diff --git a/common_types.cc b/common_types.cc
index a9e60ce66b..641c2c7f6d 100644
--- a/common_types.cc
+++ b/common_types.cc
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 namespace webrtc {
 
 bool VideoCodecVP8::operator==(const VideoCodecVP8& other) const {
-  // Doesn't compare the tl_factory pointers, which are constructed
-  // based on other members.
   return (complexity == other.complexity &&
           resilience == other.resilience &&
           numberOfTemporalLayers == other.numberOfTemporalLayers &&
diff --git a/common_types.h b/common_types.h
index 3f63eb5435..6834c0c989 100644
--- a/common_types.h
+++ b/common_types.h
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ enum VP8ResilienceMode {
                      // within a frame.
 };
 
-class TemporalLayersFactory;
 // VP8 specific
 struct VideoCodecVP8 {
   bool operator==(const VideoCodecVP8& other) const;
@@ -433,7 +432,6 @@ struct VideoCodecVP8 {
   bool automaticResizeOn;
   bool frameDroppingOn;
   int keyFrameInterval;
-  TemporalLayersFactory* tl_factory;
 };
 
 // VP9 specific.
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/temporal_layers.h b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/temporal_layers.h
index e36f2571ee..a119b4fede 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/temporal_layers.h
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/temporal_layers.h
@@ -129,15 +129,6 @@ class TemporalLayers {
   virtual void FrameEncoded(unsigned int size, int qp) = 0;
 };
 
-// TODO(webrtc:9012): Remove TemporalLayersFactory type and field once all
-// upstream usage is gone.
-class TemporalLayersFactory {
- public:
-  TemporalLayersFactory() = default;
-  virtual ~TemporalLayersFactory() = default;
-};
-
-
 // Used only inside RTC_DCHECK(). It checks correctness of temporal layers
 // dependencies and sync bits. The only method of this class is called after
 // each UpdateLayersConfig() of a corresponding TemporalLayers class.
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/include/video_codec_initializer.h b/modules/video_coding/include/video_codec_initializer.h
index 24f30949a4..0748db07ea 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/include/video_codec_initializer.h
+++ b/modules/video_coding/include/video_codec_initializer.h
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ class VideoCodecInitializer {
       VideoCodec* codec,
       std::unique_ptr<VideoBitrateAllocator>* bitrate_allocator);
 
-  // Create a bitrate allocator for the specified codec. |tl_factory| is
-  // optional, if it is populated, ownership of that instance will be
-  // transferred to the VideoBitrateAllocator instance.
+  // Create a bitrate allocator for the specified codec.
   static std::unique_ptr<VideoBitrateAllocator> CreateBitrateAllocator(
       const VideoCodec& codec);