diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/nr_dmrs_rx.c b/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/nr_dmrs_rx.c
index 7fd703ea30..e25d9700da 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/nr_dmrs_rx.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/nr_dmrs_rx.c
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ int nr_pdsch_dmrs_rx(const PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue,
   return(0);
 }
 
-int nr_pdcch_dmrs_rx(const PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue,
-                     unsigned int Ns,
-                     const unsigned int *nr_gold_pdcch,
+int nr_pdcch_dmrs_rx(const unsigned int *nr_gold_pdcch,
                      c16_t *output,
                      unsigned short p,
                      unsigned short nb_rb_coreset)
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/refsig_defs_ue.h b/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/refsig_defs_ue.h
index 1d2d4b87ae..414dae9976 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/refsig_defs_ue.h
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_REFSIG/refsig_defs_ue.h
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ void nr_pbch_dmrs_rx(int dmrss, const unsigned int *nr_gold_pbch, c16_t *output,
 /*!\brief This function generates the NR Gold sequence (38-211, Sec 5.2.1) for the PDCCH DMRS.
 @param PHY_VARS_NR_UE* ue structure provides configuration, frame parameters and the pointers to the 32 bits sequence storage tables
  */
-int nr_pdcch_dmrs_rx(const PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue,
-                     unsigned int Ns,
-                     const unsigned int *nr_gold_pdcch,
+int nr_pdcch_dmrs_rx(const unsigned int *nr_gold_pdcch,
                      c16_t *output,
                      unsigned short p,
                      unsigned short nb_rb_corset);
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_ESTIMATION/nr_dl_channel_estimation.c b/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_ESTIMATION/nr_dl_channel_estimation.c
index 296606a426..e77fe87069 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_ESTIMATION/nr_dl_channel_estimation.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/NR_UE_ESTIMATION/nr_dl_channel_estimation.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ void nr_pdcch_channel_estimation(PHY_VARS_NR_UE *ue,
   c16_t pilot[(nb_rb_coreset + dmrs_ref) * 3] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
   // Note: pilot returned by the following function is already the complex conjugate of the transmitted DMRS
   const uint32_t *gold = nr_gold_pdcch(ue->frame_parms.N_RB_DL, ue->frame_parms.symbols_per_slot, scrambling_id, slot, symbol);
-  nr_pdcch_dmrs_rx(ue, slot, gold, pilot, 2000, (nb_rb_coreset + dmrs_ref));
+  nr_pdcch_dmrs_rx(gold, pilot, 2000, (nb_rb_coreset + dmrs_ref));
 
   for (aarx=0; aarx<ue->frame_parms.nb_antennas_rx; aarx++) {