diff --git a/libavformat/vocdec.c b/libavformat/vocdec.c
index 02a038a9ec68658e64ba46972a65075ab0f247b4..8ed4fcbdf42fa1418d0d500ec65bd2c79e24bfdc 100644
--- a/libavformat/vocdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/vocdec.c
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ static int voc_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
     return voc_get_packet(s, pkt, s->streams[0], 0);
 }
 
-static int voc_read_close(AVFormatContext *s)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
 AVInputFormat voc_demuxer = {
     "voc",
     "Creative Voice File format",
@@ -146,6 +141,5 @@ AVInputFormat voc_demuxer = {
     voc_probe,
     voc_read_header,
     voc_read_packet,
-    voc_read_close,
     .codec_tag=(const AVCodecTag*[]){voc_codec_tags, 0},
 };