diff --git a/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller.h b/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller.h
index 578346e00c..d2d8486863 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller.h
+++ b/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller.h
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ class ScalableVideoController {
   // Notifies Controller with updated bitrates per layer. In particular notifies
   // when certain layers should be disabled.
   // Controller shouldn't produce LayerFrameConfig for disabled layers.
-  // TODO(bugs.webrtc.org/11404): Make pure virtual when implemented by all
-  // structures.
-  virtual void OnRatesUpdated(const VideoBitrateAllocation& bitrates) {}
+  virtual void OnRatesUpdated(const VideoBitrateAllocation& bitrates) = 0;
 
   // When `restart` is true, first `LayerFrameConfig` should have `is_keyframe`
   // set to true.
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller_no_layering.h b/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller_no_layering.h
index 576761d044..e253ffe841 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller_no_layering.h
+++ b/modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller_no_layering.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "api/transport/rtp/dependency_descriptor.h"
+#include "api/video/video_bitrate_allocation.h"
 #include "common_video/generic_frame_descriptor/generic_frame_info.h"
 #include "modules/video_coding/svc/scalable_video_controller.h"
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class ScalableVideoControllerNoLayering : public ScalableVideoController {
 
   std::vector<LayerFrameConfig> NextFrameConfig(bool restart) override;
   GenericFrameInfo OnEncodeDone(const LayerFrameConfig& config) override;
+  void OnRatesUpdated(const VideoBitrateAllocation& bitrates) override {}
 
  private:
   bool start_ = true;