diff --git a/libavutil/random_seed.c b/libavutil/random_seed.c
index 6dc8d22ca4..a1078d8bbb 100644
--- a/libavutil/random_seed.c
+++ b/libavutil/random_seed.c
@@ -80,11 +80,3 @@ uint32_t av_get_random_seed(void)
         return seed;
     return get_generic_seed();
 }
-
-#if LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR < 51
-attribute_deprecated uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void);
-uint32_t ff_random_get_seed(void)
-{
-    return av_get_random_seed();
-}
-#endif