diff --git a/apps/decoder.c b/apps/decoder.c
index 9bf644b0de8e2aeecf5bacd1b718aa92e185d9da..307b0ca520fc31b1a492432295b8cb3e781476d9 100644
--- a/apps/decoder.c
+++ b/apps/decoder.c
@@ -630,13 +630,6 @@ int main(
             fprintf( stderr, "Failed to get acoustic environment with ID: %d\n\n", ACOUSTIC_ENVIRONMENT_ID );
             goto cleanup;
         }
-#ifdef CONTROL_METADATA_DIRECTIVITY
-        if ( ( error = RenderConfigReader_getDirectivity( renderConfigReader, renderConfig.directivity ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
-        {
-            fprintf( stderr, "Invalid directivity configuration parameters\n\n" );
-            goto cleanup;
-        }
-#endif
 #endif
         renderConfig.room_acoustics.override = true;
 
diff --git a/lib_util/render_config_reader.c b/lib_util/render_config_reader.c
index 27575dc44c77ce368d43221acbfac4a353906033..663dd4c90c14c1b54db88907a1fbf8673b16d568 100644
--- a/lib_util/render_config_reader.c
+++ b/lib_util/render_config_reader.c
@@ -2130,28 +2130,6 @@ ivas_error RenderConfigReader_getAcousticEnvironment(
     return IVAS_ERR_ACOUSTIC_ENVIRONMENT_MISSING;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONTROL_METADATA_DIRECTIVITY
-/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
- * RenderConfigReader_getDirectivity()
- *
- * Gets Acoustic environment with a given ID
- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-ivas_error RenderConfigReader_getDirectivity(
-    RenderConfigReader *pRenderConfigReader, /* i  : RenderConfigReader handle              */
-    float *directivity                       /* o  : directivity                            */
-)
-{
-    if ( pRenderConfigReader == NULL )
-    {
-        return IVAS_ERR_UNEXPECTED_NULL_POINTER;
-    }
-
-    mvr2r( pRenderConfigReader->directivity, directivity, 3 );
-    return IVAS_ERR_OK;
-}
-#endif
-
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/lib_util/render_config_reader.h b/lib_util/render_config_reader.h
index 2f3fdf32654680e7e52d04aa9797b8585a8bc29d..4facb5b9cd42832a2ae78a105a54be89739cfbed 100644
--- a/lib_util/render_config_reader.h
+++ b/lib_util/render_config_reader.h
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ ivas_error RenderConfigReader_getAcousticEnvironment(
 ivas_error RenderConfigReader_checkValues(
     IVAS_RENDER_CONFIG_HANDLE hRenderConfig /* o  : Renderer configuration handle           */
 );
-#ifdef CONTROL_METADATA_DIRECTIVITY
-ivas_error RenderConfigReader_getDirectivity(
-    RenderConfigReader *pRenderConfigReader, /* i  : RenderConfigReader handle              */
-    float *directivity                       /* o  : directivity                            */
-);
-#endif
 #endif
 
 /* Reads a configuration                                                                    */