diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_webp.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_webp.cpp
index 58ddec3665..b0a9a94db4 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_webp.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_webp.cpp
@@ -207,10 +207,6 @@ bool WebPDecoder::readData(Mat &img)
         {
             cvtColor(read_img, img, COLOR_BGRA2BGR);
         }
-        else if (img.type() == CV_8UC3 && m_type == CV_8UC4)
-        {
-            cvtColor(read_img, img, COLOR_BGRA2BGR);
-        }
         else
         {
             CV_Error(Error::StsInternal, "");