diff --git a/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h b/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h
index 29badbd8bb..25c1d1bdfb 100644
--- a/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h
+++ b/webrtc/api/peerconnectioninterface.h
@@ -474,10 +474,8 @@ class PeerConnectionInterface : public rtc::RefCountInterface {
                         StatsOutputLevel level) = 0;
   // Gets stats using the new stats collection API, see webrtc/api/stats/. These
   // will replace old stats collection API when the new API has matured enough.
-  // TODO(hbos): Default implementation that does nothing only exists as to not
-  // break third party projects. As soon as they have been updated this should
-  // be changed to "= 0;".
-  virtual void GetStats(RTCStatsCollectorCallback* callback) {}
+  // Master bug: crbug.com/627816
+  virtual void GetStats(RTCStatsCollectorCallback* callback) = 0;
 
   virtual rtc::scoped_refptr<DataChannelInterface> CreateDataChannel(
       const std::string& label,