diff --git a/app/src/compat.h b/app/src/compat.h
index f3e7bd7a..9d9a7884 100644
--- a/app/src/compat.h
+++ b/app/src/compat.h
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@
 #include <libavformat/version.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL_version.h>
 
-// In ffmpeg/doc/APIchanges:
-// 2016-04-11 - 6f69f7a / 9200514 - lavf 57.33.100 / 57.5.0 - avformat.h
-//   Add AVStream.codecpar, deprecate AVStream.codec.
-#if    (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO >= 100 /* FFmpeg */ && \
-        LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 33, 100)) \
-    || (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MICRO < 100 && /* Libav */ \
-        LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 5, 0))
-# define SCRCPY_LAVF_HAS_NEW_CODEC_PARAMS_API
-#endif
-
 // In ffmpeg/doc/APIchanges:
 // 2018-02-06 - 0694d87024 - lavf 58.9.100 - avformat.h
 //   Deprecate use of av_register_input_format(), av_register_output_format(),
diff --git a/app/src/recorder.c b/app/src/recorder.c
index 3f5eb0d0..c0d7aed1 100644
--- a/app/src/recorder.c
+++ b/app/src/recorder.c
@@ -141,19 +141,11 @@ recorder_open(struct recorder *recorder, const AVCodec *input_codec) {
         return false;
     }
 
-#ifdef SCRCPY_LAVF_HAS_NEW_CODEC_PARAMS_API
     ostream->codecpar->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
     ostream->codecpar->codec_id = input_codec->id;
     ostream->codecpar->format = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
     ostream->codecpar->width = recorder->declared_frame_size.width;
     ostream->codecpar->height = recorder->declared_frame_size.height;
-#else
-    ostream->codec->codec_type = AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO;
-    ostream->codec->codec_id = input_codec->id;
-    ostream->codec->pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P;
-    ostream->codec->width = recorder->declared_frame_size.width;
-    ostream->codec->height = recorder->declared_frame_size.height;
-#endif
 
     int ret = avio_open(&recorder->ctx->pb, recorder->filename,
                         AVIO_FLAG_WRITE);
@@ -188,13 +180,8 @@ recorder_write_header(struct recorder *recorder, const AVPacket *packet) {
     // copy the first packet to the extra data
     memcpy(extradata, packet->data, packet->size);
 
-#ifdef SCRCPY_LAVF_HAS_NEW_CODEC_PARAMS_API
     ostream->codecpar->extradata = extradata;
     ostream->codecpar->extradata_size = packet->size;
-#else
-    ostream->codec->extradata = extradata;
-    ostream->codec->extradata_size = packet->size;
-#endif
 
     int ret = avformat_write_header(recorder->ctx, NULL);
     if (ret < 0) {