diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn
index 1a94223bdf..f8d5293405 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/BUILD.gn
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ rtc_static_library("primitives") {
   deps = [
     "../..:webrtc_common",
     "../../base:rtc_base",  # TODO(kjellander): Cleanup in bugs.webrtc.org/3806.
-    "../../media:rtc_media_base",
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/DEPS b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/DEPS
index fe372fdeaf..9229e7f19b 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/DEPS
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/DEPS
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include_rules = [
   "+webrtc/base",
-  "+webrtc/media",
   "+webrtc/system_wrappers",
   "+third_party/libyuv",
 ]
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_capture_types.h b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_capture_types.h
index 64a3fe4c4e..9a6162a766 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_capture_types.h
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_capture_types.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "webrtc/media/base/videocommon.h"
 #include "webrtc/typedefs.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
@@ -37,14 +36,6 @@ const ScreenId kFullDesktopScreenId = -1;
 
 const ScreenId kInvalidScreenId = -2;
 
-// An integer to attach to each DesktopFrame to differentiate the generator of
-// the frame.
-namespace DesktopCapturerId {
-  constexpr uint32_t kUnknown = 0;
-  constexpr uint32_t kScreenCapturerWinGdi = FOURCC('G', 'D', 'I', ' ');
-  constexpr uint32_t kScreenCapturerWinDirectx = FOURCC('D', 'X', 'G', 'I');
-}  // namespace DesktopCapturerId
-
 }  // namespace webrtc
 
 #endif  // WEBRTC_MODULES_DESKTOP_CAPTURE_DESKTOP_CAPTURE_TYPES_H_
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.cc b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.cc
index 12e4ed8a09..dfc0928b66 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.cc
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ DesktopFrame::DesktopFrame(DesktopSize size,
       shared_memory_(shared_memory),
       size_(size),
       stride_(stride),
-      capture_time_ms_(0),
-      capturer_id_(DesktopCapturerId::kUnknown) {}
+      capture_time_ms_(0) {
+}
 
 DesktopFrame::~DesktopFrame() {}
 
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.h b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.h
index c0eaf03aa6..d491135029 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.h
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_frame.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "webrtc/base/constructormagic.h"
-#include "webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_capture_types.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_geometry.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/desktop_region.h"
 #include "webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/shared_memory.h"
@@ -69,14 +68,6 @@ class DesktopFrame {
   // A helper to return the data pointer of a frame at the specified position.
   uint8_t* GetFrameDataAtPos(const DesktopVector& pos) const;
 
-  // The DesktopCapturer implementation which generates current DesktopFrame.
-  // Not all DesktopCapturer implementations set this field; it's set to
-  // kUnknown by default.
-  uint32_t capturer_id() const { return capturer_id_; }
-  void set_capturer_id(uint32_t capturer_id) {
-    capturer_id_ = capturer_id;
-  }
-
  protected:
   DesktopFrame(DesktopSize size,
                int stride,
@@ -96,7 +87,6 @@ class DesktopFrame {
   DesktopRegion updated_region_;
   DesktopVector dpi_;
   int64_t capture_time_ms_;
-  uint32_t capturer_id_;
 
   RTC_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DesktopFrame);
 };
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_directx.cc b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_directx.cc
index 90bdeb6124..f6222d0d1a 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_directx.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_directx.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ void ScreenCapturerWinDirectx::CaptureFrame() {
   result->set_capture_time_ms(
       (rtc::TimeNanos() - capture_start_time_nanos) /
       rtc::kNumNanosecsPerMillisec);
-  result->set_capturer_id(DesktopCapturerId::kScreenCapturerWinDirectx);
   callback_->OnCaptureResult(Result::SUCCESS, std::move(result));
 }
 
diff --git a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_gdi.cc b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_gdi.cc
index 591adca26f..87bc195ce4 100644
--- a/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_gdi.cc
+++ b/webrtc/modules/desktop_capture/win/screen_capturer_win_gdi.cc
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ void ScreenCapturerWinGdi::CaptureFrame() {
   frame->set_capture_time_ms(
       (rtc::TimeNanos() - capture_start_time_nanos) /
       rtc::kNumNanosecsPerMillisec);
-  frame->set_capturer_id(DesktopCapturerId::kScreenCapturerWinGdi);
   callback_->OnCaptureResult(Result::SUCCESS, std::move(frame));
 }