diff --git a/ext/opencv/gstskindetect.cpp b/ext/opencv/gstskindetect.cpp
index ad81a384a1..e2fcb59205 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/gstskindetect.cpp
+++ b/ext/opencv/gstskindetect.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 
 #include "gstskindetect.h"
 #include <opencv2/imgproc/imgproc_c.h>
-#include <opencv2/legacy/compat.hpp>
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_skin_detect_debug);
 #define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_skin_detect_debug
@@ -339,7 +338,7 @@ gst_skin_detect_transform (GstOpencvVideoFilter * base, GstBuffer * buf,
 
     cvCvtColor (filter->cvSkinPixels1, filter->cvRGB, CV_GRAY2RGB);
   } else if (RGB == filter->method) {
-    cvCvtPixToPlane (filter->cvRGB, filter->cvR, filter->cvG, filter->cvB, 0);  /*  Extract the 3 color components. */
+    cvSplit (filter->cvRGB, filter->cvR, filter->cvG, filter->cvB, 0);  /*  Extract the 3 color components. */
     cvAdd (filter->cvR, filter->cvG, filter->cvAll, NULL);
     cvAdd (filter->cvB, filter->cvAll, filter->cvAll, NULL);    /*  All = R + G + B */
     cvDiv (filter->cvR, filter->cvAll, filter->cvRp, 1.0);      /*  R' = R / ( R + G + B) */