diff --git a/app/src/compat.h b/app/src/compat.h
index 9a84a4c1..f3e7bd7a 100644
--- a/app/src/compat.h
+++ b/app/src/compat.h
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # define _DARWIN_C_SOURCE
 #endif
 
-#include <libavcodec/version.h>
 #include <libavformat/version.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL_version.h>
 
@@ -33,15 +32,6 @@
 # define SCRCPY_LAVF_REQUIRES_REGISTER_ALL
 #endif
 
-// In ffmpeg/doc/APIchanges:
-// 2016-04-21 - 7fc329e - lavc 57.37.100 - avcodec.h
-//   Add a new audio/video encoding and decoding API with decoupled input
-//   and output -- avcodec_send_packet(), avcodec_receive_frame(),
-//   avcodec_send_frame() and avcodec_receive_packet().
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT >= AV_VERSION_INT(57, 37, 100)
-# define SCRCPY_LAVF_HAS_NEW_ENCODING_DECODING_API
-#endif
-
 #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 5)
 // <https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH>
 # define SCRCPY_SDL_HAS_HINT_MOUSE_FOCUS_CLICKTHROUGH
diff --git a/app/src/decoder.c b/app/src/decoder.c
index b7101194..f05303a3 100644
--- a/app/src/decoder.c
+++ b/app/src/decoder.c
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ decoder_close(struct decoder *decoder) {
 
 bool
 decoder_push(struct decoder *decoder, const AVPacket *packet) {
-// the new decoding/encoding API has been introduced by:
-// <http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=7fc329e2dd6226dfecaa4a1d7adf353bf2773726>
-#ifdef SCRCPY_LAVF_HAS_NEW_ENCODING_DECODING_API
     int ret;
     if ((ret = avcodec_send_packet(decoder->codec_ctx, packet)) < 0) {
         LOGE("Could not send video packet: %d", ret);
@@ -53,19 +50,5 @@ decoder_push(struct decoder *decoder, const AVPacket *packet) {
         LOGE("Could not receive video frame: %d", ret);
         return false;
     }
-#else
-    int got_picture;
-    int len = avcodec_decode_video2(decoder->codec_ctx,
-                                    decoder->video_buffer->producer_frame,
-                                    &got_picture,
-                                    packet);
-    if (len < 0) {
-        LOGE("Could not decode video packet: %d", len);
-        return false;
-    }
-    if (got_picture) {
-        video_buffer_producer_offer_frame(decoder->video_buffer);
-    }
-#endif
     return true;
 }