diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a3ffb7d0a..f38a8e9514 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ OBJS_MPLAYER = $(SRCS_MPLAYER:.c=.o)
 VO_LIBS = $(AA_LIB) $(X_LIB) $(SDL_LIB) $(GGI_LIB) $(MP1E_LIB) $(MLIB_LIB) $(SVGA_LIB) $(DIRECTFB_LIB) 
 AO_LIBS = $(ARTS_LIB) $(ESD_LIB) $(NAS_LIB) $(SGIAUDIO_LIB)
 CODEC_LIBS = $(AV_LIB) $(FAME_LIB) $(MAD_LIB) $(VORBIS_LIB) $(FAAD_LIB) $(LIBLZO_LIB) $(DECORE_LIB) $(XVID_LIB) $(PNG_LIB) $(Z_LIB) $(JPEG_LIB) $(ALSA_LIB) $(XMMS_LIB)
-COMMON_LIBS = libmpcodecs/libmpcodecs.a mp3lib/libMP3.a liba52/liba52.a libmpeg2/libmpeg2.a $(W32_LIB) $(DS_LIB) libaf/libaf.a libmpdemux/libmpdemux.a input/libinput.a $(PP_LIB) postproc/libswscale.a osdep/libosdep.a $(CSS_LIB) $(CODEC_LIBS) $(FREETYPE_LIB) $(TERMCAP_LIB) $(CDPARANOIA_LIB) $(STREAMING_LIB) $(WIN32_LIB) $(GIF_LIB)
+COMMON_LIBS = libmpcodecs/libmpcodecs.a mp3lib/libMP3.a liba52/liba52.a libmpeg2/libmpeg2.a $(W32_LIB) $(DS_LIB) libaf/libaf.a libmpdemux/libmpdemux.a input/libinput.a postproc/libswscale.a osdep/libosdep.a $(CSS_LIB) $(CODEC_LIBS) $(FREETYPE_LIB) $(TERMCAP_LIB) $(CDPARANOIA_LIB) $(STREAMING_LIB) $(WIN32_LIB) $(GIF_LIB)
 
 CFLAGS = $(OPTFLAGS) -Ilibmpdemux -Iloader -Ilibvo $(FREETYPE_INC) $(EXTRA_INC) $(CDPARANOIA_INC) $(SDL_INC) # -Wall
 
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ ALL_PRG += $(PRG_FIBMAP)
 endif
 
 COMMON_DEPS = $(W32_DEP) $(DS_DEP) $(MP1E_DEP) $(AV_DEP) libmpdemux/libmpdemux.a libmpcodecs/libmpcodecs.a libao2/libao2.a liba52/liba52.a mp3lib/libMP3.a libmpeg2/libmpeg2.a osdep/libosdep.a postproc/libswscale.a input/libinput.a libvo/libvo.a libaf/libaf.a
-ifeq (($SHARED_PP),yes)
-COMMON_DEPS += postproc/libpostproc.so
-else
-COMMON_DEPS += postproc/libpostproc.a
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(VIDIX),yes)
 COMMON_DEPS += libdha/libdha.so vidix/libvidix.a
@@ -176,12 +171,6 @@ osdep/libosdep.a:
 postproc/libswscale.a:
 	$(MAKE) -C postproc
 
-postproc/libpostproc.a:
-	$(MAKE) -C postproc
-
-postproc/libpostproc.so:
-	$(MAKE) -C postproc
-
 input/libinput.a:
 	$(MAKE) -C input
 
@@ -250,9 +239,6 @@ $(PRG_CFG): version.h codec-cfg.c codec-cfg.h
 install: $(ALL_PRG)
 ifeq ($(VIDIX),yes)
 	$(DO_MAKE)
-endif
-ifeq ($(SHARED_PP),yes)
-	$(MAKE) install -C postproc 
 endif
 	if test ! -d $(BINDIR) ; then mkdir -p $(BINDIR) ; fi
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(INSTALLSTRIP) $(PRG) $(BINDIR)/$(PRG)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 81925ce107..fc4abb2941 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4494,11 +4494,6 @@ fi
 echores "$_byte_order"
 
 echocheck "shared postprocess lib"
-if test "$_shared_pp" = yes ; then
-  _ld_pp='-Lpostproc -lpostproc'
-else
-  _ld_pp='postproc/libpostproc.a'
-fi
 echores "$_shared_pp"
 
 echocheck "New config"
@@ -4836,8 +4831,8 @@ STREAMING = $_streaming
 STREAMING_LIVE_DOT_COM = $_live
 STREAMING_LIB = $_ld_streaming $_ld_live
 VIDIX = $_vidix
-PP_LIB = $_ld_pp
 SHARED_PP = $_shared_pp
+CONFIG_PP = yes
 CONFIG_RISKY = yes
 LIBMENU = $_menu
 I18NLIBS = $_i18n_libs
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c b/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c
index c7a374b9be..1d58f62c10 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/dec_video.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 extern double video_time_usage;
 extern double vout_time_usage;
 
-#include "postproc/postprocess.h"
-
 #include "cpudetect.h"
 
 int divx_quality=0;
diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf_pp.c b/libmpcodecs/vf_pp.c
index b404a47129..d1e1a15859 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf_pp.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf_pp.c
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
 #include "mp_image.h"
 #include "vf.h"
 
+#ifdef USE_LIBAVCODEC
+
 #define EMU_OLD
 
-#include "../postproc/postprocess.h"
+#include "../libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess.h"
 
 #ifdef EMU_OLD
-#include "../postproc/postprocess_internal.h"
+#include "../libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess_internal.h"
 #endif
 
 struct vf_priv_s {
@@ -241,3 +243,5 @@ vf_info_t vf_info_pp = {
 };
 
 //===========================================================================//
+
+#endif // USE_LIBAVCODEC
diff --git a/postproc/Makefile b/postproc/Makefile
index 2ef7bbc8cf..a817718f63 100644
--- a/postproc/Makefile
+++ b/postproc/Makefile
@@ -2,16 +2,9 @@
 include ../config.mak
 
 SWSLIB = libswscale.a
-ifeq ($(SHARED_PP),yes)
-SPPLIB = libpostproc.so
-SPPVERSION = 0.0.1
-endif
-PPLIB = libpostproc.a
 
 SWSSRCS=swscale.c rgb2rgb.c yuv2rgb.c
 SWSOBJS=$(SWSSRCS:.c=.o)
-PPOBJS=postprocess.o
-SPPOBJS=postprocess_pic.o
 CS_TEST_OBJS=cs_test.o rgb2rgb.o ../cpudetect.o ../mp_msg.o ../libvo/aclib.o
 
 CFLAGS  = $(OPTFLAGS) $(MLIB_INC) -I. -I.. $(EXTRA_INC)
@@ -24,7 +17,7 @@ CFLAGS  = $(OPTFLAGS) $(MLIB_INC) -I. -I.. $(EXTRA_INC)
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -I.. -o $@ $<
 
-all:    $(SWSLIB) $(PPLIB) $(SPPLIB)
+all:    $(SWSLIB)
 
 $(SWSLIB):     $(SWSOBJS)
 	$(AR) r $(SWSLIB) $(SWSOBJS)
@@ -43,29 +36,6 @@ depend:
 cs_test: $(CS_TEST_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CS_TEST_OBJS) -o cs_test
 
-ifeq ($(SHARED_PP),yes)
-postprocess_pic.o: postprocess.c
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -DPIC -I.. -o $@ $<
-
-$(SPPLIB): $(SPPOBJS)
-	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SPPLIB).0 \
-	-o $(SPPLIB) $(SPPOBJS)
-endif
-
-$(PPLIB): $(PPOBJS)
-	$(AR) r $(PPLIB) $(PPOBJS)
-
-install: all
-ifeq ($(SHARED_PP),yes)
-	install -d $(prefix)/lib
-	install -s -m 755 $(SPPLIB) $(prefix)/lib/$(SPPLIB).$(SPPVERSION)
-	ln -sf $(SPPLIB).$(SPPVERSION) $(prefix)/lib/$(SPPLIB)
-	ldconfig || true
-	mkdir -p $(prefix)/include/postproc
-	install -m 644 postprocess.h $(prefix)/include/postproc/postprocess.h
-endif
-
-
 #
 # include dependency files if they exist
 #