diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index 62d3f730bc5b225f5e2f1bab6bac7b5c3f359c34..875c8b417e7c622ba18796467cba3fb990e36212 100755
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -3867,11 +3867,13 @@ void ivas_param_mc_dec_render(
     float *output_f[]                                           /* o  : rendered time signal                                */
 );
 
+#ifndef FIX_1023_REMOVE_PARAMMC_DEC
 void ivas_param_mc_dec(
     Decoder_Struct *st_ivas,                                    /* i/o: IVAS decoder handle                                     */
     float *output_f[]                                           /* i/o: synthesized core-coder transport channels/DirAC output  */
 );
 
+#endif
 /*! r: number of cldfb synthesis instances */
 int16_t param_mc_get_num_cldfb_syntheses( 
     Decoder_Struct *st_ivas                                     /* i  : IVAS decoder structure                              */
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index de4344132b5b5fe98aa4336bca04cfcc5bb27aef..84ba87c643f3c680bb0e3cbadf8962bc2c2db0d8 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 
 #define FIX_1027_GSC_INT_OVERFLOW                       /* VA: issue 2207: overflow in GSC */
 #define FIX_1024_REMOVE_PARAMMC_MIXING_MAT              /* VA: issue 1024: remove unused function ivas_param_mc_get_mono_stereo_mixing_matrices() */
+#define FIX_1023_REMOVE_PARAMMC_DEC                     /* VA: issue 1023: remove unused function ivas_param_mc_dec() */
 
 /* #################### End BE switches ################################## */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
index 3ac207849c2ad6c3739cdff1dad123c6ad71b5a4..21bdcfb85685db3d9740dc9444db27b046d734e2 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
@@ -1477,9 +1477,9 @@ void ivas_param_mc_dec_digest_tc(
 
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * ivas_param_mc_dec()
+ * ivas_param_mc_dec_render()
  *
- * Parametric MC decoding process
+ * Parametric MC rendering process
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 void ivas_param_mc_dec_render(
@@ -1815,6 +1815,8 @@ void ivas_param_mc_dec_render(
     return;
 }
 
+
+#ifndef FIX_1023_REMOVE_PARAMMC_DEC
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * ivas_param_mc_dec()
  *
@@ -1854,6 +1856,7 @@ void ivas_param_mc_dec(
     pop_wmops();
     return;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * param_mc_dec_init()