diff --git a/lib_com/bitstream.c b/lib_com/bitstream.c
index cff1f5b5e01ec4571539bf1b77c620395946f4fd..7edfbb55ea8127cef6c3b9d0f787f8bd3598f916 100644
--- a/lib_com/bitstream.c
+++ b/lib_com/bitstream.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ ivas_error write_indices_ivas(
     return error;
 }
 
-
+#ifndef BE_FIX_699_CLEANUP_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * convertSerialToBytestream( )
  *
@@ -1821,6 +1821,7 @@ void convertBytestreamToSerial(
         serial[i] = ( bytestream[( i >> 3 )] >> ( 7 - ( i & 7 ) ) ) & 0x1;
     }
 }
+#endif
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * decoder_selectCodec()
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 48d7a6cb28dc7eb4e67e2e3aee258797b31cbee2..d4f1fa7bbf8310066e1eb455234e704c9a5bdf21 100755
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define NONBE_FIX_984_OMASA_EXT_OUTPUT                        /* Nokia: issue #984: complete the OMASA EXT output implementation */
+#define BE_FIX_699_CLEANUP_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS                   /* VA: BE cleanup, removal of unused functions for delivery package */
 
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
diff --git a/lib_com/prot.h b/lib_com/prot.h
index e60023602e4edadb984251e5f35c91c9922f2bf6..0a7860c93f6c4bb5a21e1daf900038601542dd70 100644
--- a/lib_com/prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/prot.h
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ Decoder_State **reset_elements(
     Decoder_Struct *st_ivas /* i/o: IVAS decoder structure      */
 );
 
-
+#ifndef BE_FIX_699_CLEANUP_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS
 void convertSerialToBytestream(
     const uint16_t *const serial, /* i  : input serial bitstream with values 0 and 1  */
     const uint16_t num_bits,      /* i  : number of bits in the input bitstream       */
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ void convertBytestreamToSerial(
     const uint16_t num_bits,         /* i  : number of bits in the input bitstream       */
     uint16_t *const serial           /* o  : output serial bitstream with values 0 and 1 */
 );
+#endif
 
 void mdct_switching_dec(
     Decoder_State *st /* i/o: decoder state structure                 */
diff --git a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
index 4a4be817345a9cedb37036c02ebdc5a9f0b66992..31c6c9fdcb1278ad4a80cde3e6f9cc650be779f9 100644
--- a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_EncodeFrameToSerial(
     return error;
 }
 
-
+#ifndef BE_FIX_699_CLEANUP_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * IVAS_ENC_EncodeFrameToCompact()
  *
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_EncodeFrameToCompact(
 
     return IVAS_ERR_OK;
 }
+#endif
 
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------*
diff --git a/lib_enc/lib_enc.h b/lib_enc/lib_enc.h
index 2f40c1ab1beda5b883618dbd755b2a68076989f0..e02942288b58bd1b7729bf27fd2cba1327f29509 100644
--- a/lib_enc/lib_enc.h
+++ b/lib_enc/lib_enc.h
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_EncodeFrameToSerial(
     uint16_t *numOutBits                            /* o  : number of bits written to output bitstream. Each bit is stored as a single uint16_t value           */
 );
 
+#ifndef BE_FIX_699_CLEANUP_UNUSED_FUNCTIONS
 /*! r: error code */
 ivas_error IVAS_ENC_EncodeFrameToCompact(
     IVAS_ENC_HANDLE hIvasEnc,                       /* i/o: IVAS encoder handle                                                                                 */
@@ -304,6 +305,8 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_EncodeFrameToCompact(
     uint16_t *numOutBits                            /* o  : number of bits written to output bitstream                                                          */
 );
 
+#endif
+
 /* Setter functions - apply changes to encoder configuration */
 
 /*! r: error code */