diff --git a/src/_imaging.c b/src/_imaging.c
index 999b8a30d..9867fe571 100644
--- a/src/_imaging.c
+++ b/src/_imaging.c
@@ -684,24 +684,6 @@ getink(PyObject *color, Imaging im, char *ink) {
                 } else if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(color, "iiL", &b, &g, &r)) {
                     return NULL;
                 }
-                if (im->mode == IMAGING_MODE_BGR_15) {
-                    UINT16 v = ((((UINT16)r) << 7) & 0x7c00) +
-                               ((((UINT16)g) << 2) & 0x03e0) +
-                               ((((UINT16)b) >> 3) & 0x001f);
-
-                    ink[0] = (UINT8)v;
-                    ink[1] = (UINT8)(v >> 8);
-                    ink[2] = ink[3] = 0;
-                    return ink;
-                } else if (im->mode == IMAGING_MODE_BGR_16) {
-                    UINT16 v = ((((UINT16)r) << 8) & 0xf800) +
-                               ((((UINT16)g) << 3) & 0x07e0) +
-                               ((((UINT16)b) >> 3) & 0x001f);
-                    ink[0] = (UINT8)v;
-                    ink[1] = (UINT8)(v >> 8);
-                    ink[2] = ink[3] = 0;
-                    return ink;
-                }
             }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libImaging/Mode.c b/src/libImaging/Mode.c
index 78ea5aa70..9a8558179 100644
--- a/src/libImaging/Mode.c
+++ b/src/libImaging/Mode.c
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const ModeData MODES[] = {
     [IMAGING_MODE_RGBA] = {"RGBA"},     [IMAGING_MODE_RGBX] = {"RGBX"},
     [IMAGING_MODE_RGBa] = {"RGBa"},     [IMAGING_MODE_YCbCr] = {"YCbCr"},
 
-    [IMAGING_MODE_BGR_15] = {"BGR;15"}, [IMAGING_MODE_BGR_16] = {"BGR;16"},
-
     [IMAGING_MODE_I_16] = {"I;16"},     [IMAGING_MODE_I_16L] = {"I;16L"},
     [IMAGING_MODE_I_16B] = {"I;16B"},   [IMAGING_MODE_I_16N] = {"I;16N"},
     [IMAGING_MODE_I_32L] = {"I;32L"},   [IMAGING_MODE_I_32B] = {"I;32B"},
diff --git a/src/libImaging/Mode.h b/src/libImaging/Mode.h
index b824becf6..a3eb3d86d 100644
--- a/src/libImaging/Mode.h
+++ b/src/libImaging/Mode.h
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ typedef enum {
     IMAGING_MODE_RGBa,
     IMAGING_MODE_YCbCr,
 
-    IMAGING_MODE_BGR_15,
-    IMAGING_MODE_BGR_16,
-
     IMAGING_MODE_I_16,
     IMAGING_MODE_I_16L,
     IMAGING_MODE_I_16B,
@@ -62,10 +59,6 @@ typedef enum {
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_RGBa,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_YCbCr,
 
-    // BGR modes.
-    IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGR_15,
-    IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGR_16,
-
     // I;* modes.
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_I_16,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_I_16L,
@@ -95,6 +88,8 @@ typedef enum {
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGRA_16L,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGRX,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGR_5,
+    IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGR_15,
+    IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGR_16,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGRa,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_BGXR,
     IMAGING_RAWMODE_B_16B,