diff --git a/include/mp4v2/file.h b/include/mp4v2/file.h
index 986bc9e..0da200e 100644
--- a/include/mp4v2/file.h
+++ b/include/mp4v2/file.h
@@ -443,20 +443,6 @@
     const char*            fileName,
     const MP4FileProvider* fileProvider DEFAULT(NULL) );
 
-/** Generalized version of above MP4Read, supporting reading a MP4 file at
- *  the specific file offset.
- *
- *  @param fileName As for MP4Read
- *  @param fileOffset seek offset in file that MP4 container structure starts
- *  at.
- */
-
-MP4V2_EXPORT
-MP4FileHandle MP4ReadProviderFromOffset(
-    const char*            fileName,
-    const MP4FileProvider* fileProvider,
-    int64_t seekOffset );
-
 /** @} ***********************************************************************/
 
 #endif /* MP4V2_FILE_H */
diff --git a/src/mp4.cpp b/src/mp4.cpp
index ed14295..53fcdfa 100644
--- a/src/mp4.cpp
+++ b/src/mp4.cpp
@@ -123,12 +123,6 @@
 
 MP4FileHandle MP4ReadProvider( const char* fileName, const MP4FileProvider* fileProvider )
 {
-    return MP4ReadProviderFromOffset(fileName, fileProvider, 0);
-}
-
-MP4FileHandle MP4ReadProviderFromOffset(
-    const char* fileName, const MP4FileProvider* fileProvider, int64_t seekOffset )
-{
     if (!fileName)
         return MP4_INVALID_FILE_HANDLE;
 
@@ -137,7 +131,6 @@
         return MP4_INVALID_FILE_HANDLE;
 
     try {
-        pFile->SetInitialSeekOffset( seekOffset );
         pFile->Read( fileName, fileProvider );
         return (MP4FileHandle)pFile;
     }