diff --git a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
index f0977cd23c..14c4b39d9a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
+++ b/libavcodec/mpegvideo.h
@@ -991,16 +991,6 @@ int ff_rate_control_init(MpegEncContext *s);
 float ff_rate_estimate_qscale(MpegEncContext *s, int dry_run);
 void ff_write_pass1_stats(MpegEncContext *s);
 void ff_rate_control_uninit(MpegEncContext *s);
-#if LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT < ((52<<16)+(0<<8)+0)
-double ff_eval(char *s, double *const_value, const char **const_name,
-               double (**func1)(void *, double), const char **func1_name,
-               double (**func2)(void *, double, double), char **func2_name,
-               void *opaque);
-#endif
-double ff_eval2(char *s, double *const_value, const char **const_name,
-               double (**func1)(void *, double), const char **func1_name,
-               double (**func2)(void *, double, double), char **func2_name,
-               void *opaque, char **error);
 int ff_vbv_update(MpegEncContext *s, int frame_size);
 void ff_get_2pass_fcode(MpegEncContext *s);
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/opt.c b/libavcodec/opt.c
index f85b29f8ab..248e68c200 100644
--- a/libavcodec/opt.c
+++ b/libavcodec/opt.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "opt.h"
-#include "mpegvideo.h"
+#include "eval.h"
 
 //FIXME order them and do a bin search
 static AVOption *find_opt(void *v, const char *name, const char *unit){
diff --git a/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c b/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
index 721edf95a9..cd0393eab7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ratecontrol.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "avcodec.h"
 #include "dsputil.h"
 #include "mpegvideo.h"
+#include "eval.h"
 
 #undef NDEBUG // allways check asserts, the speed effect is far too small to disable them
 #include <assert.h>