diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index cd333c5ecc..fd78a5f054 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -1662,10 +1662,6 @@ The parameters @var{width} and @var{height} are expressions containing
 the following constants:
 
 @table @option
-@item E, PI, PHI
-the corresponding mathematical approximated values for e
-(euler number), pi (greek PI), phi (golden ratio)
-
 @item in_w, in_h
 the input width and height
 
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
index 04b8d10663..8e258fa5e1 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include "libswscale/swscale.h"
 
 static const char *var_names[] = {
-    "PI",
-    "PHI",
-    "E",
     "in_w",   "iw",
     "in_h",   "ih",
     "out_w",  "ow",
@@ -48,9 +45,6 @@ static const char *var_names[] = {
 };
 
 enum var_name {
-    VAR_PI,
-    VAR_PHI,
-    VAR_E,
     VAR_IN_W,   VAR_IW,
     VAR_IN_H,   VAR_IH,
     VAR_OUT_W,  VAR_OW,
@@ -155,9 +149,6 @@ static int config_props(AVFilterLink *outlink)
     char *expr;
     int ret;
 
-    var_values[VAR_PI]    = M_PI;
-    var_values[VAR_PHI]   = M_PHI;
-    var_values[VAR_E]     = M_E;
     var_values[VAR_IN_W]  = var_values[VAR_IW] = inlink->w;
     var_values[VAR_IN_H]  = var_values[VAR_IH] = inlink->h;
     var_values[VAR_OUT_W] = var_values[VAR_OW] = NAN;