diff --git a/include/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h b/include/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h
index 50fd1baab..56d861a46 100644
--- a/include/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h
+++ b/include/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.h
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ public:
 
     SurfaceTextureClient(const sp<ISurfaceTexture>& surfaceTexture);
 
-    // SurfaceTextureClient is overloaded to assist in refactoring ST and BQ.
-    // SurfaceTexture is no longer an ISurfaceTexture, so client code
-    // calling the original constructor will fail. Thus this convenience method
-    // passes in the surfaceTexture's bufferQueue to the init method.
-    SurfaceTextureClient(const sp<SurfaceTexture>& surfaceTexture);
-
     sp<ISurfaceTexture> getISurfaceTexture() const;
 
 protected:
diff --git a/libs/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.cpp b/libs/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.cpp
index afdbf04a9..7588b9ecb 100644
--- a/libs/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.cpp
+++ b/libs/gui/SurfaceTextureClient.cpp
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ SurfaceTextureClient::SurfaceTextureClient(
     SurfaceTextureClient::setISurfaceTexture(surfaceTexture);
 }
 
-// see SurfaceTextureClient.h
-SurfaceTextureClient::SurfaceTextureClient(const
-         sp<SurfaceTexture>& surfaceTexture)
-{
-    SurfaceTextureClient::init();
-    SurfaceTextureClient::setISurfaceTexture(surfaceTexture->getBufferQueue());
-}
-
 SurfaceTextureClient::SurfaceTextureClient() {
     SurfaceTextureClient::init();
 }