diff --git a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
index b7faa5c339..fb721e2d63 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
@@ -782,36 +782,10 @@ void flip( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, int flip_mode )
         flipHoriz( dst.ptr(), dst.step, dst.ptr(), dst.step, dst.size(), esz );
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_OPENCL
-
-static bool ocl_rotate(InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, int rotateMode)
-{
-    switch (rotateMode)
-    {
-    case ROTATE_90_CLOCKWISE:
-        transpose(_src, _dst);
-        flip(_dst, _dst, 1);
-        break;
-    case ROTATE_180:
-        flip(_src, _dst, -1);
-        break;
-    case ROTATE_90_COUNTERCLOCKWISE:
-        transpose(_src, _dst);
-        flip(_dst, _dst, 0);
-        break;
-    default:
-        break;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-#endif
-
 void rotate(InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, int rotateMode)
 {
     CV_Assert(_src.dims() <= 2);
 
-    CV_OCL_RUN(_dst.isUMat(), ocl_rotate(_src, _dst, rotateMode))
-
     switch (rotateMode)
     {
     case ROTATE_90_CLOCKWISE: