diff --git a/core/java/android/view/View.java b/core/java/android/view/View.java
index 20612374b31c5..829e08971e930 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/View.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/View.java
@@ -13009,33 +13009,6 @@ public class View implements Drawable.Callback, KeyEvent.Callback,
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * This method ensures the hardware renderer is in a valid state
-     * before executing the specified action.
-     *
-     * This method will attempt to set a valid state even if the window
-     * the renderer is attached to was destroyed.
-     *
-     * This method is not guaranteed to work. If the hardware renderer
-     * does not exist or cannot be put in a valid state, this method
-     * will not executed the specified action.
-     *
-     * The specified action is executed synchronously.
-     *
-     * @param action The action to execute after the renderer is in a valid state
-     *
-     * @return True if the specified Runnable was executed, false otherwise
-     *
-     * @hide
-     */
-    public boolean executeHardwareAction(Runnable action) {
-        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
-        if (mAttachInfo != null && mAttachInfo.mHardwareRenderer != null) {
-            return mAttachInfo.mHardwareRenderer.safelyRun(action);
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
     void invalidateInheritedLayoutMode(int layoutModeOfRoot) {
     }