1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 025f1198bf..1abe985a48 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -1081,13 +1081,13 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
      */
     unsigned int codec_tag;
 
+#if FF_API_STREAM_CODEC_TAG
     /**
-     * fourcc from the AVI stream header (LSB first, so "ABCD" -> ('D'<<24) + ('C'<<16) + ('B'<<8) + 'A').
-     * This is used to work around some encoder bugs.
-     * - encoding: unused
-     * - decoding: Set by user, will be converted to uppercase by libavcodec during init.
+     * @deprecated this field is unused
      */
+    attribute_deprecated
     unsigned int stream_codec_tag;
+#endif
 
     void *priv_data;