diff --git a/libswscale/yuv2rgb_altivec.c b/libswscale/yuv2rgb_altivec.c
index d760c81bdd..dec8ed96fe 100644
--- a/libswscale/yuv2rgb_altivec.c
+++ b/libswscale/yuv2rgb_altivec.c
@@ -748,13 +748,6 @@ SwsFunc yuv2rgb_init_altivec (SwsContext *c)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static uint16_t roundToInt16(int64_t f){
-    int r= (f + (1<<15))>>16;
-         if (r<-0x7FFF) return 0x8000;
-    else if (r> 0x7FFF) return 0x7FFF;
-    else                return r;
-}
-
 void yuv2rgb_altivec_init_tables (SwsContext *c, const int inv_table[4],int brightness,int contrast, int saturation)
 {
     union {