diff --git a/stream/stream.c b/stream/stream.c
index 75c7d4fb5c..8e38d1983e 100644
--- a/stream/stream.c
+++ b/stream/stream.c
@@ -331,10 +331,6 @@ int stream_read_internal(stream_t *s, void *buf, int len)
                 len = read(s->fd, buf, len);
         }
         break;
-    case STREAMTYPE_DS:
-        len = demux_read_data((demux_stream_t *)s->priv, buf, len);
-        break;
-
 
     default:
         len = s->fill_buffer ? s->fill_buffer(s, buf, len) : 0;
@@ -590,13 +586,6 @@ void free_stream(stream_t *s)
     talloc_free(s);
 }
 
-stream_t *new_ds_stream(demux_stream_t *ds)
-{
-    stream_t *s = new_stream(-1, STREAMTYPE_DS);
-    s->priv = ds;
-    return s;
-}
-
 void stream_set_interrupt_callback(int (*cb)(struct input_ctx *, int),
                                    struct input_ctx *ctx)
 {
diff --git a/stream/stream.h b/stream/stream.h
index fb3d08097f..c47452aeb9 100644
--- a/stream/stream.h
+++ b/stream/stream.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #define STREAMTYPE_DVD  3      // libdvdread
 #define STREAMTYPE_MEMORY  4   // read data from memory area
 #define STREAMTYPE_PLAYLIST 6  // FIXME!!! same as STREAMTYPE_FILE now
-#define STREAMTYPE_DS   8      // read from a demuxer stream
 #define STREAMTYPE_CDDA 10     // raw audio CD reader
 #define STREAMTYPE_SMB 11      // smb:// url, using libsmbclient (samba)
 #define STREAMTYPE_VCDBINCUE 12      // vcd directly from bin/cue files
@@ -393,7 +392,6 @@ stream_t *open_stream(const char *filename, struct MPOpts *options,
                       int *file_format);
 stream_t *open_output_stream(const char *filename, struct MPOpts *options);
 struct demux_stream;
-struct stream *new_ds_stream(struct demux_stream *ds);
 
 /// Set the callback to be used by libstream to check for user
 /// interruption during long blocking operations (cache filling, etc).