diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.cc b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.cc
index 9b68f0dead..d76e1981f6 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.cc
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.cc
@@ -130,33 +130,6 @@ bool RtpHeaderParser::RTCP() const {
   }
 }
 
-bool RtpHeaderParser::ParseRtcp(RTPHeader* header) const {
-  RTC_DCHECK(header);
-
-  const ptrdiff_t length = _ptrRTPDataEnd - _ptrRTPDataBegin;
-  if (length < kRtcpMinParseLength) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  const uint8_t V = _ptrRTPDataBegin[0] >> 6;
-  if (V != kRtcpExpectedVersion) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  const uint8_t PT = _ptrRTPDataBegin[1];
-  const size_t len = (_ptrRTPDataBegin[2] << 8) + _ptrRTPDataBegin[3];
-  const uint8_t* ptr = &_ptrRTPDataBegin[4];
-
-  uint32_t SSRC = ByteReader<uint32_t>::ReadBigEndian(ptr);
-  ptr += 4;
-
-  header->payloadType = PT;
-  header->ssrc = SSRC;
-  header->headerLength = 4 + (len << 2);
-
-  return true;
-}
-
 bool RtpHeaderParser::Parse(RTPHeader* header,
                             const RtpHeaderExtensionMap* ptrExtensionMap,
                             bool header_only) const {
diff --git a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.h b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.h
index cdfff4072f..20aac54855 100644
--- a/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.h
+++ b/modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class RtpHeaderParser {
 
   ABSL_DEPRECATED("Use IsRtpPacket or IsRtcpPacket")
   bool RTCP() const;
-  bool ParseRtcp(RTPHeader* header) const;
   bool Parse(RTPHeader* parsedPacket,
              const RtpHeaderExtensionMap* ptrExtensionMap = nullptr,
              bool header_only = false) const;
diff --git a/test/rtp_file_reader.cc b/test/rtp_file_reader.cc
index a09d5a66e4..203cbdfeed 100644
--- a/test/rtp_file_reader.cc
+++ b/test/rtp_file_reader.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_util.h"
-#include "modules/rtp_rtcp/source/rtp_utility.h"
 #include "rtc_base/checks.h"
 #include "rtc_base/constructor_magic.h"
 #include "rtc_base/format_macros.h"
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ class PcapReader : public RtpFileReaderImpl {
          mit != packets_by_ssrc_.end(); ++mit) {
       uint32_t ssrc = mit->first;
       const std::vector<uint32_t>& packet_indices = mit->second;
-      uint8_t pt = packets_[packet_indices[0]].rtp_header.payloadType;
+      int pt = packets_[packet_indices[0]].payload_type;
       printf("SSRC: %08x, %" RTC_PRIuS " packets, pt=%d\n", ssrc,
              packet_indices.size(), pt);
     }
@@ -358,7 +357,9 @@ class PcapReader : public RtpFileReaderImpl {
     uint32_t dest_ip;
     uint16_t source_port;
     uint16_t dest_port;
-    RTPHeader rtp_header;
+    // Payload type of the RTP packet,
+    // or RTCP packet type of the first RTCP packet in a compound RTCP packet.
+    int payload_type;
     int32_t pos_in_file;  // Byte offset of payload from start of file.
     uint32_t payload_length;
   };
@@ -434,17 +435,13 @@ class PcapReader : public RtpFileReaderImpl {
     }
     TRY_PCAP(Read(read_buffer_, marker.payload_length));
 
-    RtpUtility::RtpHeaderParser rtp_parser(read_buffer_, marker.payload_length);
-    if (IsRtcpPacket(rtc::MakeArrayView(read_buffer_, marker.payload_length))) {
-      rtp_parser.ParseRtcp(&marker.rtp_header);
+    rtc::ArrayView<const uint8_t> packet(read_buffer_, marker.payload_length);
+    if (IsRtcpPacket(packet)) {
+      marker.payload_type = packet[1];
       packets_.push_back(marker);
-    } else {
-      if (!rtp_parser.Parse(&marker.rtp_header, nullptr)) {
-        RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "Not recognized as RTP/RTCP";
-        return kResultSkip;
-      }
-
-      uint32_t ssrc = marker.rtp_header.ssrc;
+    } else if (IsRtpPacket(packet)) {
+      uint32_t ssrc = ParseRtpSsrc(packet);
+      marker.payload_type = ParseRtpPayloadType(packet);
       if (ssrc_filter.empty() || ssrc_filter.find(ssrc) != ssrc_filter.end()) {
         packets_by_ssrc_[ssrc].push_back(
             static_cast<uint32_t>(packets_.size()));
@@ -452,6 +449,9 @@ class PcapReader : public RtpFileReaderImpl {
       } else {
         return kResultSkip;
       }
+    } else {
+      RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "Not recognized as RTP/RTCP";
+      return kResultSkip;
     }
 
     return kResultSuccess;