diff --git a/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.cpp b/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.cpp
index 2a67e148fe..511dd25c4e 100644
--- a/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.cpp
@@ -708,23 +708,6 @@ Controller::_PlaybackState(int32 playingMode) const
 }
 
 
-void
-Controller::_EndOfStreamReached(bool isVideo)
-{
-	// you need to hold the fDataLock
-
-	// prefer end of audio stream over end of video stream
-	if (isVideo && fAudioTrackSupplier)
-		return;
-
-	// NOTE: executed in audio/video decode thread
-	if (!fStopped) {
-		fPauseAtEndOfStream = true;
-		_NotifyFileFinished();
-	}
-}
-
-
 // #pragma mark - Notifications
 
 
diff --git a/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.h b/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.h
index 13a021c68f..d2dc289798 100644
--- a/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.h
+++ b/src/apps/mediaplayer/Controller.h
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ public:
 
 private:
 			uint32				_PlaybackState(int32 playingMode) const;
-			void				_EndOfStreamReached(bool isVideo = false);
 
 			void				_NotifyFileChanged() const;
 			void				_NotifyFileFinished() const;