diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 6071380c40..0bc0b3888f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -780,7 +780,6 @@ int ff_init_buffer_info(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
     }
     frame->reordered_opaque = avctx->reordered_opaque;
 
-#if FF_API_AVFRAME_COLORSPACE
     if (frame->color_primaries == AVCOL_PRI_UNSPECIFIED)
         frame->color_primaries = avctx->color_primaries;
     if (frame->color_trc == AVCOL_TRC_UNSPECIFIED)
@@ -791,7 +790,6 @@ int ff_init_buffer_info(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
         av_frame_set_color_range(frame, avctx->color_range);
     if (frame->chroma_location == AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED)
         frame->chroma_location = avctx->chroma_sample_location;
-#endif
 
     switch (avctx->codec->type) {
     case AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO:
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.c b/libavutil/frame.c
index 2c62922db9..67a7d3e9e4 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.c
+++ b/libavutil/frame.c
@@ -104,13 +104,11 @@ static void get_frame_defaults(AVFrame *frame)
     frame->sample_aspect_ratio = (AVRational){ 0, 1 };
     frame->format              = -1; /* unknown */
     frame->extended_data       = frame->data;
-#if FF_API_AVFRAME_COLORSPACE
     frame->color_primaries     = AVCOL_PRI_UNSPECIFIED;
     frame->color_trc           = AVCOL_TRC_UNSPECIFIED;
     frame->colorspace          = AVCOL_SPC_UNSPECIFIED;
     frame->color_range         = AVCOL_RANGE_UNSPECIFIED;
     frame->chroma_location     = AVCHROMA_LOC_UNSPECIFIED;
-#endif
 }
 
 static void free_side_data(AVFrameSideData **ptr_sd)
@@ -482,13 +480,11 @@ int av_frame_copy_props(AVFrame *dst, const AVFrame *src)
     dst->display_picture_number = src->display_picture_number;
     dst->flags                  = src->flags;
     dst->decode_error_flags     = src->decode_error_flags;
-#if FF_API_AVFRAME_COLORSPACE
     dst->color_primaries        = src->color_primaries;
     dst->color_trc              = src->color_trc;
     dst->colorspace             = src->colorspace;
     dst->color_range            = src->color_range;
     dst->chroma_location        = src->chroma_location;
-#endif
 
     av_dict_copy(&dst->metadata, src->metadata, 0);
 
diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index 6ff372749a..dbbdd29d1b 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
      */
     int flags;
 
-#if FF_API_AVFRAME_COLORSPACE
     /**
      * MPEG vs JPEG YUV range.
      * It must be accessed using av_frame_get_color_range() and
@@ -470,7 +469,6 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
     enum AVColorSpace colorspace;
 
     enum AVChromaLocation chroma_location;
-#endif
 
     /**
      * frame timestamp estimated using various heuristics, in stream time base
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index a086af0520..b84e25d7bf 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@
 #ifndef FF_API_OPT_TYPE_METADATA
 #define FF_API_OPT_TYPE_METADATA        (LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 55)
 #endif
-#ifndef FF_API_AVFRAME_COLORSPACE
-#define FF_API_AVFRAME_COLORSPACE       (LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR >= 52)
-#endif
 
 
 #ifndef FF_CONST_AVUTIL53