diff --git a/src/playlist/item.c b/src/playlist/item.c
index ba49d6f44b517b5973b58997db692cf80052ba4c..9a11e6c85b9286c8f868e39e175ad7a21a84ba3f 100644
--- a/src/playlist/item.c
+++ b/src/playlist/item.c
@@ -352,8 +352,13 @@ int playlist_DeleteFromInput( playlist_t *p_playlist, input_item_t *p_input,
  */
 void playlist_Clear( playlist_t * p_playlist, bool b_locked )
 {
+    playlist_item_t *p_root = p_playlist->p_playing;
+
     PL_LOCK_IF( !b_locked );
-    playlist_NodeEmpty( p_playlist, p_playlist->p_playing );
+
+    for( int i = p_root->i_children - 1; i >= 0 ;i-- )
+        playlist_NodeDelete( p_playlist, p_root->pp_children[i], false );
+
     PL_UNLOCK_IF( !b_locked );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist_internal.h b/src/playlist/playlist_internal.h
index 04a4f3c56392d5955c0a3fa469c1b4afb503ef64..96bd8ad40af19f4bcfc7704fd195a98f85b99e09 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist_internal.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist_internal.h
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ playlist_item_t *playlist_ItemFindFromInputAndRoot( playlist_t *p_playlist,
 
 void playlist_ItemRelease( playlist_item_t * );
 
-void playlist_NodeEmpty( playlist_t *, playlist_item_t * );
-
 void ResetCurrentlyPlaying( playlist_t *p_playlist, playlist_item_t *p_cur );
 void ResyncCurrentIndex( playlist_t *p_playlist, playlist_item_t *p_cur );
 
diff --git a/src/playlist/tree.c b/src/playlist/tree.c
index 88e99bbe418c883de4dc7745527912bd728f75bf..ad41bd2c75e22d21461edaf0db7aee691dc4abac 100644
--- a/src/playlist/tree.c
+++ b/src/playlist/tree.c
@@ -86,26 +86,6 @@ playlist_item_t * playlist_NodeCreate( playlist_t *p_playlist,
     return p_item;
 }
 
-/**
- * Remove all the children of a node
- *
- * This function must be entered with the playlist lock
- *
- * \param p_playlist the playlist
- * \param p_root the node
- */
-void playlist_NodeEmpty( playlist_t *p_playlist, playlist_item_t *p_root )
-{
-    PL_ASSERT_LOCKED;
-
-    if( p_root->i_children == -1 )
-        return;
-
-    /* Delete the children */
-    for( int i = p_root->i_children-1 ; i >= 0 ;i-- )
-        playlist_NodeDelete( p_playlist, p_root->pp_children[i], false );
-}
-
 /**
  * Remove all the children of a node and removes the node
  *