diff --git a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
index 479e860bbb4eb..19b78612b5bd9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/GLES20Canvas.java
@@ -991,15 +991,4 @@ class GLES20Canvas extends HardwareCanvas {
             int indexOffset, int indexCount, Paint paint) {
         // TODO: Implement
     }
-
-    @Override
-    public void setOverrideXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode xfermode) {
-        int xfermodeValue = -1;
-        if (xfermode != null) {
-            xfermodeValue = xfermode.nativeInt;
-        }
-        nSetOverrideXfermode(mRenderer, xfermodeValue);
-    }
-
-    private static native void nSetOverrideXfermode(long renderer, int xfermode);
 }
diff --git a/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp b/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
index 1ed96aba9a67f..4a42bddd7fcd7 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_view_GLES20Canvas.cpp
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ static jint android_view_GLES20Canvas_getMaxTextureHeight(JNIEnv* env, jobject c
     return Caches::getInstance().maxTextureSize;
 }
 
-static void android_view_GLES20Canvas_setOverrideXfermode(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz,
-        jlong rendererPtr, int xfermode) {
-    DisplayListRenderer* renderer = reinterpret_cast<DisplayListRenderer*>(rendererPtr);
-    renderer->setOverrideXfermode(xfermode);
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // State
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -959,8 +953,6 @@ static JNINativeMethod gMethods[] = {
     { "nGetMaximumTextureWidth",  "()I",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_getMaxTextureWidth },
     { "nGetMaximumTextureHeight", "()I",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_getMaxTextureHeight },
 
-    { "nSetOverrideXfermode", "(JI)V",       (void*) android_view_GLES20Canvas_setOverrideXfermode },
-
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java
index 045a288c553b6..a0267c8cf2013 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Canvas.java
@@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ public class Canvas {
     /** @hide */
     public void insertInorderBarrier() {}
 
-    /**
-     * Set a transfer mode that overrides any transfer modes
-     * in paints used for drawing. Pass null to disable this
-     * override. Only implemented in GLES20Canvas.
-     *
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public void setOverrideXfermode(@Nullable PorterDuff.Mode xfermode) {}
-
     /**
      * Return true if the device that the current layer draws into is opaque
      * (i.e. does not support per-pixel alpha).
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
index 916e9166e76c5..1eefa89aefd9c 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ DisplayListRenderer::DisplayListRenderer()
     , mHasDeferredTranslate(false)
     , mDeferredBarrierType(kBarrier_None)
     , mHighContrastText(false)
-    , mOverrideXfermode(-1)
     , mRestoreSaveCount(-1) {
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h
index c8a974245069d..6646da774e9bf 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/DisplayListRenderer.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #include <SkPath.h>
 #include <SkRegion.h>
 #include <SkTLazy.h>
-#include <SkPorterDuff.h>
 #include <cutils/compiler.h>
 
 #include "CanvasState.h"
@@ -190,14 +189,6 @@ public:
     virtual void onSnapshotRestored(const Snapshot& removed, const Snapshot& restored) { }
     virtual GLuint onGetTargetFbo() const { return -1; }
 
-    void setOverrideXfermode(int xfermode) {
-        if (xfermode != -1) {
-            SkPorterDuff::Mode porterDuffMode = static_cast<SkPorterDuff::Mode>(xfermode);
-            xfermode = SkPorterDuff::ToXfermodeMode(porterDuffMode);
-        }
-        mOverrideXfermode = xfermode;
-    };
-
 private:
 
     CanvasState mState;
@@ -262,16 +253,10 @@ private:
 
         // If there is a draw filter apply it here and store the modified paint
         // so that we don't need to modify the paint every time we access it.
-        SkTLazy<SkPaint> localPaint;
+        SkTLazy<SkPaint> filteredPaint;
         if (mDrawFilter.get()) {
-           paint = localPaint.set(*paint);
-           mDrawFilter->filter(localPaint.get(), SkDrawFilter::kPaint_Type);
-        }
-
-        if (mOverrideXfermode != -1) {
-            SkPaint* overriddenPaint = localPaint.set(*paint);
-            overriddenPaint->setXfermodeMode(static_cast<SkXfermode::Mode>(mOverrideXfermode));
-            paint = overriddenPaint;
+           paint = filteredPaint.init();
+           mDrawFilter->filter(filteredPaint.get(), SkDrawFilter::kPaint_Type);
         }
 
         // compute the hash key for the paint and check the cache.
@@ -349,9 +334,6 @@ private:
     DeferredBarrierType mDeferredBarrierType;
     bool mHighContrastText;
 
-    // -1 if unset, or SkXfermode::Mode value if set
-    int mOverrideXfermode;
-
     int mRestoreSaveCount;
 
     SkAutoTUnref<SkDrawFilter> mDrawFilter;