diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/Bitmap.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/Bitmap.cpp
index 467ec37fca46f..a47062e4c8288 100755
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/Bitmap.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/Bitmap.cpp
@@ -1195,13 +1195,6 @@ static jboolean Bitmap_sameAs(JNIEnv* env, jobject, jlong bm0Handle,
     return JNI_TRUE;
 }
 
-static jlong Bitmap_refPixelRef(JNIEnv* env, jobject, jlong bitmapHandle) {
-    LocalScopedBitmap bitmap(bitmapHandle);
-    SkPixelRef& pixelRef = bitmap->bitmap();
-    pixelRef.ref();
-    return reinterpret_cast<jlong>(&pixelRef);
-}
-
 static void Bitmap_prepareToDraw(JNIEnv* env, jobject, jlong bitmapPtr) {
     LocalScopedBitmap bitmapHandle(bitmapPtr);
     if (!bitmapHandle.valid()) return;
@@ -1269,7 +1262,6 @@ static const JNINativeMethod gBitmapMethods[] = {
     {   "nativeCopyPixelsFromBuffer", "(JLjava/nio/Buffer;)V",
                                             (void*)Bitmap_copyPixelsFromBuffer },
     {   "nativeSameAs",             "(JJ)Z", (void*)Bitmap_sameAs },
-    {   "nativeRefPixelRef",        "(J)J", (void*)Bitmap_refPixelRef },
     {   "nativePrepareToDraw",      "(J)V", (void*)Bitmap_prepareToDraw },
     {   "nativeGetAllocationByteCount", "(J)I", (void*)Bitmap_getAllocationByteCount },
 };
@@ -1283,4 +1275,4 @@ int register_android_graphics_Bitmap(JNIEnv* env)
     gBitmap_getAllocationByteCountMethodID = env->GetMethodID(gBitmap_class, "getAllocationByteCount", "()I");
     return android::RegisterMethodsOrDie(env, "android/graphics/Bitmap", gBitmapMethods,
                                          NELEM(gBitmapMethods));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Bitmap.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Bitmap.java
index fd2f705bfd452..79c63ee306af4 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Bitmap.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Bitmap.java
@@ -1655,16 +1655,6 @@ public final class Bitmap implements Parcelable {
         nativePrepareToDraw(mNativePtr);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Refs the underlying SkPixelRef and returns a pointer to it.
-     *
-     * @hide
-     * */
-    public final long refSkPixelRef() {
-        checkRecycled("Can't refSkPixelRef on a recycled bitmap!");
-        return nativeRefPixelRef(mNativePtr);
-    }
-
     //////////// native methods
 
     private static native Bitmap nativeCreate(int[] colors, int offset,
@@ -1721,7 +1711,6 @@ public final class Bitmap implements Parcelable {
     private static native boolean nativeHasMipMap(long nativeBitmap);
     private static native void nativeSetHasMipMap(long nativeBitmap, boolean hasMipMap);
     private static native boolean nativeSameAs(long nativeBitmap0, long nativeBitmap1);
-    private static native long nativeRefPixelRef(long nativeBitmap);
     private static native void nativePrepareToDraw(long nativeBitmap);
     private static native int nativeGetAllocationByteCount(long nativeBitmap);
 }