diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c
index 3bb6288d8b4d..224c49c9f135 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-baytrail-pcm.c
@@ -320,11 +320,6 @@ static struct snd_pcm_ops sst_byt_pcm_ops = {
 	.mmap		= sst_byt_pcm_mmap,
 };
 
-static void sst_byt_pcm_free(struct snd_pcm *pcm)
-{
-	snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_free_for_all(pcm);
-}
-
 static int sst_byt_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
 	struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
@@ -403,7 +398,6 @@ static struct snd_soc_platform_driver byt_soc_platform = {
 	.remove		= sst_byt_pcm_remove,
 	.ops		= &sst_byt_pcm_ops,
 	.pcm_new	= sst_byt_pcm_new,
-	.pcm_free	= sst_byt_pcm_free,
 };
 
 static const struct snd_soc_component_driver byt_dai_component = {
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-pcm.c
index 619525200705..13f156b4a612 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-haswell-pcm.c
@@ -735,11 +735,6 @@ static void hsw_pcm_free_modules(struct hsw_priv_data *pdata)
 	}
 }
 
-static void hsw_pcm_free(struct snd_pcm *pcm)
-{
-	snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_free_for_all(pcm);
-}
-
 static int hsw_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
 	struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
@@ -936,7 +931,6 @@ static struct snd_soc_platform_driver hsw_soc_platform = {
 	.remove		= hsw_pcm_remove,
 	.ops		= &hsw_pcm_ops,
 	.pcm_new	= hsw_pcm_new,
-	.pcm_free	= hsw_pcm_free,
 };
 
 static const struct snd_soc_component_driver hsw_dai_component = {
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
index a1a8d9d91539..7523cbef8780 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst-mfld-platform-pcm.c
@@ -643,12 +643,6 @@ static struct snd_pcm_ops sst_platform_ops = {
 	.pointer = sst_platform_pcm_pointer,
 };
 
-static void sst_pcm_free(struct snd_pcm *pcm)
-{
-	dev_dbg(pcm->dev, "sst_pcm_free called\n");
-	snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_free_for_all(pcm);
-}
-
 static int sst_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
 	struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
@@ -679,7 +673,6 @@ static struct snd_soc_platform_driver sst_soc_platform_drv  = {
 	.ops		= &sst_platform_ops,
 	.compr_ops	= &sst_platform_compr_ops,
 	.pcm_new	= sst_pcm_new,
-	.pcm_free	= sst_pcm_free,
 };
 
 static const struct snd_soc_component_driver sst_component = {