diff --git a/src/strategies/avx2/picture-avx2.c b/src/strategies/avx2/picture-avx2.c
index a036a72b..d953fbb4 100644
--- a/src/strategies/avx2/picture-avx2.c
+++ b/src/strategies/avx2/picture-avx2.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ uint32_t kvz_reg_sad_avx2(const kvz_pixel * const data1, const kvz_pixel * const
   if (width == 12)
     return reg_sad_w12(data1, data2, height, stride1, stride2);
   if (width == 16)
-    return reg_sad_w16_avx2(data1, data2, height, stride1, stride2);
+    return reg_sad_w16(data1, data2, height, stride1, stride2);
   if (width == 24)
     return reg_sad_w24(data1, data2, height, stride1, stride2);
   if (width == 32)
diff --git a/src/strategies/avx2/reg_sad_pow2_widths-avx2.h b/src/strategies/avx2/reg_sad_pow2_widths-avx2.h
index 486d107c..3bdb49ab 100644
--- a/src/strategies/avx2/reg_sad_pow2_widths-avx2.h
+++ b/src/strategies/avx2/reg_sad_pow2_widths-avx2.h
@@ -4,44 +4,6 @@
 #include "strategies/sse41/reg_sad_pow2_widths-sse41.h"
 #include "kvazaar.h"
 
-static uint32_t reg_sad_w16_avx2(const kvz_pixel * const data1, const kvz_pixel * const data2,
-                                 const int32_t height, const uint32_t stride1,
-                                 const uint32_t stride2)
-{
-  __m256i avx_inc = _mm256_setzero_si256();
-  int32_t y;
-
-  const int32_t height_ymm_bytes = height & ~1;
-  const int32_t height_parity    = height &  1;
-
-  for (y = 0; y < height_ymm_bytes; y += 2) {
-    __m128i a_up = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(data1 + (y + 0) * stride1));
-    __m128i b_up = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(data2 + (y + 0) * stride2));
-    __m128i a_dn = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(data1 + (y + 1) * stride1));
-    __m128i b_dn = _mm_loadu_si128((const __m128i *)(data2 + (y + 1) * stride2));
-
-    __m256i a = _mm256_inserti128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(a_up), a_dn, 1);
-    __m256i b = _mm256_inserti128_si256(_mm256_castsi128_si256(b_up), b_dn, 1);
-
-    __m256i curr_sads = _mm256_sad_epu8(a, b);
-    avx_inc = _mm256_add_epi64(avx_inc, curr_sads);
-  }
-  __m128i inchi = _mm256_extracti128_si256(avx_inc, 1);
-  __m128i inclo = _mm256_castsi256_si128  (avx_inc);
-
-  if (height_parity) {
-    __m128i a = _mm_loadu_si128 ((__m128i *)(data1 + y * stride1));
-    __m128i b = _mm_loadu_si128 ((__m128i *)(data2 + y * stride2));
-    __m128i sads = _mm_sad_epu8 (a, b);
-    inclo        = _mm_add_epi64(inclo, sads);
-  }
-  __m128i sum_1 = _mm_add_epi64    (inclo, inchi);
-  __m128i sum_2 = _mm_shuffle_epi32(sum_1, _MM_SHUFFLE(1, 0, 3, 2));
-  __m128i sad   = _mm_add_epi64    (sum_1, sum_2);
-
-  return _mm_cvtsi128_si32(sad);
-}
-
 static uint32_t reg_sad_w32(const kvz_pixel * const data1, const kvz_pixel * const data2,
                             const int32_t height, const uint32_t stride1,
                             const uint32_t stride2)