diff --git a/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource.cc b/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource.cc
index f8897a2846..1bf4bea1d0 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource.cc
+++ b/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource.cc
@@ -320,9 +320,6 @@ void VideoCapturerTrackSource::Initialize(
     }
   }
 
-  // Get default from the capturer, overridden by constraints, if any.
-  needs_denoising_ = video_capturer_->NeedsDenoising();
-
   if (constraints) {
     MediaConstraintsInterface::Constraints mandatory_constraints =
         constraints->GetMandatory();
diff --git a/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource_unittest.cc b/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource_unittest.cc
index d8f4b0c761..67c249827b 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource_unittest.cc
+++ b/webrtc/api/videocapturertracksource_unittest.cc
@@ -444,35 +444,6 @@ TEST_F(VideoCapturerTrackSourceTest, ScreencastResolutionWithConstraint) {
   EXPECT_EQ(30, format->framerate());
 }
 
-TEST_F(VideoCapturerTrackSourceTest, DenoisingDefault) {
-  CreateVideoCapturerSource();
-  EXPECT_FALSE(source_->needs_denoising());
-}
-
-TEST_F(VideoCapturerTrackSourceTest, DenoisingConstraintOn) {
-  FakeConstraints constraints;
-  constraints.AddOptional(MediaConstraintsInterface::kNoiseReduction, true);
-  CreateVideoCapturerSource(&constraints);
-  ASSERT_TRUE(source_->needs_denoising());
-  EXPECT_TRUE(*source_->needs_denoising());
-}
-
-TEST_F(VideoCapturerTrackSourceTest, DenoisingCapturerOff) {
-  capturer_->SetNeedsDenoising(rtc::Optional<bool>(false));
-  CreateVideoCapturerSource();
-  ASSERT_TRUE(source_->needs_denoising());
-  EXPECT_FALSE(*source_->needs_denoising());
-}
-
-TEST_F(VideoCapturerTrackSourceTest, DenoisingConstraintOverridesCapturer) {
-  capturer_->SetNeedsDenoising(rtc::Optional<bool>(false));
-  FakeConstraints constraints;
-  constraints.AddOptional(MediaConstraintsInterface::kNoiseReduction, true);
-  CreateVideoCapturerSource(&constraints);
-  ASSERT_TRUE(source_->needs_denoising());
-  EXPECT_TRUE(*source_->needs_denoising());
-}
-
 TEST_F(VideoCapturerTrackSourceTest, MandatorySubOneFpsConstraints) {
   FakeConstraints constraints;
   constraints.AddMandatory(MediaConstraintsInterface::kMaxFrameRate, 0.5);
diff --git a/webrtc/media/base/fakevideocapturer.h b/webrtc/media/base/fakevideocapturer.h
index 5b6a65cfa4..ba8f01eddb 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/base/fakevideocapturer.h
+++ b/webrtc/media/base/fakevideocapturer.h
@@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ class FakeVideoCapturer : public cricket::VideoCapturer {
   }
   bool IsRunning() override { return running_; }
   bool IsScreencast() const override { return is_screencast_; }
-  rtc::Optional<bool> NeedsDenoising() const override {
-    return needs_denoising_;
-  }
   bool GetPreferredFourccs(std::vector<uint32_t>* fourccs) override {
     fourccs->push_back(cricket::FOURCC_I420);
     fourccs->push_back(cricket::FOURCC_MJPG);
@@ -136,16 +133,11 @@ class FakeVideoCapturer : public cricket::VideoCapturer {
 
   webrtc::VideoRotation GetRotation() { return rotation_; }
 
-  void SetNeedsDenoising(rtc::Optional<bool> needs_denoising) {
-    needs_denoising_ = needs_denoising;
-  }
-
  private:
   bool running_;
   int64_t initial_timestamp_;
   int64_t next_timestamp_;
   const bool is_screencast_;
-  rtc::Optional<bool> needs_denoising_;
   webrtc::VideoRotation rotation_;
 };
 
diff --git a/webrtc/media/base/videocapturer.h b/webrtc/media/base/videocapturer.h
index bf3bc64838..909c838fa5 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/base/videocapturer.h
+++ b/webrtc/media/base/videocapturer.h
@@ -140,18 +140,6 @@ class VideoCapturer : public sigslot::has_slots<>,
   // implement screencast specific behavior.
   virtual bool IsScreencast() const = 0;
 
-  // Indicates that the encoder should denoise video before encoding
-  // it, wired up to VideoCapturerTrackSource::needs_denoising. If it
-  // is not set, the default configuration is used which is different
-  // depending on video codec.
-  // TODO(nisse): This is a workaround needed to fix
-  // https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=645907.
-  // Chrome should migrate to implement VideoTrackSourceInterface
-  // directly, and then this method is no longer needed.
-  virtual rtc::Optional<bool> NeedsDenoising() const {
-    return rtc::Optional<bool>();
-  }
-
   // Caps the VideoCapturer's format according to max_format. It can e.g. be
   // used to prevent cameras from capturing at a resolution or framerate that
   // the capturer is capable of but not performing satisfactorily at.