diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
index 863516b997b2..996743cf48ef 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/raspberrypi/raspberrypi.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ V4L2SubdeviceFormat findBestFormat(const SensorFormats &formatsMap, const Size &
 #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) {
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ V4L2SubdeviceFormat findBestFormat(const SensorFormats &formatsMap, const Size &
 			score += PENALTY_AR * scoreFormat(reqAr, fmtAr);
 
 			/* 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)