diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c
index ea774d75d2..adf2a04e1c 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder.c
@@ -586,16 +586,6 @@ gst_vaapi_decoder_init (GstVaapiDecoder * decoder)
       gst_video_codec_frame_unref);
 }
 
-GstVaapiDecoder *
-gst_vaapi_decoder_new (GstVaapiDisplay * display, GstCaps * caps)
-{
-  g_return_val_if_fail (display != NULL, NULL);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_CAPS (caps), NULL);
-
-  return g_object_new (GST_TYPE_VAAPI_DECODER, "display", display,
-      "caps", caps, NULL);
-}
-
 /**
  * gst_vaapi_decoder_ref:
  * @decoder: a #GstVaapiDecoder
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h
index cdd80782f7..e512d81343 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapidecoder_priv.h
@@ -228,10 +228,6 @@ struct _GstVaapiDecoderClass
       const guchar * buf, guint buf_size);
 };
 
-G_GNUC_INTERNAL
-GstVaapiDecoder *
-gst_vaapi_decoder_new (GstVaapiDisplay * display, GstCaps * caps);
-
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 void
 gst_vaapi_decoder_set_picture_size (GstVaapiDecoder * decoder,