diff --git a/modules/stereo/src/stereo_binary_sgbm.cpp b/modules/stereo/src/stereo_binary_sgbm.cpp
index 83577e672..702195b4f 100644
--- a/modules/stereo/src/stereo_binary_sgbm.cpp
+++ b/modules/stereo/src/stereo_binary_sgbm.cpp
@@ -954,102 +954,5 @@ namespace cv
 		}
 
 		typedef cv::Point_<short> Point2s;
-
-		template <typename T>
-		void filterSpecklesImpl(cv::Mat& img, int newVal, int maxSpeckleSize, int maxDiff, cv::Mat& _buf)
-		{
-			using namespace cv;
-
-			int width = img.cols, height = img.rows, npixels = width*height;
-			size_t bufSize = npixels*(int)(sizeof(Point2s) + sizeof(int) + sizeof(uchar));
-			if( !_buf.isContinuous() || _buf.empty() || _buf.cols*_buf.rows*_buf.elemSize() < bufSize )
-				_buf.create(1, (int)bufSize, CV_8U);
-
-			uchar* buf = _buf.ptr();
-			int i, j, dstep = (int)(img.step/sizeof(T));
-			int* labels = (int*)buf;
-			buf += npixels*sizeof(labels[0]);
-			Point2s* wbuf = (Point2s*)buf;
-			buf += npixels*sizeof(wbuf[0]);
-			uchar* rtype = (uchar*)buf;
-			int curlabel = 0;
-
-			// clear out label assignments
-			memset(labels, 0, npixels*sizeof(labels[0]));
-
-			for( i = 0; i < height; i++ )
-			{
-				T* ds = img.ptr<T>(i);
-				int* ls = labels + width*i;
-
-				for( j = 0; j < width; j++ )
-				{
-					if( ds[j] != newVal )   // not a bad disparity
-					{
-						if( ls[j] )     // has a label, check for bad label
-						{
-							if( rtype[ls[j]] ) // small region, zero out disparity
-								ds[j] = (T)newVal;
-						}
-						// no label, assign and propagate
-						else
-						{
-							Point2s* ws = wbuf; // initialize wavefront
-							Point2s p((short)j, (short)i);  // current pixel
-							curlabel++; // next label
-							int count = 0;  // current region size
-							ls[j] = curlabel;
-
-							// wavefront propagation
-							while( ws >= wbuf ) // wavefront not empty
-							{
-								count++;
-								// put neighbors onto wavefront
-								T* dpp = &img.at<T>(p.y, p.x);
-								T dp = *dpp;
-								int* lpp = labels + width*p.y + p.x;
-
-								if( p.y < height-1 && !lpp[+width] && dpp[+dstep] != newVal && std::abs(dp - dpp[+dstep]) <= maxDiff )
-								{
-									lpp[+width] = curlabel;
-									*ws++ = Point2s(p.x, p.y+1);
-								}
-
-								if( p.y > 0 && !lpp[-width] && dpp[-dstep] != newVal && std::abs(dp - dpp[-dstep]) <= maxDiff )
-								{
-									lpp[-width] = curlabel;
-									*ws++ = Point2s(p.x, p.y-1);
-								}
-
-								if( p.x < width-1 && !lpp[+1] && dpp[+1] != newVal && std::abs(dp - dpp[+1]) <= maxDiff )
-								{
-									lpp[+1] = curlabel;
-									*ws++ = Point2s(p.x+1, p.y);
-								}
-
-								if( p.x > 0 && !lpp[-1] && dpp[-1] != newVal && std::abs(dp - dpp[-1]) <= maxDiff )
-								{
-									lpp[-1] = curlabel;
-									*ws++ = Point2s(p.x-1, p.y);
-								}
-
-								// pop most recent and propagate
-								// NB: could try least recent, maybe better convergence
-								p = *--ws;
-							}
-
-							// assign label type
-							if( count <= maxSpeckleSize )   // speckle region
-							{
-								rtype[ls[j]] = 1;   // small region label
-								ds[j] = (T)newVal;
-							}
-							else
-								rtype[ls[j]] = 0;   // large region label
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
 	}
 }