diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
index 7596217b73..43458cc153 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
@@ -1674,93 +1674,9 @@ struct HResizeLinearVecU8_X4
                 }
             }
         }
-        else if(cn < 9)
-        {
-            const int step = 8;
-            const int len0 = xmax & -step;
-            for( ; k <= (count - 2); k+=2 )
-            {
-                const uchar *S0 = src[k];
-                int *D0 = dst[k];
-                const uchar *S1 = src[k+1];
-                int *D1 = dst[k+1];
-
-                for( dx = 0; dx < len0; dx += cn )
-                {
-                    v_int16x8 a0 = v_load(alpha+dx*2);
-                    v_int16x8 a1 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 8);
-                    v_uint16x8 s0, s1;
-                    v_zip(v_load_expand(S0+xofs[dx]), v_load_expand(S0+xofs[dx]+cn), s0, s1);
-                    v_store(&D0[dx], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(s0), a0));
-                    v_store(&D0[dx+4], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(s1), a1));
-                    v_zip(v_load_expand(S1+xofs[dx]), v_load_expand(S1+xofs[dx]+cn), s0, s1);
-                    v_store(&D1[dx], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(s0), a0));
-                    v_store(&D1[dx+4], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(s1), a1));
-                }
-            }
-            for( ; k < count; k++ )
-            {
-                const uchar *S = src[k];
-                int *D = dst[k];
-                for( dx = 0; dx < len0; dx += cn )
-                {
-                    v_int16x8 a0 = v_load(alpha+dx*2);
-                    v_int16x8 a1 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 8);
-                    v_uint16x8 s0, s1;
-                    v_zip(v_load_expand(S+xofs[dx]), v_load_expand(S+xofs[dx]+cn), s0, s1);
-                    v_store(&D[dx], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(s0), a0));
-                    v_store(&D[dx+4], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(s1), a1));
-                }
-            }
-        }
         else
         {
-            const int step = 16;
-            const int len0 = (xmax - cn) & -step;
-            for( ; k <= (count - 2); k+=2 )
-            {
-                const uchar *S0 = src[k];
-                int *D0 = dst[k];
-                const uchar *S1 = src[k+1];
-                int *D1 = dst[k+1];
-
-                for( dx = 0; dx < len0; dx += step )
-                {
-                    v_int16x8 a0 = v_load(alpha+dx*2);
-                    v_int16x8 a1 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 8);
-                    v_int16x8 a2 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 16);
-                    v_int16x8 a3 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 24);
-                    v_uint8x16 s01, s23;
-                    v_zip(v_lut(S0, xofs+dx), v_lut(S0+cn, xofs+dx), s01, s23);
-                    v_store(&D0[dx], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_low(s01)), a0));
-                    v_store(&D0[dx+4], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_high(s01)), a1));
-                    v_store(&D0[dx+8], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_low(s23)), a2));
-                    v_store(&D0[dx+12], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_high(s23)), a3));
-                    v_zip(v_lut(S1, xofs+dx), v_lut(S1+cn, xofs+dx), s01, s23);
-                    v_store(&D1[dx], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_low(s01)), a0));
-                    v_store(&D1[dx+4], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_high(s01)), a1));
-                    v_store(&D1[dx+8], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_low(s23)), a2));
-                    v_store(&D1[dx+12], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_high(s23)), a3));
-                }
-            }
-            for( ; k < count; k++ )
-            {
-                const uchar *S = src[k];
-                int *D = dst[k];
-                for( dx = 0; dx < len0; dx += step )
-                {
-                    v_int16x8 a0 = v_load(alpha+dx*2);
-                    v_int16x8 a1 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 8);
-                    v_int16x8 a2 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 16);
-                    v_int16x8 a3 = v_load(alpha+dx*2 + 24);
-                    v_uint8x16 s01, s23;
-                    v_zip(v_lut(S, xofs+dx), v_lut(S+cn, xofs+dx), s01, s23);
-                    v_store(&D[dx], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_low(s01)), a0));
-                    v_store(&D[dx+4], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_high(s01)), a1));
-                    v_store(&D[dx+8], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_low(s23)), a2));
-                    v_store(&D[dx+12], v_dotprod(v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_expand_high(s23)), a3));
-                }
-            }
+            return 0;  // images with channels >4 are out of optimization scope
         }
         return dx;
     }