 const char *avio_enum_protocols(void **opaque, int output)
 {
-    URLProtocol *p;
-    *opaque = ffurl_protocol_next(*opaque);
-    if (!(p = *opaque))
+    const URLProtocol **p = *opaque;
+
+    p = p ? p + 1 : ff_url_protocols;
+    *opaque = p;
+    if (!*p) {
+        *opaque = NULL;
         return NULL;
-    if ((output && p->url_write) || (!output && p->url_read))
-        return p->name;
+    }
+    if ((output && (*p)->url_write) || (!output && (*p)->url_read))
+        return (*p)->name;
     return avio_enum_protocols(opaque, output);
 }
 
-int ffurl_register_protocol(URLProtocol *protocol)
-{
-    URLProtocol **p;
-    p = &first_protocol;
-    while (*p)
-        p = &(*p)->next;
-    *p             = protocol;
-    protocol->next = NULL;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int url_alloc_for_protocol(URLContext **puc, struct URLProtocol *up,
+static int url_alloc_for_protocol(URLContext **puc, const URLProtocol *up,
                                   const char *filename, int flags,
                                   const AVIOInterruptCB *int_cb)
 {
@@ -183,9 +172,9 @@ int ffurl_connect(URLContext *uc, AVDictionary **options)
 int ffurl_alloc(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags,
                 const AVIOInterruptCB *int_cb)
 {
-    URLProtocol *up = NULL;
     char proto_str[128], proto_nested[128], *ptr;
     size_t proto_len = strspn(filename, URL_SCHEME_CHARS);
+    int i;
 
     if (filename[proto_len] != ':' || is_dos_path(filename))
         strcpy(proto_str, "file");
@@ -197,7 +186,8 @@ int ffurl_alloc(URLContext **puc, const char *filename, int flags,
     if ((ptr = strchr(proto_nested, '+')))
         *ptr = '\0';
 
-    while (up = ffurl_protocol_next(up)) {
+    for (i = 0; ff_url_protocols[i]; i++) {
+        const URLProtocol *up = ff_url_protocols[i];
         if (!strcmp(proto_str, up->name))
             return url_alloc_for_protocol(puc, up, filename, flags, int_cb);
         if (up->flags & URL_PROTOCOL_FLAG_NESTED_SCHEME &&
diff --git a/libavformat/concat.c b/libavformat/concat.c
index 2fb3ba9059..de48f7b55f 100644
--- a/libavformat/concat.c
+++ b/libavformat/concat.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int64_t concat_seek(URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence)
     return result;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_concat_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_concat_protocol = {
     .name           = "concat",
     .url_open       = concat_open,
     .url_read       = concat_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/crypto.c b/libavformat/crypto.c
index 6b19b5ee23..e9dd474448 100644
--- a/libavformat/crypto.c
+++ b/libavformat/crypto.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int crypto_close(URLContext *h)
     return 0;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_crypto_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_crypto_protocol = {
     .name            = "crypto",
     .url_open        = crypto_open,
     .url_read        = crypto_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/file.c b/libavformat/file.c
index b54db9aea6..4f581cfae7 100644
--- a/libavformat/file.c
+++ b/libavformat/file.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int file_close(URLContext *h)
     return close(c->fd);
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_file_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_file_protocol = {
     .name                = "file",
     .url_open            = file_open,
     .url_read            = file_read,
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int pipe_open(URLContext *h, const char *filename, int flags)
     return 0;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_pipe_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_pipe_protocol = {
     .name                = "pipe",
     .url_open            = pipe_open,
     .url_read            = file_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/gopher.c b/libavformat/gopher.c
index 962fce798c..fc4fbe51e4 100644
--- a/libavformat/gopher.c
+++ b/libavformat/gopher.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static int gopher_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
 }
 
 
-URLProtocol ff_gopher_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_gopher_protocol = {
     .name           = "gopher",
     .url_open       = gopher_open,
     .url_read       = gopher_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/hlsproto.c b/libavformat/hlsproto.c
index 0eba049797..9f46c4885d 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsproto.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ retry:
     goto start;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_hls_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_hls_protocol = {
     .name           = "hls",
     .url_open       = hls_open,
     .url_read       = hls_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index b3e9771757..6886e151a1 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static const AVClass flavor ## _context_class = {   \
 #if CONFIG_HTTP_PROTOCOL
 HTTP_CLASS(http);
 
-URLProtocol ff_http_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_http_protocol = {
     .name                = "http",
     .url_open2           = http_open,
     .url_read            = http_read,
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ URLProtocol ff_http_protocol = {
 #if CONFIG_HTTPS_PROTOCOL
 HTTP_CLASS(https);
 
-URLProtocol ff_https_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_https_protocol = {
     .name                = "https",
     .url_open2           = http_open,
     .url_read            = http_read,
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ static int http_proxy_write(URLContext *h, const uint8_t *buf, int size)
     return ffurl_write(s->hd, buf, size);
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_httpproxy_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_httpproxy_protocol = {
     .name                = "httpproxy",
     .url_open            = http_proxy_open,
     .url_read            = http_buf_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/icecast.c b/libavformat/icecast.c
index 5e3ce66178..22adbed562 100644
--- a/libavformat/icecast.c
+++ b/libavformat/icecast.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static const AVClass icecast_context_class = {
     .version        = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
 
-URLProtocol ff_icecast_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_icecast_protocol = {
     .name            = "icecast",
     .url_open        = icecast_open,
     .url_write       = icecast_write,
diff --git a/libavformat/librtmp.c b/libavformat/librtmp.c
index fac3a35196..2e5e641c7b 100644
--- a/libavformat/librtmp.c
+++ b/libavformat/librtmp.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static const AVClass lib ## flavor ## _class = {\
 };
 
 RTMP_CLASS(rtmp)
-URLProtocol ff_librtmp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_librtmp_protocol = {
     .name                = "rtmp",
     .url_open            = rtmp_open,
     .url_read            = rtmp_read,
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ URLProtocol ff_librtmp_protocol = {
 };
 
 RTMP_CLASS(rtmpt)
-URLProtocol ff_librtmpt_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_librtmpt_protocol = {
     .name                = "rtmpt",
     .url_open            = rtmp_open,
     .url_read            = rtmp_read,
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ URLProtocol ff_librtmpt_protocol = {
 };
 
 RTMP_CLASS(rtmpe)
-URLProtocol ff_librtmpe_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_librtmpe_protocol = {
     .name                = "rtmpe",
     .url_open            = rtmp_open,
     .url_read            = rtmp_read,
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ URLProtocol ff_librtmpe_protocol = {
 };
 
 RTMP_CLASS(rtmpte)
-URLProtocol ff_librtmpte_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_librtmpte_protocol = {
     .name                = "rtmpte",
     .url_open            = rtmp_open,
     .url_read            = rtmp_read,
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ URLProtocol ff_librtmpte_protocol = {
 };
 
 RTMP_CLASS(rtmps)
-URLProtocol ff_librtmps_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_librtmps_protocol = {
     .name                = "rtmps",
     .url_open            = rtmp_open,
     .url_read            = rtmp_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/md5proto.c b/libavformat/md5proto.c
index 12ddde3d8c..42b64b2e4b 100644
--- a/libavformat/md5proto.c
+++ b/libavformat/md5proto.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int md5_close(URLContext *h)
 }
 
 
-URLProtocol ff_md5_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_md5_protocol = {
     .name                = "md5",
     .url_open            = md5_open,
     .url_write           = md5_write,
diff --git a/libavformat/mmsh.c b/libavformat/mmsh.c
index 9a40002e05..bdbf67820a 100644
--- a/libavformat/mmsh.c
+++ b/libavformat/mmsh.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int mmsh_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     return res;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_mmsh_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_mmsh_protocol = {
     .name           = "mmsh",
     .url_open       = mmsh_open,
     .url_read       = mmsh_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/mmst.c b/libavformat/mmst.c
index b2d9a0d3b8..7013389870 100644
--- a/libavformat/mmst.c
+++ b/libavformat/mmst.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int mms_read(URLContext *h, uint8_t *buf, int size)
     return result;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_mmst_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_mmst_protocol = {
     .name           = "mmst",
     .url_open       = mms_open,
     .url_read       = mms_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/protocols.c b/libavformat/protocols.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a97aa1008d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libavformat/protocols.c
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of Libav.
+ *
+ * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "url.h"
+
+extern const URLProtocol ff_concat_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_crypto_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_ffrtmpcrypt_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_ffrtmphttp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_file_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_gopher_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_hls_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_http_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_httpproxy_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_https_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_icecast_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_mmsh_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_mmst_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_md5_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_pipe_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtmp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtmpe_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtmps_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtmpt_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtmpte_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtmpts_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_rtp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_sctp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_srtp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_tcp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_tls_gnutls_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_tls_openssl_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_udp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_unix_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_librtmp_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_librtmpe_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_librtmps_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_librtmpt_protocol;
+extern const URLProtocol ff_librtmpte_protocol;
+
+const URLProtocol *ff_url_protocols[] = {
+#if CONFIG_CONCAT_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_concat_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_CRYPTO_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_crypto_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_FFRTMPCRYPT_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_ffrtmpcrypt_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_FFRTMPHTTP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_ffrtmphttp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_FILE_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_file_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_GOPHER_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_gopher_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_HLS_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_hls_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_HTTP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_http_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_HTTPPROXY_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_httpproxy_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_HTTPS_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_https_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_ICECAST_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_icecast_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_MMSH_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_mmsh_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_MMST_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_mmst_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_MD5_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_md5_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_PIPE_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_pipe_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTMP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtmp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTMPE_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtmpe_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTMPS_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtmps_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTMPT_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtmpt_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTMPTE_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtmpte_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTMPTS_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtmpts_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_RTP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_rtp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_SCTP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_sctp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_SRTP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_srtp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_TCP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_tcp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_TLS_GNUTLS_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_tls_gnutls_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_TLS_OPENSSL_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_tls_openssl_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_UDP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_udp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_UNIX_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_unix_protocol,
+#endif
+
+    /* external libraries */
+#if CONFIG_LIBRTMP_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_librtmp_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_LIBRTMPE_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_librtmpe_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_LIBRTMPS_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_librtmps_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_LIBRTMPT_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_librtmpt_protocol,
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_LIBRTMPTE_PROTOCOL
+    &ff_librtmpte_protocol,
+#endif
+    NULL,
+};
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpcrypt.c b/libavformat/rtmpcrypt.c
index fe8b45ff53..c35ebe9a62 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpcrypt.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpcrypt.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static const AVClass ffrtmpcrypt_class = {
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
 
-URLProtocol ff_ffrtmpcrypt_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_ffrtmpcrypt_protocol = {
     .name            = "ffrtmpcrypt",
     .url_open        = rtmpe_open,
     .url_read        = rtmpe_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmphttp.c b/libavformat/rtmphttp.c
index 34c68fb437..2577df95fd 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmphttp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmphttp.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static const AVClass ffrtmphttp_class = {
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
 
-URLProtocol ff_ffrtmphttp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_ffrtmphttp_protocol = {
     .name           = "ffrtmphttp",
     .url_open       = rtmp_http_open,
     .url_read       = rtmp_http_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
index 4ed81084e4..f745c37606 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtmpproto.c
@@ -3087,7 +3087,7 @@ static const AVClass flavor##_class = {          \
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,         \
 };                                               \
                                                  \
-URLProtocol ff_##flavor##_protocol = {           \
+const URLProtocol ff_##flavor##_protocol = {     \
     .name           = #flavor,                   \
     .url_open       = rtmp_open,                 \
     .url_read       = rtmp_read,                 \
diff --git a/libavformat/rtpproto.c b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
index cab5761f2a..5f31d97a38 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtpproto.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int rtp_get_multi_file_handle(URLContext *h, int **handles,
     return 0;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_rtp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_rtp_protocol = {
     .name                      = "rtp",
     .url_open                  = rtp_open,
     .url_read                  = rtp_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/sctp.c b/libavformat/sctp.c
index 57fd04406f..b321139e1b 100644
--- a/libavformat/sctp.c
+++ b/libavformat/sctp.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int sctp_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
     return s->fd;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_sctp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_sctp_protocol = {
     .name                = "sctp",
     .url_open            = sctp_open,
     .url_read            = sctp_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/srtpproto.c b/libavformat/srtpproto.c
index 1f818d78b4..4dcbad3aaa 100644
--- a/libavformat/srtpproto.c
+++ b/libavformat/srtpproto.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int srtp_get_multi_file_handle(URLContext *h, int **handles,
     return ffurl_get_multi_file_handle(s->rtp_hd, handles, numhandles);
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_srtp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_srtp_protocol = {
     .name                      = "srtp",
     .url_open                  = srtp_open,
     .url_read                  = srtp_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/tcp.c b/libavformat/tcp.c
index 5badf4f438..f211142bcc 100644
--- a/libavformat/tcp.c
+++ b/libavformat/tcp.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int tcp_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
     return s->fd;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_tcp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_tcp_protocol = {
     .name                = "tcp",
     .url_open            = tcp_open,
     .url_read            = tcp_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c b/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c
index a5d7e890ab..3e29a45ce4 100644
--- a/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c
+++ b/libavformat/tls_gnutls.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static const AVClass tls_class = {
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
 
-URLProtocol ff_tls_gnutls_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_tls_gnutls_protocol = {
     .name           = "tls",
     .url_open2      = tls_open,
     .url_read       = tls_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/tls_openssl.c b/libavformat/tls_openssl.c
index a6d4a9ee34..a75674e31f 100644
--- a/libavformat/tls_openssl.c
+++ b/libavformat/tls_openssl.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static const AVClass tls_class = {
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
 };
 
-URLProtocol ff_tls_openssl_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_tls_openssl_protocol = {
     .name           = "tls",
     .url_open2      = tls_open,
     .url_read       = tls_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/udp.c b/libavformat/udp.c
index 6af388b9b9..9d4c130e5b 100644
--- a/libavformat/udp.c
+++ b/libavformat/udp.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static int udp_close(URLContext *h)
     return 0;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_udp_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_udp_protocol = {
     .name                = "udp",
     .url_open            = udp_open,
     .url_read            = udp_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/unix.c b/libavformat/unix.c
index 59de8f8ad0..6bb677d997 100644
--- a/libavformat/unix.c
+++ b/libavformat/unix.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static int unix_get_file_handle(URLContext *h)
     return s->fd;
 }
 
-URLProtocol ff_unix_protocol = {
+const URLProtocol ff_unix_protocol = {
     .name                = "unix",
     .url_open            = unix_open,
     .url_read            = unix_read,
diff --git a/libavformat/url.h b/libavformat/url.h
index 4f153ce2aa..a8f292ce9f 100644
--- a/libavformat/url.h
+++ b/libavformat/url.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern const AVClass ffurl_context_class;
 
 typedef struct URLContext {
     const AVClass *av_class;    /**< information for av_log(). Set by url_open(). */
-    struct URLProtocol *prot;
+    const struct URLProtocol *prot;
     void *priv_data;
     char *filename;             /**< specified URL */
     int flags;
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ typedef struct URLProtocol {
     int     (*url_write)(URLContext *h, const unsigned char *buf, int size);
     int64_t (*url_seek)( URLContext *h, int64_t pos, int whence);
     int     (*url_close)(URLContext *h);
-    struct URLProtocol *next;
     int (*url_read_pause)(URLContext *h, int pause);
     int64_t (*url_read_seek)(URLContext *h, int stream_index,
                              int64_t timestamp, int flags);
@@ -219,24 +218,12 @@ int ffurl_get_multi_file_handle(URLContext *h, int **handles, int *numhandles);
  */
 int ffurl_shutdown(URLContext *h, int flags);
 
-/**
- * Register the URLProtocol protocol.
- */
-int ffurl_register_protocol(URLProtocol *protocol);
-
 /**
  * Check if the user has requested to interrup a blocking function
  * associated with cb.
  */
 int ff_check_interrupt(AVIOInterruptCB *cb);
 
-/**
- * Iterate over all available protocols.
- *
- * @param prev result of the previous call to this functions or NULL.
- */
-URLProtocol *ffurl_protocol_next(const URLProtocol *prev);
-
 /* udp.c */
 int ff_udp_set_remote_url(URLContext *h, const char *uri);
 int ff_udp_get_local_port(URLContext *h);
@@ -277,5 +264,6 @@ int ff_url_join(char *str, int size, const char *proto,
 void ff_make_absolute_url(char *buf, int size, const char *base,
                           const char *rel);
 
+extern const URLProtocol *ff_url_protocols[];
 
 #endif /* AVFORMAT_URL_H */