diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index e580a675ea77..06515e5ca018 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -946,13 +946,6 @@ struct snd_soc_platform_driver {
 	int (*pcm_new)(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *);
 	void (*pcm_free)(struct snd_pcm *);
 
-	/*
-	 * For platform caused delay reporting.
-	 * Optional.
-	 */
-	snd_pcm_sframes_t (*delay)(struct snd_pcm_substream *,
-		struct snd_soc_dai *);
-
 	/* platform stream pcm ops */
 	const struct snd_pcm_ops *ops;
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
index a9ef8ae20e44..a4c93a90b8e9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-pcm.c
@@ -1116,13 +1116,6 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t soc_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	}
 	delay += codec_delay;
 
-	/*
-	 * None of the existing platform drivers implement delay(), so
-	 * for now the codec_dai of first multicodec entry is used
-	 */
-	if (platform->driver->delay)
-		delay += platform->driver->delay(substream, rtd->codec_dais[0]);
-
 	runtime->delay = delay;
 
 	return offset;