diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index e82194f311..9f19b06e5d 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "libavcodec/audioconvert.h"
 #include "libavcodec/colorspace.h"
 #include "libavutil/fifo.h"
+#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavformat/os_support.h"
 
@@ -2581,7 +2582,7 @@ static void opt_frame_pad_right(const char *arg)
 static void opt_frame_pix_fmt(const char *arg)
 {
     if (strcmp(arg, "list")) {
-        frame_pix_fmt = avcodec_get_pix_fmt(arg);
+        frame_pix_fmt = av_get_pix_fmt(arg);
         if (frame_pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_NONE) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Unknown pixel format requested: %s\n", arg);
             av_exit(1);
diff --git a/ffplay.c b/ffplay.c
index ffbd42da21..f86aaf184b 100644
--- a/ffplay.c
+++ b/ffplay.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
+#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "libavformat/avformat.h"
 #include "libavdevice/avdevice.h"
 #include "libswscale/swscale.h"
@@ -2406,7 +2407,7 @@ static void opt_format(const char *arg)
 
 static void opt_frame_pix_fmt(const char *arg)
 {
-    frame_pix_fmt = avcodec_get_pix_fmt(arg);
+    frame_pix_fmt = av_get_pix_fmt(arg);
 }
 
 static int opt_sync(const char *opt, const char *arg)
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_format.c b/libavfilter/vf_format.c
index 66c569cb53..d9f102db7c 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_format.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_format.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  * format and noformat video filters
  */
 
+#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args, void *opaque)
 
         memcpy(pix_fmt_name, cur, pix_fmt_name_len);
         pix_fmt_name[pix_fmt_name_len] = 0;
-        pix_fmt = avcodec_get_pix_fmt(pix_fmt_name);
+        pix_fmt = av_get_pix_fmt(pix_fmt_name);
 
         if (pix_fmt == PIX_FMT_NONE) {
             av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unknown pixel format: %s\n", pix_fmt_name);