diff --git a/doc/examples/avio_dir_cmd.c b/doc/examples/avio_dir_cmd.c
index 50c435cf8f..0722bd9ab1 100644
--- a/doc/examples/avio_dir_cmd.c
+++ b/doc/examples/avio_dir_cmd.c
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 1;
     }
 
-    /* register codecs and formats and other lavf/lavc components*/
-    av_register_all();
     avformat_network_init();
 
     op = argv[1];
diff --git a/doc/examples/avio_reading.c b/doc/examples/avio_reading.c
index 7860fd5e2f..cbfeb174b8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/avio_reading.c
+++ b/doc/examples/avio_reading.c
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
     input_filename = argv[1];
 
-    /* register codecs and formats and other lavf/lavc components*/
-    av_register_all();
-
     /* slurp file content into buffer */
     ret = av_file_map(input_filename, &buffer, &buffer_size, 0, NULL);
     if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/doc/examples/decode_audio.c b/doc/examples/decode_audio.c
index fb9a9af2f6..19dcafd2c8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/decode_audio.c
+++ b/doc/examples/decode_audio.c
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     filename    = argv[1];
     outfilename = argv[2];
 
-    /* register all the codecs */
-    avcodec_register_all();
-
     pkt = av_packet_alloc();
 
     /* find the MPEG audio decoder */
diff --git a/doc/examples/decode_video.c b/doc/examples/decode_video.c
index 4377fd49e0..5a9d43f689 100644
--- a/doc/examples/decode_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/decode_video.c
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     filename    = argv[1];
     outfilename = argv[2];
 
-    avcodec_register_all();
-
     pkt = av_packet_alloc();
     if (!pkt)
         exit(1);
diff --git a/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c b/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
index b1a216abb4..69a31a8935 100644
--- a/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
+++ b/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     video_dst_filename = argv[2];
     audio_dst_filename = argv[3];
 
-    /* register all formats and codecs */
-    av_register_all();
-
     /* open input file, and allocate format context */
     if (avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx, src_filename, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not open source file %s\n", src_filename);
diff --git a/doc/examples/encode_audio.c b/doc/examples/encode_audio.c
index d1ef105d9d..ab3586be7f 100644
--- a/doc/examples/encode_audio.c
+++ b/doc/examples/encode_audio.c
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     filename = argv[1];
 
-    /* register all the codecs */
-    avcodec_register_all();
-
     /* find the MP2 encoder */
     codec = avcodec_find_encoder(AV_CODEC_ID_MP2);
     if (!codec) {
diff --git a/doc/examples/encode_video.c b/doc/examples/encode_video.c
index 8cd13219bb..6731b2ad19 100644
--- a/doc/examples/encode_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/encode_video.c
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     filename = argv[1];
     codec_name = argv[2];
 
-    avcodec_register_all();
-
     /* find the mpeg1video encoder */
     codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(codec_name);
     if (!codec) {
diff --git a/doc/examples/extract_mvs.c b/doc/examples/extract_mvs.c
index 7ae934ead3..de31ccd2b9 100644
--- a/doc/examples/extract_mvs.c
+++ b/doc/examples/extract_mvs.c
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
     src_filename = argv[1];
 
-    av_register_all();
-
     if (avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx, src_filename, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not open source file %s\n", src_filename);
         exit(1);
diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c b/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
index 18d6ca275c..73a00e814c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    av_register_all();
     avfilter_register_all();
 
     if ((ret = open_input_file(argv[1])) < 0)
diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
index 9b607ba016..01d6644620 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    av_register_all();
     avfilter_register_all();
 
     if ((ret = open_input_file(argv[1])) < 0)
diff --git a/doc/examples/http_multiclient.c b/doc/examples/http_multiclient.c
index e2c2201a08..831e89c60a 100644
--- a/doc/examples/http_multiclient.c
+++ b/doc/examples/http_multiclient.c
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     in_uri = argv[1];
     out_uri = argv[2];
 
-    av_register_all();
     avformat_network_init();
 
     if ((ret = av_dict_set(&options, "listen", "2", 0)) < 0) {
diff --git a/doc/examples/hw_decode.c b/doc/examples/hw_decode.c
index 83a5808bf7..14fe08b374 100644
--- a/doc/examples/hw_decode.c
+++ b/doc/examples/hw_decode.c
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return -1;
     }
 
-    av_register_all();
-
     type = av_hwdevice_find_type_by_name(argv[1]);
     if (type == AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_NONE) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Device type %s is not supported.\n", argv[1]);
diff --git a/doc/examples/metadata.c b/doc/examples/metadata.c
index f73c267369..e330d077a9 100644
--- a/doc/examples/metadata.c
+++ b/doc/examples/metadata.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    av_register_all();
     if ((ret = avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx, argv[1], NULL, NULL)))
         return ret;
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/muxing.c b/doc/examples/muxing.c
index 6b98a3b2a0..08da98e574 100644
--- a/doc/examples/muxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/muxing.c
@@ -564,9 +564,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     AVDictionary *opt = NULL;
     int i;
 
-    /* Initialize libavcodec, and register all codecs and formats. */
-    av_register_all();
-
     if (argc < 2) {
         printf("usage: %s output_file\n"
                "API example program to output a media file with libavformat.\n"
diff --git a/doc/examples/qsvdec.c b/doc/examples/qsvdec.c
index cede6153be..7415eefca5 100644
--- a/doc/examples/qsvdec.c
+++ b/doc/examples/qsvdec.c
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     int ret, i;
 
-    av_register_all();
-
     if (argc < 3) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <input file> <output file>\n", argv[0]);
         return 1;
diff --git a/doc/examples/remuxing.c b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
index 59594181a7..9e4d1031b4 100644
--- a/doc/examples/remuxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     in_filename  = argv[1];
     out_filename = argv[2];
 
-    av_register_all();
-
     if ((ret = avformat_open_input(&ifmt_ctx, in_filename, 0, 0)) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Could not open input file '%s'", in_filename);
         goto end;
diff --git a/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c b/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
index 3c7688cd33..b19349573a 100644
--- a/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
+++ b/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
@@ -753,8 +753,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    /* Register all codecs and formats so that they can be used. */
-    av_register_all();
     /* Open the input file for reading. */
     if (open_input_file(argv[1], &input_format_context,
                         &input_codec_context))
diff --git a/doc/examples/transcoding.c b/doc/examples/transcoding.c
index e32ab20245..ed1fd6411b 100644
--- a/doc/examples/transcoding.c
+++ b/doc/examples/transcoding.c
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return 1;
     }
 
-    av_register_all();
     avfilter_register_all();
 
     if ((ret = open_input_file(argv[1])) < 0)
diff --git a/doc/examples/vaapi_encode.c b/doc/examples/vaapi_encode.c
index 6425b1c98c..3bdc62bef3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/vaapi_encode.c
+++ b/doc/examples/vaapi_encode.c
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         goto close;
     }
 
-    avcodec_register_all();
-
     err = av_hwdevice_ctx_create(&hw_device_ctx, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI,
                                  NULL, NULL, 0);
     if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/doc/examples/vaapi_transcode.c b/doc/examples/vaapi_transcode.c
index 6318895af3..649f48b97c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/vaapi_transcode.c
+++ b/doc/examples/vaapi_transcode.c
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    av_register_all();
-
     ret = av_hwdevice_ctx_create(&hw_device_ctx, AV_HWDEVICE_TYPE_VAAPI, NULL, NULL, 0);
     if (ret < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create a VAAPI device. Error code: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));