diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
index 43e653ca76ec2..489dc9026af65 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace renderthread {
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF( METHOD_INVOKE_PAYLOAD_SIZE < sizeof(ARGS(method)), \
         "METHOD_INVOKE_PAYLOAD_SIZE %d is smaller than sizeof(" #method "Args) %d", \
                 METHOD_INVOKE_PAYLOAD_SIZE, sizeof(ARGS(method))); \
-    MethodInvokeRenderTask* task = createTask((RunnableMethod) Bridge_ ## method); \
+    MethodInvokeRenderTask* task = new MethodInvokeRenderTask((RunnableMethod) Bridge_ ## method); \
     ARGS(method) *args = (ARGS(method) *) task->payload()
 
 CREATE_BRIDGE1(createContext, bool translucent) {
@@ -269,11 +269,6 @@ void RenderProxy::fence() {
     postAndWait(task);
 }
 
-MethodInvokeRenderTask* RenderProxy::createTask(RunnableMethod method) {
-    // TODO: Consider having a small pool of these to avoid alloc churn
-    return new MethodInvokeRenderTask(method);
-}
-
 void RenderProxy::post(RenderTask* task) {
     mRenderThread.queue(task);
 }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
index fc51d218b1d6c..c50da7976bb5d 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/RenderProxy.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ private:
 
     void destroyContext();
 
-    MethodInvokeRenderTask* createTask(RunnableMethod method);
     void post(RenderTask* task);
     void* postAndWait(MethodInvokeRenderTask* task);