diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index 9156be03d4..19a8a97d26 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -1737,18 +1737,6 @@ void av_dump_format(AVFormatContext *ic,
                     const char *url,
                     int is_output);
 
-#if FF_API_PARSE_DATE
-/**
- * Parse datestr and return a corresponding number of microseconds.
- *
- * @param datestr String representing a date or a duration.
- * See av_parse_time() for the syntax of the provided string.
- * @deprecated in favor of av_parse_time()
- */
-attribute_deprecated
-int64_t parse_date(const char *datestr, int duration);
-#endif
-
 /**
  * Get the current time in microseconds.
  */
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 2f4a6d127d..5131fadfaa 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3373,17 +3373,6 @@ uint64_t ff_ntp_time(void)
   return (av_gettime() / 1000) * 1000 + NTP_OFFSET_US;
 }
 
-#if FF_API_PARSE_DATE
-#include "libavutil/parseutils.h"
-
-int64_t parse_date(const char *timestr, int duration)
-{
-    int64_t timeval;
-    av_parse_time(&timeval, timestr, duration);
-    return timeval;
-}
-#endif
-
 #if FF_API_FIND_INFO_TAG
 #include "libavutil/parseutils.h"
 
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index e1daff2771..ffb04bb6bf 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
  * Those FF_API_* defines are not part of public API.
  * They may change, break or disappear at any time.
  */
-#ifndef FF_API_PARSE_DATE
-#define FF_API_PARSE_DATE              (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 54)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_FIND_INFO_TAG
 #define FF_API_FIND_INFO_TAG           (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 54)
 #endif