diff --git a/talk/media/base/fakemediaengine.h b/talk/media/base/fakemediaengine.h
index 4789047629..7ca216d3b5 100644
--- a/talk/media/base/fakemediaengine.h
+++ b/talk/media/base/fakemediaengine.h
@@ -920,10 +920,6 @@ class FakeVideoEngine : public FakeBaseEngine {
     capture_ = capture;
     return true;
   }
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const {
-    return VideoFormat(640, 480, cricket::VideoFormat::FpsToInterval(30),
-                       FOURCC_I420);
-  }
 
   sigslot::repeater2<VideoCapturer*, CaptureState> SignalCaptureStateChange;
 
diff --git a/talk/media/base/filemediaengine.h b/talk/media/base/filemediaengine.h
index dc8f8d0391..1cd9901c8d 100644
--- a/talk/media/base/filemediaengine.h
+++ b/talk/media/base/filemediaengine.h
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ class FileMediaEngine : public MediaEngineInterface {
                                         MediaProcessorDirection direction) {
     return true;
   }
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const {
-    return VideoFormat();
-  }
 
   virtual sigslot::repeater2<VideoCapturer*, CaptureState>&
       SignalVideoCaptureStateChange() {
diff --git a/talk/media/base/mediaengine.h b/talk/media/base/mediaengine.h
index 8186ad1f55..ba4d3ce62f 100644
--- a/talk/media/base/mediaengine.h
+++ b/talk/media/base/mediaengine.h
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ class MediaEngineInterface {
                                         VoiceProcessor* video_processor,
                                         MediaProcessorDirection direction) = 0;
 
-  virtual VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const = 0;
-
   virtual sigslot::repeater2<VideoCapturer*, CaptureState>&
       SignalVideoCaptureStateChange() = 0;
 };
@@ -268,9 +266,6 @@ class CompositeMediaEngine : public MediaEngineInterface {
                                         MediaProcessorDirection direction) {
     return voice_.UnregisterProcessor(ssrc, processor, direction);
   }
-  virtual VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const {
-    return video_.GetStartCaptureFormat();
-  }
   virtual sigslot::repeater2<VideoCapturer*, CaptureState>&
       SignalVideoCaptureStateChange() {
     return signal_state_change_;
@@ -349,7 +344,6 @@ class NullVideoEngine {
     return rtp_header_extensions_;
   }
   void SetLogging(int min_sev, const char* filter) {}
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const { return VideoFormat(); }
 
   sigslot::signal2<VideoCapturer*, CaptureState> SignalCaptureStateChange;
  private:
diff --git a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcmediaengine.h b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcmediaengine.h
index 044fc0e68c..48da1763b5 100644
--- a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcmediaengine.h
+++ b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcmediaengine.h
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ class DelegatingWebRtcMediaEngine : public cricket::MediaEngineInterface {
     return delegate_->UnregisterVoiceProcessor(ssrc, video_processor,
         direction);
   }
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const override {
-    return delegate_->GetStartCaptureFormat();
-  }
   virtual sigslot::repeater2<VideoCapturer*, CaptureState>&
       SignalVideoCaptureStateChange() {
     return delegate_->SignalVideoCaptureStateChange();
diff --git a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.h b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.h
index 8fe6ada6f2..cfd03ea1f7 100644
--- a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.h
+++ b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine.h
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ class WebRtcVideoEngine : public sigslot::has_slots<> {
                                     webrtc::VideoCodec* out_codec);
   int GetNumOfChannels();
 
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const { return default_codec_format_; }
-
   rtc::CpuMonitor* cpu_monitor() { return cpu_monitor_.get(); }
 
  protected:
diff --git a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.cc b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.cc
index 42fe072443..953257fa69 100644
--- a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.cc
+++ b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.cc
@@ -363,10 +363,6 @@ void DefaultUnsignalledSsrcHandler::SetDefaultRenderer(
 WebRtcVideoEngine2::WebRtcVideoEngine2(WebRtcVoiceEngine* voice_engine)
     : worker_thread_(NULL),
       voice_engine_(voice_engine),
-      default_codec_format_(kDefaultVideoMaxWidth,
-                            kDefaultVideoMaxHeight,
-                            FPS_TO_INTERVAL(kDefaultVideoMaxFramerate),
-                            FOURCC_ANY),
       initialized_(false),
       call_factory_(&default_call_factory_),
       external_decoder_factory_(NULL),
@@ -434,11 +430,6 @@ bool WebRtcVideoEngine2::SetDefaultEncoderConfig(
     return false;
   }
 
-  default_codec_format_ =
-      VideoFormat(codec.width,
-                  codec.height,
-                  VideoFormat::FpsToInterval(codec.framerate),
-                  FOURCC_ANY);
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.h b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.h
index 321614dd3e..55c54843c8 100644
--- a/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.h
+++ b/talk/media/webrtc/webrtcvideoengine2.h
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ class WebRtcVideoEngine2 : public sigslot::has_slots<> {
   // Check whether the supplied trace should be ignored.
   bool ShouldIgnoreTrace(const std::string& trace);
 
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat() const { return default_codec_format_; }
-
  private:
   std::vector<VideoCodec> GetSupportedCodecs() const;
 
@@ -161,7 +159,6 @@ class WebRtcVideoEngine2 : public sigslot::has_slots<> {
   WebRtcVoiceEngine* voice_engine_;
   std::vector<VideoCodec> video_codecs_;
   std::vector<RtpHeaderExtension> rtp_header_extensions_;
-  VideoFormat default_codec_format_;
 
   bool initialized_;
 
diff --git a/talk/session/media/channelmanager.cc b/talk/session/media/channelmanager.cc
index eb74df6bf3..eca4729563 100644
--- a/talk/session/media/channelmanager.cc
+++ b/talk/session/media/channelmanager.cc
@@ -1013,11 +1013,6 @@ void ChannelManager::SetVideoCaptureDeviceMaxFormat(
   device_manager_->SetVideoCaptureDeviceMaxFormat(usb_id, max_format);
 }
 
-VideoFormat ChannelManager::GetStartCaptureFormat() {
-  return worker_thread_->Invoke<VideoFormat>(
-      Bind(&MediaEngineInterface::GetStartCaptureFormat, media_engine_.get()));
-}
-
 bool ChannelManager::StartAecDump(rtc::PlatformFile file) {
   return worker_thread_->Invoke<bool>(
       Bind(&MediaEngineInterface::StartAecDump, media_engine_.get(), file));
diff --git a/talk/session/media/channelmanager.h b/talk/session/media/channelmanager.h
index ae9224a578..ca95f65d3b 100644
--- a/talk/session/media/channelmanager.h
+++ b/talk/session/media/channelmanager.h
@@ -240,9 +240,6 @@ class ChannelManager : public rtc::MessageHandler,
   // This API is mainly a hook used by unittests.
   const std::string& video_device_name() const { return video_device_name_; }
 
-  // TODO(hellner): Remove this function once the engine capturer has been
-  // removed.
-  VideoFormat GetStartCaptureFormat();
 
  protected:
   // Adds non-transient parameters which can only be changed through the