diff --git a/libmpcodecs/vf_palette.c b/libmpcodecs/vf_palette.c
index cef47df788..44a4756121 100644
--- a/libmpcodecs/vf_palette.c
+++ b/libmpcodecs/vf_palette.c
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ static int put_image(struct vf_instance *vf, mp_image_t *mpi, double pts){
 	// no stride conversion needed
 	switch(IMGFMT_RGB_DEPTH(dmpi->imgfmt)){
 	case 15:
-	    if (IMGFMT_IS_BGR(dmpi->imgfmt))
-		palette8tobgr15(mpi->planes[0],dmpi->planes[0],mpi->h*mpi->w,mpi->planes[1]);
-	    else
-		palette8torgb15(mpi->planes[0],dmpi->planes[0],mpi->h*mpi->w,mpi->planes[1]);
-	    break;
 	case 16:
 	    if (IMGFMT_IS_BGR(dmpi->imgfmt))
 		palette8tobgr16(mpi->planes[0],dmpi->planes[0],mpi->h*mpi->w,mpi->planes[1]);
@@ -145,11 +140,6 @@ static int put_image(struct vf_instance *vf, mp_image_t *mpi, double pts){
 	    unsigned char* dst=dmpi->planes[0]+y*dmpi->stride[0];
 	    switch(IMGFMT_RGB_DEPTH(dmpi->imgfmt)){
 	    case 15:
-		if (IMGFMT_IS_BGR(dmpi->imgfmt))
-		    palette8tobgr15(src,dst,mpi->w,mpi->planes[1]);
-		else
-		    palette8torgb15(src,dst,mpi->w,mpi->planes[1]);
-		break;
 	    case 16:
 		if (IMGFMT_IS_BGR(dmpi->imgfmt))
 		    palette8tobgr16(src,dst,mpi->w,mpi->planes[1]);
diff --git a/libswscale/rgb2rgb.c b/libswscale/rgb2rgb.c
index 7d1cefca3a..9080ead463 100644
--- a/libswscale/rgb2rgb.c
+++ b/libswscale/rgb2rgb.c
@@ -250,22 +250,6 @@ void palette8tobgr16(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const ui
         ((uint16_t *)dst)[i] = bswap_16(((const uint16_t *)palette)[src[i]]);
 }
 
-/**
- * Palette is assumed to contain BGR15, see rgb32to15 to convert the palette.
- */
-void palette8torgb15(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette)
-{
-    long i;
-    for (i=0; i<num_pixels; i++)
-        ((uint16_t *)dst)[i] = ((const uint16_t *)palette)[src[i]];
-}
-void palette8tobgr15(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette)
-{
-    long i;
-    for (i=0; i<num_pixels; i++)
-        ((uint16_t *)dst)[i] = bswap_16(((const uint16_t *)palette)[src[i]]);
-}
-
 void rgb32to24(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long src_size)
 {
     long i;
diff --git a/libswscale/rgb2rgb.h b/libswscale/rgb2rgb.h
index 386068b856..1d9f761785 100644
--- a/libswscale/rgb2rgb.h
+++ b/libswscale/rgb2rgb.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ void palette8topacked32(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const
 void palette8topacked24(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette);
 void palette8torgb16(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette);
 void palette8tobgr16(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette);
-void palette8torgb15(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette);
-void palette8tobgr15(const uint8_t *src, uint8_t *dst, long num_pixels, const uint8_t *palette);
 
 /**
  * Height should be a multiple of 2 and width should be a multiple of 16.