diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 61f7bf43..6957e3a9 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -551,9 +551,13 @@ int PipelineHandlerIPU3::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 
 	/* Apply the "pipe_mode" control to the ImgU subdevice. */
 	ControlList ctrls(imgu->imgu_->controls());
+	/*
+	 * \todo Set the ImgU pipe mode to 'Video' unconditionally to have statistics
+	 * generated and re-consider if 'Still Capture' should be used for
+	 * high quality RAW capture operations that do not involve the IPA.
+	 */
 	ctrls.set(V4L2_CID_IPU3_PIPE_MODE,
-		  static_cast<int32_t>(vfCfg ? IPU3PipeModeVideo :
-				       IPU3PipeModeStillCapture));
+		  static_cast<int32_t>(IPU3PipeModeVideo));
 	ret = imgu->imgu_->setControls(&ctrls);
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(IPU3, Error) << "Unable to set pipe_mode control";