diff --git a/libswscale/ops.c b/libswscale/ops.c
index 21aeb16931..1c408d7482 100644
--- a/libswscale/ops.c
+++ b/libswscale/ops.c
@@ -93,21 +93,6 @@ bool ff_sws_pixel_type_is_int(SwsPixelType type)
     return false;
 }
 
-SwsPixelType ff_sws_pixel_type_to_uint(SwsPixelType type)
-{
-    if (!type)
-        return type;
-
-    switch (ff_sws_pixel_type_size(type)) {
-    case 8:  return SWS_PIXEL_U8;
-    case 16: return SWS_PIXEL_U16;
-    case 32: return SWS_PIXEL_U32;
-    }
-
-    av_unreachable("Invalid pixel type!");
-    return SWS_PIXEL_NONE;
-}
-
 /* biased towards `a` */
 static AVRational av_min_q(AVRational a, AVRational b)
 {
diff --git a/libswscale/ops.h b/libswscale/ops.h
index 8f26ee832e..dccc00d2f0 100644
--- a/libswscale/ops.h
+++ b/libswscale/ops.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ typedef enum SwsPixelType {
 const char *ff_sws_pixel_type_name(SwsPixelType type);
 int ff_sws_pixel_type_size(SwsPixelType type) av_const;
 bool ff_sws_pixel_type_is_int(SwsPixelType type) av_const;
-SwsPixelType ff_sws_pixel_type_to_uint(SwsPixelType type) av_const;
 
 typedef enum SwsOpType {
     SWS_OP_INVALID = 0,