diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.c
index 910fd1b365..cedf3d3549 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.c
@@ -1372,17 +1372,9 @@ av_cold int ff_vaapi_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
 
-    ctx->codec_options = ctx->codec_options_data;
-
     ctx->va_config  = VA_INVALID_ID;
     ctx->va_context = VA_INVALID_ID;
 
-    ctx->priv_data = av_mallocz(ctx->codec->priv_data_size);
-    if (!ctx->priv_data) {
-        err = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
     ctx->input_frames_ref = av_buffer_ref(avctx->hw_frames_ctx);
     if (!ctx->input_frames_ref) {
         err = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
@@ -1583,7 +1575,5 @@ av_cold int ff_vaapi_encode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     av_buffer_unref(&ctx->input_frames_ref);
     av_buffer_unref(&ctx->device_ref);
 
-    av_freep(&ctx->priv_data);
-
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.h b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.h
index bcb9d57371..c7370a17e2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.h
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode.h
@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ typedef struct VAAPIEncodeContext {
     // Everything above this point must be set before calling
     // ff_vaapi_encode_init().
 
-    // Codec-specific state.
-    void *priv_data;
-
     // Configuration attributes to use when creating va_config.
     VAConfigAttrib  config_attributes[MAX_CONFIG_ATTRIBUTES];
     int          nb_config_attributes;
@@ -205,18 +202,10 @@ typedef struct VAAPIEncodeContext {
     int gop_counter;
     int p_counter;
     int end_of_stream;
-
-    // Codec-local options are allocated to follow this structure in
-    // memory (in the AVCodec definition, set priv_data_size to
-    // sizeof(VAAPIEncodeContext) + sizeof(VAAPIEncodeFooOptions)).
-    void *codec_options;
-    char codec_options_data[0];
 } VAAPIEncodeContext;
 
 
 typedef struct VAAPIEncodeType {
-    size_t priv_data_size;
-
     // Perform any extra codec-specific configuration after the
     // codec context is initialised (set up the private data and
     // add any necessary global parameters).
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
index 26061974a4..8f999b2311 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h264.c
@@ -867,8 +867,6 @@ static av_cold int vaapi_encode_h264_configure(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 }
 
 static const VAAPIEncodeType vaapi_encode_type_h264 = {
-    .priv_data_size        = sizeof(VAAPIEncodeH264Context),
-
     .configure             = &vaapi_encode_h264_configure,
 
     .sequence_params_size  = sizeof(VAEncSequenceParameterBufferH264),
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h265.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h265.c
index 757fd74c30..8f191efc4b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h265.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_h265.c
@@ -1026,8 +1026,6 @@ static av_cold int vaapi_encode_h265_configure(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 }
 
 static const VAAPIEncodeType vaapi_encode_type_h265 = {
-    .priv_data_size        = sizeof(VAAPIEncodeH265Context),
-
     .configure             = &vaapi_encode_h265_configure,
 
     .sequence_params_size  = sizeof(VAEncSequenceParameterBufferHEVC),
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mjpeg.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mjpeg.c
index 983c77d194..481981a71c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mjpeg.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mjpeg.c
@@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ static av_cold int vaapi_encode_mjpeg_configure(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 }
 
 static const VAAPIEncodeType vaapi_encode_type_mjpeg = {
-    .priv_data_size        = sizeof(VAAPIEncodeMJPEGContext),
-
     .configure             = &vaapi_encode_mjpeg_configure,
 
     .picture_params_size   = sizeof(VAEncPictureParameterBufferJPEG),
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mpeg2.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mpeg2.c
index ae77a9ce76..5577fa9e04 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mpeg2.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_mpeg2.c
@@ -553,8 +553,6 @@ static av_cold int vaapi_encode_mpeg2_configure(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 }
 
 static const VAAPIEncodeType vaapi_encode_type_mpeg2 = {
-    .priv_data_size        = sizeof(VAAPIEncodeMPEG2Context),
-
     .configure             = &vaapi_encode_mpeg2_configure,
 
     .sequence_params_size  = sizeof(VAEncSequenceParameterBufferMPEG2),
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp8.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp8.c
index ab5e0b2dda..6cdd30abda 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp8.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp8.c
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ static av_cold int vaapi_encode_vp8_configure(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 static const VAAPIEncodeType vaapi_encode_type_vp8 = {
     .configure             = &vaapi_encode_vp8_configure,
 
-    .priv_data_size        = sizeof(VAAPIEncodeVP8Context),
-
     .sequence_params_size  = sizeof(VAEncSequenceParameterBufferVP8),
     .init_sequence_params  = &vaapi_encode_vp8_init_sequence_params,
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp9.c b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp9.c
index 6e62213bc9..bf99597e4c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp9.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vaapi_encode_vp9.c
@@ -206,8 +206,6 @@ static av_cold int vaapi_encode_vp9_configure(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 static const VAAPIEncodeType vaapi_encode_type_vp9 = {
     .configure             = &vaapi_encode_vp9_configure,
 
-    .priv_data_size        = sizeof(VAAPIEncodeVP9Context),
-
     .sequence_params_size  = sizeof(VAEncSequenceParameterBufferVP9),
     .init_sequence_params  = &vaapi_encode_vp9_init_sequence_params,
 
