diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 0c42829d39..c47cb0e4f1 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -1394,51 +1394,6 @@ redirect:
     if (port < 0)
         port = RTSP_DEFAULT_PORT;
 
-#if FF_API_RTSP_URL_OPTIONS
-    /* search for options */
-    option_list = strrchr(path, '?');
-    if (option_list) {
-        /* Strip out the RTSP specific options, write out the rest of
-         * the options back into the same string. */
-        filename = option_list;
-        while (option_list) {
-            int handled = 1;
-            /* move the option pointer */
-            option = ++option_list;
-            option_list = strchr(option_list, '&');
-            if (option_list)
-                *option_list = 0;
-
-            /* handle the options */
-            if (!strcmp(option, "udp")) {
-                lower_transport_mask |= (1<< RTSP_LOWER_TRANSPORT_UDP);
-            } else if (!strcmp(option, "multicast")) {
-                lower_transport_mask |= (1<< RTSP_LOWER_TRANSPORT_UDP_MULTICAST);
-            } else if (!strcmp(option, "tcp")) {
-                lower_transport_mask |= (1<< RTSP_LOWER_TRANSPORT_TCP);
-            } else if(!strcmp(option, "http")) {
-                lower_transport_mask |= (1<< RTSP_LOWER_TRANSPORT_TCP);
-                rt->control_transport = RTSP_MODE_TUNNEL;
-            } else if (!strcmp(option, "filter_src")) {
-                rt->rtsp_flags |= RTSP_FLAG_FILTER_SRC;
-            } else {
-                /* Write options back into the buffer, using memmove instead
-                 * of strcpy since the strings may overlap. */
-                int len = strlen(option);
-                memmove(++filename, option, len);
-                filename += len;
-                if (option_list) *filename = '&';
-                handled = 0;
-            }
-            if (handled)
-                av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Options passed via URL are "
-                                          "deprecated, use -rtsp_transport "
-                                          "and -rtsp_flags instead.\n");
-        }
-        *filename = 0;
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (!lower_transport_mask)
         lower_transport_mask = (1 << RTSP_LOWER_TRANSPORT_NB) - 1;
 
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index e2e82fd0e8..0e1be85cbb 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_RTSP_URL_OPTIONS
-#define FF_API_RTSP_URL_OPTIONS        (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 54)
-#endif
 #ifndef FF_API_NEW_STREAM
 #define FF_API_NEW_STREAM              (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 54)
 #endif