diff --git a/libavformat/aiffdec.c b/libavformat/aiffdec.c
index 396abb162d..4a2629888b 100644
--- a/libavformat/aiffdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/aiffdec.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static int aiff_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
             break;
         case MKTAG('I', 'D', '3', ' '):
             position = avio_tell(pb);
-            ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_DEFAULT_MAGIC, &id3v2_extra_meta, size);
+            ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_DEFAULT_MAGIC, &id3v2_extra_meta);
             if (id3v2_extra_meta)
                 if ((ret = ff_id3v2_parse_apic(s, &id3v2_extra_meta)) < 0) {
                     ff_id3v2_free_extra_meta(&id3v2_extra_meta);
diff --git a/libavformat/asfdec.c b/libavformat/asfdec.c
index 74201cff1a..de42b45a8e 100644
--- a/libavformat/asfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/asfdec.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static void get_id3_tag(AVFormatContext *s, int len)
 {
     ID3v2ExtraMeta *id3v2_extra_meta = NULL;
 
-    ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_DEFAULT_MAGIC, &id3v2_extra_meta, len);
+    ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_DEFAULT_MAGIC, &id3v2_extra_meta);
     if (id3v2_extra_meta)
         ff_id3v2_parse_apic(s, &id3v2_extra_meta);
     ff_id3v2_free_extra_meta(&id3v2_extra_meta);
diff --git a/libavformat/id3v2.c b/libavformat/id3v2.c
index 8fdcc8a032..2cab5ac304 100644
--- a/libavformat/id3v2.c
+++ b/libavformat/id3v2.c
@@ -777,27 +777,16 @@ seek:
     return;
 }
 
-void ff_id3v2_read(AVFormatContext *s, const char *magic, ID3v2ExtraMeta **extra_meta,
-                   unsigned int max_search_size)
+void ff_id3v2_read(AVFormatContext *s, const char *magic, ID3v2ExtraMeta **extra_meta)
 {
     int len, ret;
     uint8_t buf[ID3v2_HEADER_SIZE];
     int     found_header;
-    int64_t start, off;
+    int64_t off;
 
-    if (max_search_size && max_search_size < ID3v2_HEADER_SIZE)
-        return;
-
-    start = avio_tell(s->pb);
     do {
         /* save the current offset in case there's nothing to read/skip */
         off = avio_tell(s->pb);
-        ret = avio_read(s->pb, buf, ID3v2_HEADER_SIZE);
-        if (max_search_size && off - start >= max_search_size - ID3v2_HEADER_SIZE) {
-            avio_seek(s->pb, off, SEEK_SET);
-            break;
-        }
-
         ret = avio_read(s->pb, buf, ID3v2_HEADER_SIZE);
         if (ret != ID3v2_HEADER_SIZE) {
             avio_seek(s->pb, off, SEEK_SET);
@@ -833,8 +822,6 @@ void ff_id3v2_free_extra_meta(ID3v2ExtraMeta **extra_meta)
         av_freep(&current);
         current = next;
     }
-
-    *extra_meta = NULL;
 }
 
 int ff_id3v2_parse_apic(AVFormatContext *s, ID3v2ExtraMeta **extra_meta)
diff --git a/libavformat/id3v2.h b/libavformat/id3v2.h
index 4fe59a5477..f7270106a1 100644
--- a/libavformat/id3v2.h
+++ b/libavformat/id3v2.h
@@ -93,10 +93,8 @@ int ff_id3v2_tag_len(const uint8_t *buf);
  * Read an ID3v2 tag, including supported extra metadata
  * @param extra_meta If not NULL, extra metadata is parsed into a list of
  * ID3v2ExtraMeta structs and *extra_meta points to the head of the list
- * @param[opt] max_search_search restrict ID3 magic number search (bytes from start)
  */
-void ff_id3v2_read(AVFormatContext *s, const char *magic, ID3v2ExtraMeta **extra_meta,
-                   unsigned int max_search_size);
+void ff_id3v2_read(AVFormatContext *s, const char *magic, ID3v2ExtraMeta **extra_meta);
 
 /**
  * Initialize an ID3v2 tag.
diff --git a/libavformat/omadec.c b/libavformat/omadec.c
index 34d63a377c..8d29675c1c 100644
--- a/libavformat/omadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/omadec.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static int oma_read_header(AVFormatContext *s)
     ID3v2ExtraMeta *extra_meta = NULL;
     OMAContext *oc = s->priv_data;
 
-    ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_EA3_MAGIC, &extra_meta, 0);
+    ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_EA3_MAGIC, &extra_meta);
     ret = avio_read(s->pb, buf, EA3_HEADER_SIZE);
     if (ret < EA3_HEADER_SIZE)
         return -1;
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 821b23d642..d32f584197 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ int avformat_open_input(AVFormatContext **ps, const char *filename, AVInputForma
 
     /* e.g. AVFMT_NOFILE formats will not have a AVIOContext */
     if (s->pb)
-        ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_DEFAULT_MAGIC, &id3v2_extra_meta, 0);
+        ff_id3v2_read(s, ID3v2_DEFAULT_MAGIC, &id3v2_extra_meta);
 
     if (!(s->flags&AVFMT_FLAG_PRIV_OPT) && s->iformat->read_header)
         if ((ret = s->iformat->read_header(s)) < 0)