diff --git a/torchvision/csrc/io/video/video.h b/torchvision/csrc/io/video/video.h
index abda3a39c6d..e57fc3ae6b7 100644
--- a/torchvision/csrc/io/video/video.h
+++ b/torchvision/csrc/io/video/video.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include "../decoder/memory_buffer.h"
 #include "../decoder/sync_decoder.h"
 
-using namespace ffmpeg;
-
 namespace vision {
 namespace video {