diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 934fd4c74d..1147bc338e 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -1385,6 +1385,9 @@ int show_codecs(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
         const AVCodecDescriptor *desc = codecs[i];
         const AVCodec *codec = NULL;
 
+        if (strstr(desc->name, "_deprecated"))
+            continue;
+
         printf(" ");
         printf(avcodec_find_decoder(desc->id) ? "D" : ".");
         printf(avcodec_find_encoder(desc->id) ? "E" : ".");