diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index 8467e85a04..e8d82ac21c 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 #include "mpeg.h"
 #include "isom.h"
 
-/* 1.0 second at 24Mbit/s */
-#define MAX_SCAN_PACKETS 32000
-
 /* maximum size in which we look for synchronisation if
    synchronisation is lost */
 #define MAX_RESYNC_SIZE 65536