diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index d9b8c0bfff..76094575c9 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -692,13 +692,7 @@ static void write_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt, OutputStream *ost)
                                            &new_pkt.data, &new_pkt.size,
                                            pkt->data, pkt->size,
                                            pkt->flags & AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY);
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-        if(a == 0 && new_pkt.data != pkt->data
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-           && new_pkt.destruct
-#endif
-           ) {
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+        if(a == 0 && new_pkt.data != pkt->data) {
             uint8_t *t = av_malloc(new_pkt.size + AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE); //the new should be a subset of the old so cannot overflow
             if(t) {
                 memcpy(t, new_pkt.data, new_pkt.size);
diff --git a/libavcodec/avpacket.c b/libavcodec/avpacket.c
index 7b2df14a37..32fa51f24f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avpacket.c
+++ b/libavcodec/avpacket.c
@@ -208,13 +208,7 @@ int av_dup_packet(AVPacket *pkt)
 {
     AVPacket tmp_pkt;
 
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-    if (!pkt->buf && pkt->data
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-        && !pkt->destruct
-#endif
-        ) {
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+    if (!pkt->buf && pkt->data) {
         tmp_pkt = *pkt;
         return copy_packet_data(pkt, &tmp_pkt, 1);
     }
@@ -330,11 +324,6 @@ int av_packet_merge_side_data(AVPacket *pkt){
             return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         pkt->buf = buf;
         pkt->data = p = buf->data;
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-        pkt->destruct = dummy_destruct_packet;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
         pkt->size = size - AV_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE;
         bytestream_put_buffer(&p, old.data, old.size);
         for (i=old.side_data_elems-1; i>=0; i--) {
diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 729df1187e..03a4a5e1c2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1797,11 +1797,6 @@ int ff_alloc_packet2(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt, int64_t size, int64
             av_fast_padded_malloc(&avctx->internal->byte_buffer, &avctx->internal->byte_buffer_size, size);
             avpkt->data = avctx->internal->byte_buffer;
             avpkt->size = avctx->internal->byte_buffer_size;
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-            avpkt->destruct = NULL;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
         }
     }
 
@@ -1972,11 +1967,6 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_encode_audio2(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             }
             avpkt->buf      = user_pkt.buf;
             avpkt->data     = user_pkt.data;
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-            avpkt->destruct = user_pkt.destruct;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
         } else {
             if (av_dup_packet(avpkt) < 0) {
                 ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
@@ -2197,11 +2187,6 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_encode_video2(AVCodecContext *avctx,
             }
             avpkt->buf      = user_pkt.buf;
             avpkt->data     = user_pkt.data;
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-            avpkt->destruct = user_pkt.destruct;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
         } else {
             if (av_dup_packet(avpkt) < 0) {
                 ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
diff --git a/libavdevice/iec61883.c b/libavdevice/iec61883.c
index 8ee834e07e..c45ae9ae5c 100644
--- a/libavdevice/iec61883.c
+++ b/libavdevice/iec61883.c
@@ -198,11 +198,6 @@ static int iec61883_parse_queue_dv(struct iec61883_data *dv, AVPacket *pkt)
 
     size = avpriv_dv_produce_packet(dv->dv_demux, pkt,
                                     packet->buf, packet->len, -1);
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-    pkt->destruct = av_destruct_packet;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
     dv->queue_first = packet->next;
     av_free(packet);
     dv->packets--;
diff --git a/libavformat/asfdec_f.c b/libavformat/asfdec_f.c
index a30b7d7212..7c31cfaee4 100644
--- a/libavformat/asfdec_f.c
+++ b/libavformat/asfdec_f.c
@@ -1420,11 +1420,6 @@ static int asf_parse_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVIOContext *pb, AVPacket *pkt)
             }
             asf_st->frag_offset         = 0;
             *pkt                        = asf_st->pkt;
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-            asf_st->pkt.destruct        = NULL;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
             asf_st->pkt.buf             = 0;
             asf_st->pkt.size            = 0;
             asf_st->pkt.data            = 0;
diff --git a/libavformat/mux.c b/libavformat/mux.c
index a57b69642c..f2c137fa9e 100644
--- a/libavformat/mux.c
+++ b/libavformat/mux.c
@@ -1059,11 +1059,6 @@ int ff_write_chained(AVFormatContext *dst, int dst_stream, AVPacket *pkt,
     pkt->buf = local_pkt.buf;
     pkt->side_data       = local_pkt.side_data;
     pkt->side_data_elems = local_pkt.side_data_elems;
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-    pkt->destruct = local_pkt.destruct;
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-#endif
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavformat/tee.c b/libavformat/tee.c
index bc2e522f7c..c619eae5db 100644
--- a/libavformat/tee.c
+++ b/libavformat/tee.c
@@ -396,13 +396,7 @@ static int filter_packet(void *log_ctx, AVPacket *pkt,
                                              &new_pkt.data, &new_pkt.size,
                                              pkt->data, pkt->size,
                                              pkt->flags & AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY);
-FF_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
-        if (ret == 0 && new_pkt.data != pkt->data
-#if FF_API_DESTRUCT_PACKET
-            && new_pkt.destruct
-#endif
-            ) {
-FF_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS
+        if (ret == 0 && new_pkt.data != pkt->data) {
             if ((ret = av_copy_packet(&new_pkt, pkt)) < 0)
                 break;
             ret = 1;