diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c b/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c
index eb3e33aac6..824bc7324f 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.c
@@ -823,136 +823,3 @@ gst_riff_parse_info (GstElement * element,
 
   return;
 }
-
-/**
- * gst_riff_parse_ncdt:
- * @element: caller element (used for debugging/error).
- * @buf: input data to be used for parsing, stripped from header.
- * @taglist: a pointer to a taglist (returned by this function)
- *           containing information about this stream. May be
- *           NULL if no supported tags were found.
- *
- * Parses Nikon metadata from input data.
- *
- * Since: 1.4
- */
-void
-gst_riff_parse_ncdt (GstElement * element,
-    GstBuffer * buf, GstTagList ** _taglist)
-{
-  GstMapInfo info;
-  guint8 *ptr;
-  gsize left;
-  guint tsize;
-  guint32 tag;
-  const gchar *type;
-  GstTagList *taglist;
-
-  g_return_if_fail (_taglist != NULL);
-
-  if (!buf) {
-    *_taglist = NULL;
-    return;
-  }
-  gst_buffer_map (buf, &info, GST_MAP_READ);
-
-  taglist = gst_tag_list_new_empty ();
-
-  ptr = info.data;
-  left = info.size;
-
-  while (left > 8) {
-    tag = GST_READ_UINT32_LE (ptr);
-    tsize = GST_READ_UINT32_LE (ptr + 4);
-
-    GST_MEMDUMP_OBJECT (element, "tag chunk", ptr, MIN (tsize + 8, left));
-
-    left -= 8;
-    ptr += 8;
-
-    GST_DEBUG ("tag %" GST_FOURCC_FORMAT ", size %u",
-        GST_FOURCC_ARGS (tag), tsize);
-
-    if (tsize > left) {
-      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (element,
-          "Tagsize %d is larger than available data %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT,
-          tsize, left);
-      tsize = left;
-    }
-
-    /* find out the type of metadata */
-    switch (tag) {
-      case GST_RIFF_LIST_nctg:
-        while (tsize > 4) {
-          guint16 sub_tag = GST_READ_UINT16_LE (ptr);
-          guint16 sub_size = GST_READ_UINT16_LE (ptr + 2);
-
-          tsize -= 4;
-          ptr += 4;
-
-          GST_DEBUG ("sub-tag %u, size %u", sub_tag, sub_size);
-          /* http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/TagNames/Nikon.html#NCTG
-           * for some reason the sub_tag has a +2 offset
-           */
-          switch (sub_tag) {
-            case 0x03:         /* Make */
-              type = GST_TAG_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER;
-              break;
-            case 0x04:         /* Model */
-              type = GST_TAG_DEVICE_MODEL;
-              break;
-              /* TODO: 0x05: is software version, like V1.0 */
-            case 0x06:         /* Software */
-              type = GST_TAG_ENCODER;
-              break;
-            case 0x13:         /* CreationDate */
-              type = GST_TAG_DATE_TIME;
-              if (ptr[4] == ':')
-                ptr[4] = '-';
-              if (ptr[7] == ':')
-                ptr[7] = '-';
-              break;
-            default:
-              type = NULL;
-              break;
-          }
-          if (type != NULL && ptr[0] != '\0') {
-            GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "mapped tag %u to tag %s", sub_tag,
-                type);
-
-            parse_tag_value (element, taglist, type, ptr, sub_size);
-          }
-
-          ptr += sub_size;
-          tsize -= sub_size;
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-        type = NULL;
-        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (element,
-            "Unknown ncdt (metadata) tag entry %" GST_FOURCC_FORMAT,
-            GST_FOURCC_ARGS (tag));
-        break;
-    }
-
-    if (tsize & 1) {
-      tsize++;
-      if (tsize > left)
-        tsize = left;
-    }
-
-    ptr += tsize;
-    left -= tsize;
-  }
-
-  if (!gst_tag_list_is_empty (taglist)) {
-    GST_INFO_OBJECT (element, "extracted tags: %" GST_PTR_FORMAT, taglist);
-    *_taglist = taglist;
-  } else {
-    *_taglist = NULL;
-    gst_tag_list_unref (taglist);
-  }
-  gst_buffer_unmap (buf, &info);
-
-  return;
-}
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.h b/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.h
index 57e8bfe260..95d606a57b 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-read.h
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ gboolean gst_riff_parse_strf_iavs   (GstElement          * element,
 void gst_riff_parse_info            (GstElement  * element,
                                      GstBuffer   * buf,
                                      GstTagList ** taglist);
-
-void gst_riff_parse_ncdt            (GstElement  * element,
-                                     GstBuffer   * buf,
-                                     GstTagList ** taglist);
 /*
  * Init.
  */
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstriff.def b/win32/common/libgstriff.def
index 4e25e23af3..e56610711c 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstriff.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstriff.def
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_riff_parse_chunk
 	gst_riff_parse_file_header
 	gst_riff_parse_info
-	gst_riff_parse_ncdt
 	gst_riff_parse_strf_auds
 	gst_riff_parse_strf_iavs
 	gst_riff_parse_strf_vids