diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c
index 611f4e0448b8540d391b2b9b490382af182fb33a..31bd198f16fe66d67bf555d93c3089eacc7bfc02 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.c
@@ -214,34 +214,6 @@ struct media_pad *vimc_pads_init(u16 num_pads, const unsigned long *pads_flag)
 	return pads;
 }
 
-int vimc_pipeline_s_stream(struct media_entity *ent, int enable)
-{
-	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
-	struct media_pad *pad;
-	unsigned int i;
-	int ret;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < ent->num_pads; i++) {
-		if (ent->pads[i].flags & MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE)
-			continue;
-
-		/* Start the stream in the subdevice direct connected */
-		pad = media_entity_remote_pad(&ent->pads[i]);
-		if (!pad)
-			continue;
-
-		if (!is_media_entity_v4l2_subdev(pad->entity))
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		sd = media_entity_to_v4l2_subdev(pad->entity);
-		ret = v4l2_subdev_call(sd, video, s_stream, enable);
-		if (ret && ret != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int vimc_get_mbus_format(struct media_pad *pad,
 				struct v4l2_subdev_format *fmt)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h
index af5b1166dc1f2d4dac93614c101b3d81bac0300e..c4471e72ad2b75750f0819ec4b2f23dbe5e483ef 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-common.h
@@ -192,17 +192,6 @@ static inline void vimc_pads_cleanup(struct media_pad *pads)
 	kfree(pads);
 }
 
-/**
- * vimc_pipeline_s_stream - start stream through the pipeline
- *
- * @ent:		the pointer to struct media_entity for the node
- * @enable:		1 to start the stream and 0 to stop
- *
- * Helper function to call the s_stream of the subdevices connected
- * in all the sink pads of the entity
- */
-int vimc_pipeline_s_stream(struct media_entity *ent, int enable);
-
 /**
  * vimc_pix_map_by_index - get vimc_pix_map struct by its index
  *