diff --git a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
index 7500c749be..a7a2571754 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void CameraHalManager::cameraAdded(std::shared_ptr<Camera> cam)
 		 * Now check if this is an external camera and assign
 		 * its id accordingly.
 		 */
-		if (cameraLocation(cam.get()) == properties::CameraLocationExternal) {
+		if (cam->properties().get(properties::Location) == properties::CameraLocationExternal) {
 			isCameraExternal = true;
 			id = nextExternalCameraId_;
 		} else {
@@ -227,11 +227,6 @@ void CameraHalManager::cameraRemoved(std::shared_ptr<Camera> cam)
 	LOG(HAL, Debug) << "Camera ID: " << id << " removed successfully.";
 }
 
-int32_t CameraHalManager::cameraLocation(const Camera *cam)
-{
-	return cam->properties().get(properties::Location).value_or(-1);
-}
-
 CameraDevice *CameraHalManager::cameraDeviceFromHalId(unsigned int id)
 {
 	auto iter = std::find_if(cameras_.begin(), cameras_.end(),
diff --git a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
index 836a8daf70..e2d4eacbb5 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
+++ b/src/android/camera_hal_manager.h
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ private:
 
 	CameraHalManager();
 
-	static int32_t cameraLocation(const libcamera::Camera *cam);
-
 	void cameraAdded(std::shared_ptr<libcamera::Camera> cam);
 	void cameraRemoved(std::shared_ptr<libcamera::Camera> cam);