diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
index 45725527d66e..2b70b877e70a 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ V4L2SubdeviceFormat findBestMode(const SensorFormats &formatsMap, const Size &re
 #define PENALTY_8BIT		2000.0
 #define PENALTY_10BIT		1000.0
 #define PENALTY_12BIT		   0.0
-#define PENALTY_UNPACKED	 500.0
 
 	/* Calculate the closest/best mode from the user requested size. */
 	for (const auto &iter : formatsMap) {
@@ -127,9 +126,6 @@ V4L2SubdeviceFormat findBestMode(const SensorFormats &formatsMap, const Size &re
 			score += PENALTY_AR * scoreFormat(reqAr, modeAr);
 
 			/* Add any penalties... this is not an exact science! */
-			if (!info.packed)
-				score += PENALTY_UNPACKED;
-
 			if (info.bitsPerPixel == 12)
 				score += PENALTY_12BIT;
 			else if (info.bitsPerPixel == 10)