diff --git a/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.cc b/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.cc
index 0a9ec49b29..d1e57d17be 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.cc
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ void VideoReceiver2::RegisterExternalDecoder(VideoDecoder* externalDecoder,
   codecDataBase_.RegisterExternalDecoder(externalDecoder, payloadType);
 }
 
-void VideoReceiver2::TriggerDecoderShutdown() {
-  RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&construction_thread_checker_);
-  RTC_DCHECK(IsDecoderThreadRunning());
-}
-
 void VideoReceiver2::DecoderThreadStarting() {
   RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&construction_thread_checker_);
   RTC_DCHECK(!IsDecoderThreadRunning());
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.h b/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.h
index 1ab8a1e186..202072a560 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.h
+++ b/modules/video_coding/video_receiver2.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class VideoReceiver2 {
 
   int32_t Decode(const webrtc::VCMEncodedFrame* frame);
 
-  void TriggerDecoderShutdown();
-
   // Notification methods that are used to check our internal state and validate
   // threading assumptions. These are called by VideoReceiveStream.
   // See |IsDecoderThreadRunning()| for more details.
diff --git a/video/video_receive_stream.cc b/video/video_receive_stream.cc
index 29cfbbd87d..bfc6d2a241 100644
--- a/video/video_receive_stream.cc
+++ b/video/video_receive_stream.cc
@@ -382,10 +382,6 @@ void VideoReceiveStream::Start() {
   // |video_stream_decoder_|.
   call_stats_->RegisterStatsObserver(this);
 
-  // NOTE: *Not* registering video_receiver_ on process_thread_. Its Process
-  // method does nothing that is useful for us, since we no longer use the old
-  // jitter buffer.
-
   // Start decoding on task queue.
   video_receiver_.DecoderThreadStarting();
   stats_proxy_.DecoderThreadStarting();
@@ -410,11 +406,6 @@ void VideoReceiveStream::Stop() {
   call_stats_->DeregisterStatsObserver(this);
 
   if (decoder_running_) {
-    // TriggerDecoderShutdown will release any waiting decoder thread and make
-    // it stop immediately, instead of waiting for a timeout. Needs to be called
-    // before joining the decoder thread.
-    video_receiver_.TriggerDecoderShutdown();
-
     rtc::Event done;
     decode_queue_.PostTask([this, &done] {
       RTC_DCHECK_RUN_ON(&decode_queue_);