diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e6fefe1..5620129 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -497,20 +497,11 @@
     add_executable(svc_encoder_rtc "${AOM_ROOT}/examples/svc_encoder_rtc.c"
                                    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:aom_common_app_util>
                                    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:aom_encoder_app_util>)
-    if(NOT CONFIG_REALTIME_ONLY AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      add_executable(qmode_rc_encoder "${AOM_ROOT}/apps/qmode_rc_encoder.cc"
-                                      $<TARGET_OBJECTS:aom_common_app_util>
-                                      $<TARGET_OBJECTS:aom_encoder_app_util>
-                                      $<TARGET_OBJECTS:av1_rc_qmode>)
-    endif()
 
     # Maintain a list of encoder example targets.
     list(APPEND AOM_ENCODER_EXAMPLE_TARGETS aomenc lossless_encoder noise_model
                 photon_noise_table set_maps simple_encoder scalable_encoder
                 twopass_encoder svc_encoder_rtc)
-    if(NOT CONFIG_REALTIME_ONLY AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      list(APPEND AOM_ENCODER_EXAMPLE_TARGETS qmode_rc_encoder)
-    endif()
   endif()
 
   if(ENABLE_TOOLS)
diff --git a/apps/qmode_rc_encoder.cc b/apps/qmode_rc_encoder.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b4a4263..0000000
--- a/apps/qmode_rc_encoder.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, Alliance for Open Media. All rights reserved
- *
- * This source code is subject to the terms of the BSD 2 Clause License and
- * the Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0. If the BSD 2 Clause License
- * was not distributed with this source code in the LICENSE file, you can
- * obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/software. If the Alliance for Open
- * Media Patent License 1.0 was not distributed with this source code in the
- * PATENTS file, you can obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/patent.
- */
-
-#include <fstream>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "av1/ducky_encode.h"
-#include "av1/ratectrl_qmode.h"
-
-extern "C" void usage_exit(void) { exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
-
-int main(int argc, const char **argv_) {
-  (void)argc;
-  (void)argv_;
-  std::string input_file = "/export/hda3/Videos/derf/bus_cif.y4m";
-  aom_rational_t frame_rate = { 30, 1 };
-  aom::VideoInfo input_video = { 352, 288,       frame_rate, AOM_IMG_FMT_I420,
-                                 25,  input_file };
-  aom::DuckyEncode ducky_encode(input_video);
-  aom::AV1RateControlQMode qmode_rc;
-  aom::RateControlParam rc_param = {};
-  rc_param.frame_height = 288;
-  rc_param.frame_width = 352;
-  rc_param.max_gop_show_frame_count = 16;
-  rc_param.min_gop_show_frame_count = 4;
-  rc_param.ref_frame_table_size = 7;
-  rc_param.base_q_index = 128;
-
-  const aom::Status status = qmode_rc.SetRcParam(rc_param);
-
-  if (status.code != AOM_CODEC_OK) return -1;
-
-  std::vector<FIRSTPASS_STATS> frame_stats =
-      ducky_encode.ComputeFirstPassStats();
-
-  fprintf(stderr, "obtained first pass\n\n");
-
-  aom::FirstpassInfo firstpass_info = { (352 / 16 + 1) * (288 / 16 + 1),
-                                        frame_stats };
-  aom::GopStructList gop_list = qmode_rc.DetermineGopInfo(firstpass_info);
-  ducky_encode.StartEncode(frame_stats);
-
-  fprintf(stderr, "gop struct determined \n");
-
-  std::vector<aom::TplGopStats> tpl_gop_stats_list =
-      ducky_encode.ComputeTplStats(gop_list);
-
-  std::vector<aom::GopEncodeInfo> gop_encode_info_list;
-
-  // TODO(jingning): modularize AV1RateControlQMode to make the frame
-  // QP decisions on a sequence basis.
-  aom::RefFrameTable ref_frame_table;
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < gop_list.size(); ++i) {
-    aom::GopStruct &gop_struct = gop_list[i];
-    aom::TplGopStats &tpl_gop_stats = tpl_gop_stats_list[i];
-    (void)tpl_gop_stats;
-    (void)gop_struct;
-
-    // TODO(jingning): Extract the tpl stats through ducky_encode and make
-    // frame encoding decisions.
-    aom::GopEncodeInfo gop_encode_info =
-        qmode_rc.GetGopEncodeInfo(gop_struct, tpl_gop_stats, ref_frame_table);
-    ref_frame_table = gop_encode_info.final_snapshot;
-    gop_encode_info_list.push_back(gop_encode_info);
-  }
-  ducky_encode.EndEncode();
-
-  fprintf(stderr, "tpl stats completed.\n");
-
-  // Full encoding of the video sequence.
-  // Do binary search with rc_param.base_q_index around this block.
-  ducky_encode.StartEncode(frame_stats);
-  ducky_encode.EncodeVideo(gop_list, gop_encode_info_list);
-  ducky_encode.EndEncode();
-
-  fprintf(stderr, "final encoding completed.\n");
-  return 0;
-}