diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index b26729396d..8209435501 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ FILTERDEMDECENCMUX = $(call ALLYES, $(1)_FILTER $(2)_DEMUXER $(3)_DECODER $(4)_E
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/acodec.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/vcodec.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/avformat.mak
-include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/avfilter.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/seek.mak
 
+#FIXME should be removed
+include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/avfilter.mak
+
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/aac.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/ac3.mak
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/fate/adpcm.mak
diff --git a/tests/fate-run.sh b/tests/fate-run.sh
index da4f60eda9..42b9ebb5db 100755
--- a/tests/fate-run.sh
+++ b/tests/fate-run.sh
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ lavftest(){
     regtest lavf lavf tests/vsynth1
 }
 
+#FIXME should be removed
 lavfitest(){
     cleanfiles="tests/data/lavfi/${test#lavfi-}.nut"
     regtest lavfi lavfi tests/vsynth1
@@ -183,6 +184,27 @@ pixdesc(){
     done
 }
 
+pixfmts(){
+    filter=${test#filter-pixfmts-}
+    filter_args=$1
+
+    showfiltfmts="$target_exec $target_path/libavfilter/filtfmts-test"
+    exclude_fmts=${outfile}${filter}_exclude_fmts
+    out_fmts=${outfile}${filter}_out_fmts
+
+    # exclude pixel formats which are not supported as input
+    ffmpeg -pix_fmts list 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR > 8 && /^\..\./ { print $2 }' | sort >$exclude_fmts
+    $showfiltfmts scale | awk -F '[ \r:]' '/^OUTPUT/{ print $5 }' | sort | comm -23 - $exclude_fmts >$out_fmts
+
+    pix_fmts=$($showfiltfmts $filter | awk -F '[ \r:]' '/^INPUT/{ print $5 }' | sort | comm -12 - $out_fmts)
+    for pix_fmt in $pix_fmts; do
+        test=$pix_fmt
+        video_filter "format=$pix_fmt,$filter=$filter_args" -pix_fmt $pix_fmt
+    done
+
+    rm $exclude_fmts $out_fmts
+}
+
 mkdir -p "$outdir"
 
 # Disable globbing: command arguments may contain globbing characters and
diff --git a/tests/fate/avfilter.mak b/tests/fate/avfilter.mak
index 4c8c26a876..f68bf960c9 100644
--- a/tests/fate/avfilter.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/avfilter.mak
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#FIXME the whole file should be removed
+
 FATE_LAVFI = fate-lavfi-alphaextract_rgb                                \
              fate-lavfi-alphaextract_yuv                                \
              fate-lavfi-alphamerge_rgb                                  \
@@ -12,13 +14,6 @@ FATE_LAVFI = fate-lavfi-alphaextract_rgb                                \
              fate-lavfi-overlay_yuv420                                  \
              fate-lavfi-overlay_yuv444                                  \
              fate-lavfi-pad                                             \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_copy                                    \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_crop                                    \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_hflip                                   \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_null                                    \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_pad                                     \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_scale                                   \
-             fate-lavfi-pixfmts_vflip                                   \
              fate-lavfi-select                                          \
              fate-lavfi-setdar                                          \
              fate-lavfi-setsar                                          \
diff --git a/tests/fate/filter-video.mak b/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
index 75ac03a6b1..f1c0cf4de6 100644
--- a/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
+++ b/tests/fate/filter-video.mak
@@ -98,6 +98,31 @@ FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-$(CONFIG_FORMAT_FILTER) += fate-filter-pixdesc
 fate-filter-pixdesc: CMD = pixdesc
 
 
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-copy
+fate-filter-pixfmts-copy:  CMD = pixfmts
+
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-crop
+fate-filter-pixfmts-crop:  CMD = pixfmts "100:100:100:100"
+
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-hflip
+fate-filter-pixfmts-hflip: CMD = pixfmts
+
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-null
+fate-filter-pixfmts-null:  CMD = pixfmts
+
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-pad
+fate-filter-pixfmts-pad:   CMD = pixfmts "500:400:20:20"
+
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-scale
+fate-filter-pixfmts-scale: CMD = pixfmts "200:100"
+
+FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS += fate-filter-pixfmts-vflip
+fate-filter-pixfmts-vflip: CMD = pixfmts
+
+$(FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS): libavfilter/filtfmts-test$(EXESUF)
+FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-$(CONFIG_FORMAT_FILTER) += $(FATE_FILTER_PIXFMTS)
+
+
 $(FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-yes): $(VREF)
 $(FATE_FILTER_VSYNTH-yes): SRC = $(TARGET_PATH)/tests/vsynth1/%02d.pgm
 
diff --git a/tests/lavfi-regression.sh b/tests/lavfi-regression.sh
index 9301914ecb..63f991c6af 100755
--- a/tests/lavfi-regression.sh
+++ b/tests/lavfi-regression.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #
 #set -x
 
+#FIXME the whole file should be removed
+
 set -e
 
 . $(dirname $0)/regression-funcs.sh
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ do_video_filter() {
         $ENC_OPTS -vf "$filters" -vcodec rawvideo $* -f nut md5:
 }
 
-#should be removed
 do_lavfi_plain() {
     vfilters="$2"
 
@@ -29,12 +30,10 @@ do_lavfi_plain() {
     fi
 }
 
-#should be removed
 do_lavfi() {
     do_lavfi_plain $1 "$2"
 }
 
-#should be removed
 do_lavfi_colormatrix() {
     do_lavfi "${1}1" "$1=$4:$5,$1=$5:$3,$1=$3:$4,$1=$4:$3,$1=$3:$5,$1=$5:$2"
     do_lavfi "${1}2" "$1=$2:$3,$1=$3:$2,$1=$2:$4,$1=$4:$2,$1=$2:$5,$1=$5:$4"
@@ -103,14 +102,7 @@ do_lavfi_pixfmts "field"               "field"   "bottom"
 do_lavfi_pixfmts "histeq"              "histeq"  "antibanding=strong"
 do_lavfi_pixfmts "il"                  "il"      "luma_mode=d:chroma_mode=d:alpha_mode=d"
 do_lavfi_pixfmts "kerndeint"           "kerndeint" "" "tinterlace=interleave_top,"
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_copy"        "copy"    ""
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_crop"        "crop"    "100:100:100:100"
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_hflip"       "hflip"   ""
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_null"        "null"    ""
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_pad"         "pad"     "500:400:20:20"
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_scale"       "scale"   "200:100"
 do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_super2xsai"  "super2xsai"
-do_lavfi_pixfmts "pixfmts_vflip"       "vflip"
 do_lavfi_pixfmts "tinterlace_merge"    "tinterlace" "merge"
 do_lavfi_pixfmts "tinterlace_pad"      "tinterlace" "pad"
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_copy b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-copy
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_copy
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-copy
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_crop b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-crop
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_crop
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-crop
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_hflip b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-hflip
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_hflip
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-hflip
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_null b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-null
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_null
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-null
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_pad b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-pad
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_pad
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-pad
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_scale b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-scale
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_scale
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-scale
diff --git a/tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_vflip b/tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-vflip
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/ref/lavfi/pixfmts_vflip
rename to tests/ref/fate/filter-pixfmts-vflip