diff --git a/libavcodec/libwebpenc.c b/libavcodec/libwebpenc.c
index 4c22a9b04a1339d68fae0bb70efde3e7ac733653..db96e1637b6ab37d6d935ff45b8116317911d39e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libwebpenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libwebpenc.c
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ end:
 
 static int libwebp_encode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
-    return ff_libwebp_encode_close_common(avctx);
+    LibWebPContextCommon *s  = avctx->priv_data;
+    av_frame_free(&s->ref);
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static const AVClass class = {
diff --git a/libavcodec/libwebpenc_animencoder.c b/libavcodec/libwebpenc_animencoder.c
index c1e2a1cb9a023f0546f9e3dfb733c9937ccbde9b..e9582016d388df8d7a364bec00681b612cba0711 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libwebpenc_animencoder.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libwebpenc_animencoder.c
@@ -116,12 +116,11 @@ end:
 
 static int libwebp_anim_encode_close(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
-    int ret = ff_libwebp_encode_close_common(avctx);
-    if (!ret) {
-        LibWebPAnimContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
-        WebPAnimEncoderDelete(s->enc);
-    }
-    return ret;
+    LibWebPAnimContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
+    av_frame_free(&s->cc.ref);
+    WebPAnimEncoderDelete(s->enc);
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 static const AVClass class = {
diff --git a/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.c b/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.c
index 373adca756e941933d14177b647d1b307a630166..a76b6da5d677b833082dc1ffe2d3284d82465480 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.c
@@ -252,10 +252,3 @@ int ff_libwebp_get_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, LibWebPContextCommon *s,
 end:
     return ret;
 }
-
-int ff_libwebp_encode_close_common(AVCodecContext *avctx)
-{
-    LibWebPContextCommon *s  = avctx->priv_data;
-    av_frame_free(&s->ref);
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.h b/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.h
index 7e653dab2b33f901c42634c16e57c67e19b903b9..e74e57939e763c2ff8dbeed82465ac926a06de4d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.h
+++ b/libavcodec/libwebpenc_common.h
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ int ff_libwebp_get_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, LibWebPContextCommon *s,
                          const AVFrame *frame, AVFrame **alt_frame_ptr,
                          WebPPicture **pic_ptr);
 
-int ff_libwebp_encode_close_common(AVCodecContext *avctx);
-
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(LibWebPContextCommon, x)
 #define VE AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM | AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 static const AVOption options[] = {