diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_arm.h b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_arm.h
index cd7957d0ff..2d258682a2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_arm.h
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_arm.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
 #include "libavcodec/dsputil.h"
 
-void ff_dsputil_init_armv6(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                           unsigned high_bit_depth);
+void ff_dsputil_init_armv6(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_ARM_DSPUTIL_ARM_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_arm.c b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_arm.c
index 1a7433cee6..7b56dbad38 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_arm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_arm.c
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@
 #include "libavcodec/dsputil.h"
 #include "dsputil_arm.h"
 
-av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_arm(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                                 unsigned high_bit_depth)
+av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_arm(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
 
     if (have_armv6(cpu_flags))
-        ff_dsputil_init_armv6(c, avctx, high_bit_depth);
+        ff_dsputil_init_armv6(c, avctx);
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c
index 86d84f5744..edd0a64df8 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_init_armv6.c
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ int ff_pix_abs8_armv6(MpegEncContext *s, uint8_t *blk1, uint8_t *blk2,
 int ff_sse16_armv6(MpegEncContext *s, uint8_t *blk1, uint8_t *blk2,
                    int line_size, int h);
 
-av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_armv6(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                                   unsigned high_bit_depth)
+av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_armv6(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     c->pix_abs[0][0] = ff_pix_abs16_armv6;
     c->pix_abs[0][1] = ff_pix_abs16_x2_armv6;
diff --git a/libavcodec/dsputil.c b/libavcodec/dsputil.c
index 1cd9658ba6..315e853173 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dsputil.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dsputil.c
@@ -939,8 +939,6 @@ int ff_check_alignment(void)
 
 av_cold void ff_dsputil_init(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
-    const unsigned high_bit_depth = avctx->bits_per_raw_sample > 8;
-
     ff_check_alignment();
 
     c->sum_abs_dctelem = sum_abs_dctelem_c;
@@ -992,11 +990,11 @@ av_cold void ff_dsputil_init(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
     if (ARCH_ALPHA)
         ff_dsputil_init_alpha(c, avctx);
     if (ARCH_ARM)
-        ff_dsputil_init_arm(c, avctx, high_bit_depth);
+        ff_dsputil_init_arm(c, avctx);
     if (ARCH_PPC)
-        ff_dsputil_init_ppc(c, avctx, high_bit_depth);
+        ff_dsputil_init_ppc(c, avctx);
     if (ARCH_X86)
-        ff_dsputil_init_x86(c, avctx, high_bit_depth);
+        ff_dsputil_init_x86(c, avctx);
 }
 
 av_cold void dsputil_init(DSPContext* c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
diff --git a/libavcodec/dsputil.h b/libavcodec/dsputil.h
index 5f4ba349e7..9010729b90 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dsputil.h
+++ b/libavcodec/dsputil.h
@@ -99,12 +99,9 @@ int ff_check_alignment(void);
 void ff_set_cmp(DSPContext *c, me_cmp_func *cmp, int type);
 
 void ff_dsputil_init_alpha(DSPContext* c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
-void ff_dsputil_init_arm(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                         unsigned high_bit_depth);
-void ff_dsputil_init_ppc(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                         unsigned high_bit_depth);
-void ff_dsputil_init_x86(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                         unsigned high_bit_depth);
+void ff_dsputil_init_arm(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
+void ff_dsputil_init_ppc(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
+void ff_dsputil_init_x86(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 void ff_dsputil_init_dwt(DSPContext *c);
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.c b/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.c
index 4cce30ac58..839e7a0ac0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.c
@@ -741,8 +741,7 @@ static int hadamard8_diff16_altivec(MpegEncContext *s, uint8_t *dst,
     return score;
 }
 
-av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_altivec(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                                     unsigned high_bit_depth)
+av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_altivec(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     c->pix_abs[0][1] = sad16_x2_altivec;
     c->pix_abs[0][2] = sad16_y2_altivec;
diff --git a/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.h b/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.h
index d4a97af479..936bb97a52 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_altivec.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 #include "libavcodec/dsputil.h"
 
-void ff_dsputil_init_altivec(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                             unsigned high_bit_depth);
+void ff_dsputil_init_altivec(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 #endif /* AVCODEC_PPC_DSPUTIL_ALTIVEC_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_ppc.c b/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_ppc.c
index 720aafba80..c30d9bcec9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_ppc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ppc/dsputil_ppc.c
@@ -29,11 +29,10 @@
 #include "libavcodec/dsputil.h"
 #include "dsputil_altivec.h"
 
-av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_ppc(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                                 unsigned high_bit_depth)
+av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_ppc(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     int mm_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
     if (PPC_ALTIVEC(mm_flags)) {
-        ff_dsputil_init_altivec(c, avctx, high_bit_depth);
+        ff_dsputil_init_altivec(c, avctx);
     }
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_init.c b/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_init.c
index 85c637b620..1d44dd6b31 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_init.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_init.c
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@
 #include "libavcodec/dsputil.h"
 #include "dsputil_x86.h"
 
-av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_x86(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                                 unsigned high_bit_depth)
+av_cold void ff_dsputil_init_x86(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     if (CONFIG_ENCODERS)
-        ff_dsputilenc_init_mmx(c, avctx, high_bit_depth);
+        ff_dsputilenc_init_mmx(c, avctx);
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_x86.h b/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_x86.h
index 3e6f364a44..419109548f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_x86.h
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/dsputil_x86.h
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
 #include "libavcodec/avcodec.h"
 #include "libavcodec/dsputil.h"
 
-void ff_dsputilenc_init_mmx(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                            unsigned high_bit_depth);
+void ff_dsputilenc_init_mmx(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 void ff_dsputil_init_pix_mmx(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx);
 
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/dsputilenc_mmx.c b/libavcodec/x86/dsputilenc_mmx.c
index 5d48a78daa..86858e8e9c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/dsputilenc_mmx.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/dsputilenc_mmx.c
@@ -342,8 +342,7 @@ static int vsad16_mmxext(MpegEncContext *v, uint8_t *pix1, uint8_t *pix2,
 
 #endif /* HAVE_INLINE_ASM */
 
-av_cold void ff_dsputilenc_init_mmx(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx,
-                                    unsigned high_bit_depth)
+av_cold void ff_dsputilenc_init_mmx(DSPContext *c, AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();