diff --git a/api/BUILD.gn b/api/BUILD.gn
index 0c7e41cfaa..592039f68f 100644
--- a/api/BUILD.gn
+++ b/api/BUILD.gn
@@ -234,10 +234,10 @@ rtc_source_set("video_frame_api_i420") {
   ]
   deps = [
     ":video_frame_api",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "../rtc_base:checks",
     "../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
     "../system_wrappers",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/common_video/BUILD.gn b/common_video/BUILD.gn
index 6c14100f55..07733db14a 100644
--- a/common_video/BUILD.gn
+++ b/common_video/BUILD.gn
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ rtc_static_library("common_video") {
   }
 
   deps = [
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "..:webrtc_common",
     "../api:optional",
     "../api:video_frame_api_i420",
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
 
     deps = [
       ":common_video",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
       "../api:video_frame_api_i420",
       "../modules/video_capture:video_capture",
       "../rtc_base:rtc_base",
@@ -123,6 +121,7 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       "../test:video_test_common",
       "//testing/gmock",
       "//testing/gtest",
+      "//third_party/libyuv",
     ]
 
     data = common_video_resources
diff --git a/media/BUILD.gn b/media/BUILD.gn
index 4793ec96c6..ac03a7d082 100644
--- a/media/BUILD.gn
+++ b/media/BUILD.gn
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ rtc_static_library("rtc_media_base") {
   }
 
   deps += [
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "..:webrtc_common",
     "../api:libjingle_peerconnection_api",
     "../api:optional",
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ rtc_static_library("rtc_audio_video") {
     "../rtc_base:checks",
     "../system_wrappers:field_trial_api",
     "../system_wrappers:metrics_api",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
   sources = [
     "engine/adm_helpers.cc",
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ rtc_static_library("rtc_audio_video") {
   }
   deps += [
     ":rtc_media_base",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "..:webrtc_common",
     "../api:call_api",
     "../api:libjingle_peerconnection_api",
@@ -378,7 +377,6 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
     deps += [
       ":rtc_media",
       ":rtc_media_base",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
       "..:webrtc_common",
       "../api:call_api",
       "../api:video_frame_api",
diff --git a/modules/video_capture/BUILD.gn b/modules/video_capture/BUILD.gn
index 26fb4f9242..f5dfa05eba 100644
--- a/modules/video_capture/BUILD.gn
+++ b/modules/video_capture/BUILD.gn
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ rtc_static_library("video_capture_module") {
   ]
 
   deps = [
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "..:module_api",
     "../..:webrtc_common",
     "../../api:video_frame_api_i420",
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ rtc_static_library("video_capture_module") {
     "../../media:rtc_media_base",
     "../../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
     "../../system_wrappers",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
 
   if (!build_with_chromium && is_clang) {
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn b/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
index ccd4a430b5..4e4ab75a30 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
+++ b/modules/video_coding/BUILD.gn
@@ -238,13 +238,13 @@ rtc_static_library("webrtc_i420") {
 
   deps = [
     ":video_coding_utility",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "../..:webrtc_common",
     "../../api:video_frame_api_i420",
     "../../common_video:common_video",
     "../../rtc_base:checks",
     "../../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
     "../../system_wrappers",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
 }
 
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ rtc_static_library("webrtc_vp8") {
 
   deps = [
     ":video_coding_utility",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "..:module_api",
     "../..:webrtc_common",
     "../../api:optional",
@@ -312,6 +311,7 @@ rtc_static_library("webrtc_vp8") {
     "../../system_wrappers",
     "../../system_wrappers:field_trial_api",
     "../../system_wrappers:metrics_api",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
   if (rtc_build_libvpx) {
     deps += [ rtc_libvpx_dir ]
diff --git a/modules/video_processing/BUILD.gn b/modules/video_processing/BUILD.gn
index fdf71074ec..4fd5e8826b 100644
--- a/modules/video_processing/BUILD.gn
+++ b/modules/video_processing/BUILD.gn
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ rtc_static_library("video_processing") {
 
   deps = [
     ":denoiser_filter",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "..:module_api",
     "../../common_audio",
     "../../common_video",
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ rtc_static_library("video_processing") {
     "../../rtc_base:checks",
     "../../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
     "../../system_wrappers:cpu_features_api",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
   if (build_video_processing_sse2) {
     deps += [ ":video_processing_sse2" ]
diff --git a/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn b/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn
index 84c1d9ec63..2b6d850f6f 100644
--- a/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn
+++ b/rtc_tools/BUILD.gn
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ rtc_static_library("video_quality_analysis") {
     "frame_analyzer/video_quality_analysis.h",
   ]
   deps = [
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
-
     # TODO(bugs.webrtc.org/6828): api:optional should be a dependency
     # of rtc_base:rtc_base_approved_generic but that causes a circular
     # dependency. In order to fix the chromium build on MSVC64 (dbg)
@@ -74,6 +72,7 @@ rtc_static_library("video_quality_analysis") {
     # symbols it needs.
     "../api:optional",
     "../common_video",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ rtc_executable("frame_analyzer") {
   deps = [
     ":command_line_parser",
     ":video_quality_analysis",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "//build/win:default_exe_manifest",
   ]
 }
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ if (!build_with_chromium) {
     deps = [
       ":command_line_parser",
       ":video_quality_analysis",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
       "//build/win:default_exe_manifest",
     ]
   }
@@ -114,7 +111,6 @@ if (!build_with_chromium) {
 
     deps = [
       ":video_quality_analysis",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     ]
   }
 
@@ -139,9 +135,9 @@ if (!build_with_chromium) {
 
     deps = [
       ":command_line_parser",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
       "../common_video",
       "//build/win:default_exe_manifest",
+      "//third_party/libyuv",
     ]
   }
 
@@ -338,7 +334,6 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       ":frame_editing_lib",
       ":reference_less_video_analysis_lib",
       ":video_quality_analysis",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
       "../common_video:common_video",
       "../rtc_base",
       "../rtc_base:checks",
diff --git a/sdk/BUILD.gn b/sdk/BUILD.gn
index 9161a295cd..d8d4b7b7d6 100644
--- a/sdk/BUILD.gn
+++ b/sdk/BUILD.gn
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
 
       deps = [
         ":common_objc",
-        "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
         "../api:libjingle_peerconnection_api",
         "../api:video_frame_api",
         "../api:video_frame_api_i420",
@@ -142,6 +141,7 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
         "../media:rtc_media_base",
         "../rtc_base:checks",
         "../rtc_base:rtc_base",
+        "//third_party/libyuv",
       ]
 
       configs += [ "..:common_objc" ]
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
         ":corevideoframebuffer_objc",
         ":peerconnectionfactory_objc",
         ":video_objc",
-        "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
         "../api:video_frame_api",
         "../media:rtc_media_base",
         "../pc:libjingle_peerconnection",
@@ -773,11 +772,11 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
       ]
 
       deps = [
-        "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
         "../api:video_frame_api_i420",
         "../common_video",
         "../rtc_base:checks",
         "../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
+        "//third_party/libyuv",
       ]
 
       if (!build_with_chromium && is_clang) {
@@ -829,7 +828,6 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
         ":video_objc",
         ":video_toolbox_cc",
         ":videotracksource_objc",
-        "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
         "../api/video_codecs:video_codecs_api",
         "../common_video",
         "../media:rtc_media",
@@ -840,6 +838,7 @@ if (is_ios || is_mac) {
         "../rtc_base:checks",
         "../rtc_base:rtc_base_approved",
         "../system_wrappers",
+        "//third_party/libyuv",
       ]
 
       libs = [
diff --git a/sdk/android/BUILD.gn b/sdk/android/BUILD.gn
index 702ed6c57c..8657203e23 100644
--- a/sdk/android/BUILD.gn
+++ b/sdk/android/BUILD.gn
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ rtc_static_library("video_jni") {
     ":base_jni",
     ":generated_video_jni",
     ":peerconnection_jni",
-    "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
     "../..:webrtc_common",
     "../../api:libjingle_peerconnection_api",
     "../../api:video_frame_api",
@@ -240,6 +239,7 @@ rtc_static_library("video_jni") {
     "../../rtc_base:weak_ptr",
     "../../system_wrappers",
     "../../system_wrappers:field_trial_api",
+    "//third_party/libyuv",
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/test/BUILD.gn b/test/BUILD.gn
index d48c9cd79f..dd89aa43bd 100644
--- a/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
     deps = [
       ":test_support",
       ":video_test_common",
-      "$rtc_libyuv_dir",
       "..:webrtc_common",
       "../api:video_frame_api",
       "../api:video_frame_api_i420",
@@ -237,6 +236,7 @@ if (rtc_include_tests) {
       "../system_wrappers",
       "//testing/gmock",
       "//testing/gtest",
+      "//third_party/libyuv",
     ]
 
     if (!is_ios) {
diff --git a/webrtc.gni b/webrtc.gni
index 03f08ae84e..fc9eadba54 100644
--- a/webrtc.gni
+++ b/webrtc.gni
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ declare_args() {
   rtc_build_libsrtp = true
   rtc_build_libvpx = true
   rtc_libvpx_build_vp9 = true
-  rtc_build_libyuv = true
   rtc_build_openmax_dl = true
   rtc_build_opus = true
   rtc_build_ssl = true
@@ -198,7 +197,6 @@ declare_args() {
 # Make it possible to provide custom locations for some libraries (move these
 # up into declare_args should we need to actually use them for the GN build).
 rtc_libvpx_dir = "//third_party/libvpx"
-rtc_libyuv_dir = "//third_party/libyuv"
 rtc_opus_dir = "//third_party/opus"
 
 # Desktop capturer is supported only on Windows, OSX and Linux.