diff --git a/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.cc b/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.cc
index 19c277d2cc..b771845c8f 100644
--- a/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.cc
@@ -494,15 +494,6 @@ CoreAudioPCM::get_latency(uint32_t device_id, bool input)
 	return latency;
 }
 
-uint32_t
-CoreAudioPCM::get_latency(bool input)
-{
-	if (_active_device_id == 0) {
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return get_latency (_active_device_id, input);
-}
-
 uint32_t
 CoreAudioPCM::current_buffer_size_id(AudioDeviceID id) {
 	UInt32 buffer_size;
diff --git a/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.h b/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.h
index 76aa260624..0a1ecd5e93 100644
--- a/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.h
+++ b/libs/backends/coreaudio/coreaudio_pcmio.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public:
 	uint32_t available_channels (uint32_t device_id, bool input);
 	float    current_sample_rate (uint32_t device_id, bool input = false);
 	uint32_t get_latency (uint32_t device_id, bool input);
-	uint32_t get_latency (bool input);
 
 	std::string cached_port_name (uint32_t portnum, bool input) const;