diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0cc97ebbbb..461f2e66aa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3527,7 +3527,6 @@ find_things(){
 
 ENCODER_LIST=$(find_things  encoder  ENC      libavcodec/allcodecs.c)
 DECODER_LIST=$(find_things  decoder  DEC      libavcodec/allcodecs.c)
-HWACCEL_LIST=$(find_things  hwaccel  HWACCEL  libavcodec/allcodecs.c)
 PARSER_LIST=$(find_things   parser   PARSER   libavcodec/allcodecs.c)
 MUXER_LIST=$(find_things    muxer    _MUX     libavformat/allformats.c)
 DEMUXER_LIST=$(find_things  demuxer  DEMUX    libavformat/allformats.c)
@@ -3543,6 +3542,7 @@ find_things_extern(){
 }
 
 BSF_LIST=$(find_things_extern bsf AVBitStreamFilter libavcodec/bitstream_filters.c)
+HWACCEL_LIST=$(find_things_extern hwaccel AVHWAccel libavcodec/hwaccels.h)
 PROTOCOL_LIST=$(find_things_extern protocol URLProtocol libavformat/protocols.c)
 
 AVCODEC_COMPONENTS_LIST="
diff --git a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
index 85c38c83aa..4a21687b20 100644
--- a/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
+++ b/libavcodec/allcodecs.c
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
-#define REGISTER_HWACCEL(X, x)                                          \
-    {                                                                   \
-        extern AVHWAccel ff_##x##_hwaccel;                              \
-        if (CONFIG_##X##_HWACCEL)                                       \
-            av_register_hwaccel(&ff_##x##_hwaccel);                     \
-    }
-
 #define REGISTER_ENCODER(X, x)                                          \
     {                                                                   \
         extern AVCodec ff_##x##_encoder;                                \
@@ -61,81 +54,6 @@
 
 static void register_all(void)
 {
-    /* hardware accelerators */
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H263_VAAPI,        h263_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H263_VIDEOTOOLBOX, h263_videotoolbox);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_CUVID,        h264_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_D3D11VA,      h264_d3d11va);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_D3D11VA2,     h264_d3d11va2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_DXVA2,        h264_dxva2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_MEDIACODEC,   h264_mediacodec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_MMAL,         h264_mmal);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_NVDEC,        h264_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_QSV,          h264_qsv);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_VAAPI,        h264_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_VDPAU,        h264_vdpau);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(H264_VIDEOTOOLBOX, h264_videotoolbox);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_CUVID,        hevc_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_D3D11VA,      hevc_d3d11va);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_D3D11VA2,     hevc_d3d11va2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_DXVA2,        hevc_dxva2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_NVDEC,        hevc_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_MEDIACODEC,   hevc_mediacodec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_QSV,          hevc_qsv);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_VAAPI,        hevc_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_VDPAU,        hevc_vdpau);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(HEVC_VIDEOTOOLBOX, hevc_videotoolbox);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MJPEG_CUVID,       mjpeg_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG1_CUVID,       mpeg1_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG1_NVDEC,       mpeg1_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG1_XVMC,        mpeg1_xvmc);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG1_VDPAU,       mpeg1_vdpau);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG1_VIDEOTOOLBOX, mpeg1_videotoolbox);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_CUVID,       mpeg2_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_XVMC,        mpeg2_xvmc);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_D3D11VA,     mpeg2_d3d11va);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_D3D11VA2,    mpeg2_d3d11va2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_DXVA2,       mpeg2_dxva2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_MMAL,        mpeg2_mmal);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_NVDEC,       mpeg2_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_QSV,         mpeg2_qsv);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_VAAPI,       mpeg2_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_VDPAU,       mpeg2_vdpau);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_VIDEOTOOLBOX, mpeg2_videotoolbox);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG2_MEDIACODEC,  mpeg2_mediacodec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_CUVID,       mpeg4_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_MEDIACODEC,  mpeg4_mediacodec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_MMAL,        mpeg4_mmal);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_NVDEC,       mpeg4_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_VAAPI,       mpeg4_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_VDPAU,       mpeg4_vdpau);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(MPEG4_VIDEOTOOLBOX, mpeg4_videotoolbox);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_CUVID,         vc1_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_D3D11VA,       vc1_d3d11va);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_D3D11VA2,      vc1_d3d11va2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_DXVA2,         vc1_dxva2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_NVDEC,         vc1_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_VAAPI,         vc1_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_VDPAU,         vc1_vdpau);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_MMAL,          vc1_mmal);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VC1_QSV,           vc1_qsv);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP8_CUVID,         vp8_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP8_MEDIACODEC,    vp8_mediacodec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP8_QSV,           vp8_qsv);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_CUVID,         vp9_cuvid);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_D3D11VA,       vp9_d3d11va);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_D3D11VA2,      vp9_d3d11va2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_DXVA2,         vp9_dxva2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_MEDIACODEC,    vp9_mediacodec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_NVDEC,         vp9_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(VP9_VAAPI,         vp9_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(WMV3_D3D11VA,      wmv3_d3d11va);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(WMV3_D3D11VA2,     wmv3_d3d11va2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(WMV3_DXVA2,        wmv3_dxva2);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(WMV3_NVDEC,        wmv3_nvdec);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(WMV3_VAAPI,        wmv3_vaapi);
-    REGISTER_HWACCEL(WMV3_VDPAU,        wmv3_vdpau);
-
     /* video codecs */
     REGISTER_ENCODER(A64MULTI,          a64multi);
     REGISTER_ENCODER(A64MULTI5,         a64multi5);