diff --git a/api/video/BUILD.gn b/api/video/BUILD.gn
index 33ebd256d2..026d534ed9 100644
--- a/api/video/BUILD.gn
+++ b/api/video/BUILD.gn
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ rtc_source_set("video_stream_encoder_create") {
     "../../api:scoped_refptr",
     "../../video:video_stream_encoder_impl",
     "../task_queue",
-    "../task_queue:global_task_queue_factory",
     "../video_codecs:video_codecs_api",
     "//third_party/abseil-cpp/absl/memory",
   ]
diff --git a/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.cc b/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.cc
index 875edd9928..c75f20dc36 100644
--- a/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.cc
+++ b/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.cc
@@ -11,19 +11,10 @@
 #include "api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.h"
 
 #include "absl/memory/memory.h"
-#include "api/task_queue/global_task_queue_factory.h"
 #include "video/overuse_frame_detector.h"
 #include "video/video_stream_encoder.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
-std::unique_ptr<VideoStreamEncoderInterface> CreateVideoStreamEncoder(
-    uint32_t number_of_cores,
-    VideoStreamEncoderObserver* encoder_stats_observer,
-    const VideoStreamEncoderSettings& settings) {
-  return CreateVideoStreamEncoder(Clock::GetRealTimeClock(),
-                                  &GlobalTaskQueueFactory(), number_of_cores,
-                                  encoder_stats_observer, settings);
-}
 
 std::unique_ptr<VideoStreamEncoderInterface> CreateVideoStreamEncoder(
     Clock* clock,
diff --git a/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.h b/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.h
index 4241626aa7..2d8f29ab2b 100644
--- a/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.h
+++ b/api/video/video_stream_encoder_create.h
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ namespace webrtc {
 // TODO(srte): Find a way to avoid this forward declaration.
 class Clock;
 
-std::unique_ptr<VideoStreamEncoderInterface> CreateVideoStreamEncoder(
-    uint32_t number_of_cores,
-    VideoStreamEncoderObserver* encoder_stats_observer,
-    const VideoStreamEncoderSettings& settings);
-
 std::unique_ptr<VideoStreamEncoderInterface> CreateVideoStreamEncoder(
     Clock* clock,
     TaskQueueFactory* task_queue_factory,