diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c
index 9d56faf961..6dee3d6519 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/gstsvtav1enc.c
@@ -564,9 +564,7 @@ gst_svtav1enc_encode (GstSvtAv1Enc * svtav1enc, GstVideoCodecFrame * frame)
   EbSvtIOFormat *input_picture_buffer =
       (EbSvtIOFormat *) svtav1enc->input_buf->p_buffer;
   GstVideoFrame video_frame;
-#if FTR_RSZ_RANDOM_ACCESS
   EbPrivDataNode private_data;
-#endif // FTR_RSZ_RANDOM_ACCESS
 
   if (!gst_video_frame_map (&video_frame, &svtav1enc->state->info,
           frame->input_buffer, GST_MAP_READ)) {
@@ -592,16 +590,12 @@ gst_svtav1enc_encode (GstSvtAv1Enc * svtav1enc, GstVideoCodecFrame * frame)
 
   /* Fill in Buffers Header control data */
   input_buffer->flags = 0;
-#if FTR_RSZ_RANDOM_ACCESS
   // private data is copied in svt_av1_enc_send_picture
   private_data.node_type = PRIVATE_DATA;
   private_data.size = sizeof (GstVideoCodecFrame);
   private_data.data = (void *) frame;
   private_data.next = NULL;
   input_buffer->p_app_private = (void *) &private_data;
-#else
-  input_buffer->p_app_private = (void *) frame;
-#endif // FTR_RSZ_RANDOM_ACCESS
   input_buffer->pts = frame->pts;
   input_buffer->pic_type = EB_AV1_INVALID_PICTURE;
 
@@ -690,12 +684,8 @@ gst_svtav1enc_dequeue_encoded_frames (GstSvtAv1Enc * svtav1enc,
        * it's not currently the case with SVT-AV1
        * so we fallback on using its PTS to find it back */
       if (output_buf->p_app_private) {
-#if FTR_RSZ_RANDOM_ACCESS
         EbPrivDataNode *private_data = (EbPrivDataNode *) output_buf->p_app_private;
         frame = (GstVideoCodecFrame *) private_data->data;
-#else
-        frame = (GstVideoCodecFrame *) output_buf->p_app_private;
-#endif // FTR_RSZ_RANDOM_ACCESS
       } else {
         pending_frames = gst_video_encoder_get_frames (GST_VIDEO_ENCODER
             (svtav1enc));