diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index e3aa386d88ab34678c3be3e2564770e318ec9d6d..6c85763a87b6d92e2f3a6ae6a73818526f2590de 100644
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -3878,11 +3878,13 @@ 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 c1580c1cb5d1fa49922d33acecdea369d18e1123..92da192a5d32eee189d8bc6c060a97c63aa8edf0 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
 //#define FIX_777_COMBI_RENDER_CONFIG_FILE                /* Philips: Fix for combined renderer config file support */
 /* #define NONBE_FIX_991_PARAMBIN_BINARY_HRTF */             /* Nokia: issue #991: fix using of binary file HRTF in ParamBin (to actiate when USE_NEW_HRTF_BINARY_FILE_FORMAT and FIX_777_COMBI_RENDER_CONFIG_FILE are on  )*/
 #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 BASOP porting switches ############################ */
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
index 5405fbba6048dfb87f543b76e7f2626ac0c0d1bf..ccb95aa12608524638772ff1d13054c4e2dce139 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_mc_param_dec.c
@@ -1535,9 +1535,9 @@ 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(
@@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@ void ivas_param_mc_dec_render(
     return;
 }
 
+#ifndef FIX_1023_REMOVE_PARAMMC_DEC
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * ivas_param_mc_dec()
@@ -1898,6 +1899,7 @@ void ivas_param_mc_dec(
     return;
 }
 
+#endif
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * param_mc_dec_init()