diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/meson.build
index 9dff3e05a8..c0abb22e52 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/meson.build
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ video_headers = files([
 install_headers(video_headers, subdir : 'gstreamer-1.0/gst/video/')
 
 video_mkenum_headers = [
+  'video.h',
   'video-anc.h',
   'video-format.h',
   'video-frame.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.c
index 5fd20505d8..cf8e184c23 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.c
@@ -205,39 +205,6 @@ gst_video_alignment_reset (GstVideoAlignment * align)
     align->stride_align[i] = 0;
 }
 
-static const GEnumValue video_orientation_methods[] = {
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_IDENTITY, "Identity (no rotation)", "identity"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_90R, "Rotate clockwise 90 degrees", "90r"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_180, "Rotate 180 degrees", "180"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_90L, "Rotate counter-clockwise 90 degrees",
-      "90l"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_HORIZ, "Flip horizontally", "horiz"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_VERT, "Flip vertically", "vert"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_UL_LR,
-      "Flip across upper left/lower right diagonal", "ul-lr"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_UR_LL,
-      "Flip across upper right/lower left diagonal", "ur-ll"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_AUTO,
-      "Select rotate method based on image-orientation tag", "auto"},
-  {GST_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_CUSTOM,
-      "Current status depends on plugin internal setup", "custom"},
-  {0, NULL, NULL},
-};
-
-GType
-gst_video_orientation_method_get_type (void)
-{
-  static gsize video_orientation_method_type = 0;
-
-  if (g_once_init_enter (&video_orientation_method_type)) {
-    gsize res = g_enum_register_static ("GstVideoOrientationMethod",
-        video_orientation_methods);
-    g_once_init_leave (&video_orientation_method_type, res);
-  }
-
-  return (GType) video_orientation_method_type;
-}
-
 /**
  * gst_video_orientation_from_tag:
  * @taglist: A #GstTagList
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.h
index a1a6d1a422..a31562a09b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst-libs/gst/video/video.h
@@ -95,11 +95,6 @@ typedef enum {
  * Since: 1.20
  */
 
-GST_VIDEO_API
-GType gst_video_orientation_method_get_type (void);
-#define GST_TYPE_VIDEO_ORIENTATION_METHOD \
-  gst_video_orientation_method_get_type ()
-
 /* metadata macros */
 /**
  * GST_META_TAG_VIDEO_STR: