diff --git a/doc/multithreading.txt b/doc/multithreading.txt
index 6c65ca9651..842d331e4f 100644
--- a/doc/multithreading.txt
+++ b/doc/multithreading.txt
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ Frame threading -
 * Codecs similar to ffv1, whose streams don't reset across frames,
   will not work because their bitstreams cannot be decoded in parallel.
 
-* The contents of buffers must not be read before ff_thread_await_progress()
+* The contents of buffers must not be read before ff_progress_frame_await()
   has been called on them. reget_buffer() and buffer age optimizations no longer work.
-* The contents of buffers must not be written to after ff_thread_report_progress()
+* The contents of buffers must not be written to after ff_progress_frame_report()
   has been called on them. This includes draw_edges().
 
 Porting codecs to frame threading
@@ -53,14 +53,13 @@ thread.
 Add AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS to the codec capabilities. There will be very little
 speed gain at this point but it should work.
 
-If there are inter-frame dependencies, so the codec calls
-ff_thread_report/await_progress(), set FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS in
-FFCodec.caps_internal and use ff_thread_get_buffer() to allocate frames.
-Otherwise decode directly into the user-supplied frames.
+Use ff_thread_get_buffer() (or ff_progress_frame_get_buffer()
+in case you have inter-frame dependencies and use the ProgressFrame API)
+to allocate frame buffers.
 
-Call ff_thread_report_progress() after some part of the current picture has decoded.
+Call ff_progress_frame_report() after some part of the current picture has decoded.
 A good place to put this is where draw_horiz_band() is called - add this if it isn't
 called anywhere, as it's useful too and the implementation is trivial when you're
 doing this. Note that draw_edges() needs to be called before reporting progress.
 
-Before accessing a reference frame or its MVs, call ff_thread_await_progress().
+Before accessing a reference frame or its MVs, call ff_progress_frame_await().
diff --git a/libavcodec/codec_internal.h b/libavcodec/codec_internal.h
index 832e6440d7..1cd1f684f9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/codec_internal.h
+++ b/libavcodec/codec_internal.h
@@ -65,12 +65,7 @@
 /**
  * The decoder might make use of the ProgressFrame API.
  */
-#define FF_CODEC_CAP_USES_PROGRESSFRAMES    (1 << 11)
-/*
- * The codec supports frame threading and has inter-frame dependencies, so it
- * uses ff_thread_report/await_progress().
- */
-#define FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS      (1 << 6)
+#define FF_CODEC_CAP_USES_PROGRESSFRAMES    (1 << 6)
 /**
  * Codec handles avctx->thread_count == 0 (auto) internally.
  */
diff --git a/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c b/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
index ba535e800d..dd594e3f9f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ffv1dec.c
@@ -1129,6 +1129,5 @@ const FFCodec ff_ffv1_decoder = {
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT(update_thread_context),
     .p.capabilities = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 |
                       AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS | AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS,
-    .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
-                      FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
+    .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/h264dec.c b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
index 0b111b5b99..fd23e367b4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264dec.c
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ const FFCodec ff_h264_decoder = {
                                NULL
                            },
     .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_EXPORTS_CROPPING |
-                             FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
+                             FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
     .flush                 = h264_decode_flush,
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT(ff_h264_update_thread_context),
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT_FOR_USER(ff_h264_update_thread_context_for_user),
diff --git a/libavcodec/hevcdec.c b/libavcodec/hevcdec.c
index 007eae6a1e..d787c7a52d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevcdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevcdec.c
@@ -3720,7 +3720,7 @@ const FFCodec ff_hevc_decoder = {
     .p.capabilities        = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY |
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_SLICE_THREADS | AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_EXPORTS_CROPPING |
-                             FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
+                             FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP,
     .p.profiles            = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_hevc_profiles),
     .hw_configs            = (const AVCodecHWConfigInternal *const []) {
 #if CONFIG_HEVC_DXVA2_HWACCEL
diff --git a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
index 07de5d6d91..6a7a37e817 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c
@@ -3861,8 +3861,7 @@ const FFCodec ff_mpeg4_decoder = {
     FF_CODEC_DECODE_CB(ff_h263_decode_frame),
     .p.capabilities        = AV_CODEC_CAP_DRAW_HORIZ_BAND | AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 |
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_DELAY | AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
-    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_SKIP_FRAME_FILL_PARAM |
-                             FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
+    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_SKIP_FRAME_FILL_PARAM,
     .flush                 = ff_mpeg_flush,
     .p.max_lowres          = 3,
     .p.profiles            = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL(ff_mpeg4_video_profiles),
diff --git a/libavcodec/pngdec.c b/libavcodec/pngdec.c
index 16e35a8cc6..5a99b4a1c4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pngdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pngdec.c
@@ -1940,7 +1940,6 @@ const FFCodec ff_apng_decoder = {
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT(update_thread_context),
     .p.capabilities = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
-                      FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS |
                       FF_CODEC_CAP_ICC_PROFILES,
 };
 #endif
@@ -1958,7 +1957,7 @@ const FFCodec ff_png_decoder = {
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT(update_thread_context),
     .p.capabilities = AV_CODEC_CAP_DR1 | AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .caps_internal  = FF_CODEC_CAP_SKIP_FRAME_FILL_PARAM |
-                      FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS | FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
+                      FF_CODEC_CAP_INIT_CLEANUP |
                       FF_CODEC_CAP_ICC_PROFILES,
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/libavcodec/pthread_frame.c b/libavcodec/pthread_frame.c
index b0dbde1017..a30312021e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pthread_frame.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pthread_frame.c
@@ -991,14 +991,12 @@ int ff_thread_get_ext_buffer(AVCodecContext *avctx, ThreadFrame *f, int flags)
     if (!(avctx->active_thread_type & FF_THREAD_FRAME))
         return ff_get_buffer(avctx, f->f, flags);
 
-    if (ffcodec(avctx->codec)->caps_internal & FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS) {
-        f->progress = ff_refstruct_allocz(sizeof(*f->progress));
-        if (!f->progress)
-            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+    f->progress = ff_refstruct_allocz(sizeof(*f->progress));
+    if (!f->progress)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
-        atomic_init(&f->progress->progress[0], -1);
-        atomic_init(&f->progress->progress[1], -1);
-    }
+    atomic_init(&f->progress->progress[0], -1);
+    atomic_init(&f->progress->progress[1], -1);
 
     ret = ff_thread_get_buffer(avctx, f->f, flags);
     if (ret)
diff --git a/libavcodec/rv30.c b/libavcodec/rv30.c
index 9e13e71805..316962fbbb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rv30.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rv30.c
@@ -304,5 +304,4 @@ const FFCodec ff_rv30_decoder = {
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .flush                 = ff_mpeg_flush,
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT(ff_rv34_decode_update_thread_context),
-    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/rv40.c b/libavcodec/rv40.c
index e48aa1f684..19d4e742df 100644
--- a/libavcodec/rv40.c
+++ b/libavcodec/rv40.c
@@ -582,5 +582,4 @@ const FFCodec ff_rv40_decoder = {
                              AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS,
     .flush                 = ff_mpeg_flush,
     UPDATE_THREAD_CONTEXT(ff_rv34_decode_update_thread_context),
-    .caps_internal         = FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS,
 };
diff --git a/libavcodec/tests/avcodec.c b/libavcodec/tests/avcodec.c
index 58f54cac74..cd949f6385 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tests/avcodec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tests/avcodec.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ int main(void){
                 }
             }
             if (codec2->caps_internal & (FF_CODEC_CAP_USES_PROGRESSFRAMES |
-                                         FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS |
                                         FF_CODEC_CAP_SETS_PKT_DTS |
                                         FF_CODEC_CAP_SKIP_FRAME_FILL_PARAM |
                                         FF_CODEC_CAP_EXPORTS_CROPPING |
@@ -172,10 +171,6 @@ int main(void){
                                        AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_REORDERED_OPAQUE |
                                        AV_CODEC_CAP_ENCODER_FLUSH))
                 ERR("Decoder %s has encoder-only capabilities\n");
-            if (codec2->caps_internal & FF_CODEC_CAP_ALLOCATE_PROGRESS &&
-                !(codec->capabilities & AV_CODEC_CAP_FRAME_THREADS))
-                ERR("Decoder %s wants allocated progress without supporting"
-                    "frame threads\n");
             if (codec2->cb_type != FF_CODEC_CB_TYPE_DECODE &&
                 codec2->caps_internal & FF_CODEC_CAP_SETS_PKT_DTS)
                 ERR("Decoder %s is marked as setting pkt_dts when it doesn't have"