diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/videodsp_armv5te.S b/libavcodec/arm/videodsp_armv5te.S
index 96e92d5a73..120069db03 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/videodsp_armv5te.S
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/videodsp_armv5te.S
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "libavutil/arm/asm.S"
 
-#if HAVE_ARMV5TE_EXTERNAL
 function ff_prefetch_arm, export=1
         subs            r2,  r2,  #1
         pld             [r0]
@@ -30,4 +29,3 @@ function ff_prefetch_arm, export=1
         bne             ff_prefetch_arm
         bx              lr
 endfunc
-#endif