diff --git a/webrtc/media/base/videoframe.h b/webrtc/media/base/videoframe.h
index 156da25112..f61445bfe7 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/base/videoframe.h
+++ b/webrtc/media/base/videoframe.h
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ class VideoFrame {
   // Indicates the rotation angle in degrees.
   virtual webrtc::VideoRotation rotation() const = 0;
 
-  // Return a copy of frame which has its pending rotation applied. The
-  // ownership of the returned frame is held by this frame.
-
-  // TODO(nisse): Deprecated, no longer used within webrtc. Should be
-  // deleted as soon as downstream applications are updated. Use
-  // webrtc::I420Buffer::Rotate instead.
-  virtual const VideoFrame* GetCopyWithRotationApplied() const = 0;
-
   // Tests if sample is valid. Returns true if valid.
 
   // TODO(nisse): Deprecated. Should be deleted in the cricket::VideoFrame and
diff --git a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.cc b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.cc
index ecae7b1b22..f35a45ac6c 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.cc
+++ b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.cc
@@ -166,52 +166,4 @@ void WebRtcVideoFrame::InitToEmptyBuffer(int w, int h) {
   rotation_ = webrtc::kVideoRotation_0;
 }
 
-const VideoFrame* WebRtcVideoFrame::GetCopyWithRotationApplied() const {
-  // If the frame is not rotated, the caller should reuse this frame instead of
-  // making a redundant copy.
-  if (rotation() == webrtc::kVideoRotation_0) {
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  // If the video frame is backed up by a native handle, it resides in the GPU
-  // memory which we can't rotate here. The assumption is that the renderers
-  // which uses GPU to render should be able to rotate themselves.
-  RTC_DCHECK(!video_frame_buffer()->native_handle());
-
-  if (rotated_frame_) {
-    return rotated_frame_.get();
-  }
-
-  int current_width = width();
-  int current_height = height();
-
-  int rotated_width = current_width;
-  int rotated_height = current_height;
-  if (rotation() == webrtc::kVideoRotation_90 ||
-      rotation() == webrtc::kVideoRotation_270) {
-    std::swap(rotated_width, rotated_height);
-  }
-
-  rtc::scoped_refptr<webrtc::I420Buffer> buffer =
-      new rtc::RefCountedObject<webrtc::I420Buffer>(rotated_width,
-                                                    rotated_height);
-
-  // TODO(guoweis): Add a function in webrtc_libyuv.cc to convert from
-  // VideoRotation to libyuv::RotationMode.
-  int ret = libyuv::I420Rotate(
-      video_frame_buffer_->DataY(), video_frame_buffer_->StrideY(),
-      video_frame_buffer_->DataU(), video_frame_buffer_->StrideU(),
-      video_frame_buffer_->DataV(), video_frame_buffer_->StrideV(),
-      buffer->MutableDataY(), buffer->StrideY(), buffer->MutableDataU(),
-      buffer->StrideU(), buffer->MutableDataV(), buffer->StrideV(),
-      current_width, current_height,
-      static_cast<libyuv::RotationMode>(rotation()));
-  if (ret == 0) {
-    rotated_frame_.reset(new WebRtcVideoFrame(
-        buffer, webrtc::kVideoRotation_0, timestamp_us_, transport_frame_id_));
-  }
-
-  return rotated_frame_.get();
-}
-
 }  // namespace cricket
diff --git a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.h b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.h
index 9228476286..d0034e27cd 100644
--- a/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.h
+++ b/webrtc/media/engine/webrtcvideoframe.h
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ class WebRtcVideoFrame : public VideoFrame {
 
   webrtc::VideoRotation rotation() const override;
 
-  const VideoFrame* GetCopyWithRotationApplied() const override;
-
  protected:
   // Creates a frame from a raw sample with FourCC |format| and size |w| x |h|.
   // |h| can be negative indicating a vertically flipped image.