diff --git a/libobs/util/bmem.c b/libobs/util/bmem.c
index de60498de..e7017c7e3 100644
--- a/libobs/util/bmem.c
+++ b/libobs/util/bmem.c
@@ -87,19 +87,13 @@ static void a_free(void *ptr)
 #endif
 }
 
-static struct base_allocator alloc = {a_malloc, a_realloc, a_free};
 static long num_allocs = 0;
 
-void base_set_allocator(struct base_allocator *defs)
-{
-	memcpy(&alloc, defs, sizeof(struct base_allocator));
-}
-
 void *bmalloc(size_t size)
 {
-	void *ptr = alloc.malloc(size);
+	void *ptr = a_malloc(size);
 	if (!ptr && !size)
-		ptr = alloc.malloc(1);
+		ptr = a_malloc(1);
 	if (!ptr) {
 		os_breakpoint();
 		bcrash("Out of memory while trying to allocate %lu bytes",
@@ -115,9 +109,9 @@ void *brealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
 	if (!ptr)
 		os_atomic_inc_long(&num_allocs);
 
-	ptr = alloc.realloc(ptr, size);
+	ptr = a_realloc(ptr, size);
 	if (!ptr && !size)
-		ptr = alloc.realloc(ptr, 1);
+		ptr = a_realloc(ptr, 1);
 	if (!ptr) {
 		os_breakpoint();
 		bcrash("Out of memory while trying to allocate %lu bytes",
@@ -131,7 +125,7 @@ void bfree(void *ptr)
 {
 	if (ptr) {
 		os_atomic_dec_long(&num_allocs);
-		alloc.free(ptr);
+		a_free(ptr);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -153,3 +147,5 @@ void *bmemdup(const void *ptr, size_t size)
 
 	return out;
 }
+
+OBS_DEPRECATED void base_set_allocator(struct base_allocator *defs) {}
diff --git a/libobs/util/bmem.h b/libobs/util/bmem.h
index ce0293ef8..c01afd92b 100644
--- a/libobs/util/bmem.h
+++ b/libobs/util/bmem.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct base_allocator {
 	void (*free)(void *);
 };
 
-EXPORT void base_set_allocator(struct base_allocator *defs);
+OBS_DEPRECATED EXPORT void base_set_allocator(struct base_allocator *defs);
 
 EXPORT void *bmalloc(size_t size);
 EXPORT void *brealloc(void *ptr, size_t size);