diff --git a/src/main/drivers/vtx_table.h b/src/main/drivers/vtx_table.h
index 675af0e832..7db199cab0 100644
--- a/src/main/drivers/vtx_table.h
+++ b/src/main/drivers/vtx_table.h
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 #define VTX_TABLE_DEFAULT_CHANNEL       1
 #define VTX_TABLE_DEFAULT_FREQ          5740
 #define VTX_TABLE_DEFAULT_PITMODE_FREQ  0
-#define VTX_TABLE_LOW_POWER_INDEX       1
-
 #ifdef USE_VTX_RTC6705
 #define VTX_TABLE_DEFAULT_POWER         VTX_RTC6705_DEFAULT_POWER_INDEX
 #else
diff --git a/src/main/io/vtx.c b/src/main/io/vtx.c
index d7393e1e5e..93b3654e94 100644
--- a/src/main/io/vtx.c
+++ b/src/main/io/vtx.c
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include "common/time.h"
 
 #include "drivers/vtx_common.h"
-#if defined(USE_VTX_RTC6705)
-#include "drivers/vtx_rtc6705.h"
-#endif
 #include "drivers/vtx_table.h"
 
 #include "config/config.h"
@@ -112,27 +109,6 @@ void vtxInit(void)
     }
 }
 
-// Once refactoring for RTC6705 to handle pit mode properly and remove the requirement
-// for having a 0 value in the vtxtable power levels is completed then this function will
-// no longer be required and the VTX_TABLE_LOW_POWER_INDEX value can always be used.
-static uint8_t vtxGetMinimumPowerIndex(void)
-{
-    const vtxDevice_t *vtxDevice = vtxCommonDevice();
-    vtxDevType_e vtxType = VTXDEV_UNKNOWN;
-    if (vtxDevice) {
-        vtxType = vtxCommonGetDeviceType(vtxDevice);
-    }
-    switch (vtxType) {
-#if defined(USE_VTX_RTC6705)
-    case VTXDEV_RTC6705:
-        // special handling for rtc6705 which has the low power setting in index 2
-        return VTX_RTC6705_DEFAULT_POWER_INDEX;
-#endif
-    default:
-        return VTX_TABLE_LOW_POWER_INDEX;
-    }
-}
-
 STATIC_UNIT_TESTED vtxSettingsConfig_t vtxGetSettings(void)
 {
     vtxSettingsConfig_t settings = {
@@ -148,14 +124,14 @@ STATIC_UNIT_TESTED vtxSettingsConfig_t vtxGetSettings(void)
     if (IS_RC_MODE_ACTIVE(BOXVTXPITMODE) && settings.pitModeFreq) {
         settings.band = 0;
         settings.freq = settings.pitModeFreq;
-        settings.power = vtxGetMinimumPowerIndex();
+        settings.power = VTX_TABLE_DEFAULT_POWER;
     }
 #endif
 
     if (!ARMING_FLAG(ARMED) && !failsafeIsActive() &&
         (settings.lowPowerDisarm == VTX_LOW_POWER_DISARM_ALWAYS ||
         (settings.lowPowerDisarm == VTX_LOW_POWER_DISARM_UNTIL_FIRST_ARM && !ARMING_FLAG(WAS_EVER_ARMED)))) {
-        settings.power = vtxGetMinimumPowerIndex();
+        settings.power = VTX_TABLE_DEFAULT_POWER;
     }
 
     return settings;