diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
index 1590beff644d..6e05bf8622f7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
@@ -1026,51 +1026,11 @@ static int skl_platform_pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* calculate runtime delay from LPIB */
-static int skl_get_delay_from_lpib(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus,
-				struct hdac_ext_stream *sstream,
-				unsigned int pos)
+static snd_pcm_uframes_t skl_platform_pcm_pointer
+			(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
-	struct hdac_bus *bus = ebus_to_hbus(ebus);
-	struct hdac_stream *hstream = hdac_stream(sstream);
-	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream = hstream->substream;
-	int stream = substream->stream;
-	unsigned int lpib_pos = snd_hdac_stream_get_pos_lpib(hstream);
-	int delay;
-
-	if (stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
-		delay = pos - lpib_pos;
-	else
-		delay = lpib_pos - pos;
-
-	if (delay < 0) {
-		if (delay >= hstream->delay_negative_threshold)
-			delay = 0;
-		else
-			delay += hstream->bufsize;
-	}
-
-	if (hstream->bufsize == delay)
-		delay = 0;
-
-	if (delay >= hstream->period_bytes) {
-		dev_info(bus->dev,
-			 "Unstable LPIB (%d >= %d); disabling LPIB delay counting\n",
-			 delay, hstream->period_bytes);
-		delay = 0;
-	}
-
-	return bytes_to_frames(substream->runtime, delay);
-}
-
-static unsigned int skl_get_position(struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream,
-					int codec_delay)
-{
-	struct hdac_stream *hstr = hdac_stream(hstream);
-	struct snd_pcm_substream *substream = hstr->substream;
-	struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus;
+	struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream = get_hdac_ext_stream(substream);
 	unsigned int pos;
-	int delay;
 
 	/* use the position buffer as default */
 	pos = snd_hdac_stream_get_pos_posbuf(hdac_stream(hstream));
@@ -1078,23 +1038,7 @@ static unsigned int skl_get_position(struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream,
 	if (pos >= hdac_stream(hstream)->bufsize)
 		pos = 0;
 
-	if (substream->runtime) {
-		ebus = get_bus_ctx(substream);
-		delay = skl_get_delay_from_lpib(ebus, hstream, pos)
-						 + codec_delay;
-		substream->runtime->delay += delay;
-	}
-
-	return pos;
-}
-
-static snd_pcm_uframes_t skl_platform_pcm_pointer
-			(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
-{
-	struct hdac_ext_stream *hstream = get_hdac_ext_stream(substream);
-
-	return bytes_to_frames(substream->runtime,
-			       skl_get_position(hstream, 0));
+	return bytes_to_frames(substream->runtime, pos);
 }
 
 static u64 skl_adjust_codec_delay(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,