diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_GpuBase.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_GpuBase.cpp
index d130944563..4679a73ce9 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_GpuBase.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_GpuBase.cpp
@@ -373,10 +373,6 @@ bool SkImage_GpuBase::RenderYUVAToRGBA(GrContext* ctx, GrRenderTargetContext* re
     paint.addColorFragmentProcessor(std::move(fp));
 
     renderTargetContext->drawRect(GrNoClip(), std::move(paint), GrAA::kNo, SkMatrix::I(), rect);
-
-    // DDL TODO: in the promise image version we must not flush here
-    ctx->priv().flush(renderTargetContext->asSurfaceProxy());
-
     return true;
 }