diff --git a/bench/DeferredCanvasBench.cpp b/bench/DeferredCanvasBench.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 667895c22f..0000000000
--- a/bench/DeferredCanvasBench.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file.
- */
-#include "Benchmark.h"
-#include "SkDeferredCanvas.h"
-#include "SkDevice.h"
-#include "SkString.h"
-
-class DeferredCanvasBench : public Benchmark {
-public:
-    DeferredCanvasBench(const char name[])  {
-        fName.printf("deferred_canvas_%s", name);
-    }
-
-    enum {
-        CANVAS_WIDTH = 200,
-        CANVAS_HEIGHT = 200,
-    };
-protected:
-    virtual const char* onGetName() {
-        return fName.c_str();
-    }
-
-    virtual void onDraw(const int loops, SkCanvas* canvas) {
-#if 0   // what specifically are we interested in timing here?
-        SkBaseDevice *device = canvas->getDevice()->createCompatibleDevice(
-            SkBitmap::kARGB_8888_Config, CANVAS_WIDTH, CANVAS_HEIGHT, false);
-
-        SkAutoTUnref<SkDeferredCanvas> deferredCanvas(SkDeferredCanvas::Create(device));
-        device->unref();
-
-        initDeferredCanvas(deferredCanvas);
-        drawInDeferredCanvas(loops, deferredCanvas);
-        finalizeDeferredCanvas(deferredCanvas);
-        deferredCanvas->flush();
-#endif
-    }
-
-    virtual void initDeferredCanvas(SkDeferredCanvas* canvas) = 0;
-    virtual void drawInDeferredCanvas(const int loops, SkDeferredCanvas* canvas) = 0;
-    virtual void finalizeDeferredCanvas(SkDeferredCanvas* canvas) = 0;
-
-    SkString fName;
-
-private:
-    typedef Benchmark INHERITED;
-};
-
-class SimpleNotificationClient : public SkDeferredCanvas::NotificationClient {
-public:
-    SimpleNotificationClient() : fDummy(false) {}
-
-    //bogus virtual implementations that just do something small
-    virtual void prepareForDraw() SK_OVERRIDE {fDummy = true;}
-    virtual void storageAllocatedForRecordingChanged(size_t) SK_OVERRIDE {fDummy = false;}
-    virtual void flushedDrawCommands() SK_OVERRIDE {fDummy = !fDummy;}
-private:
-    bool fDummy;
-
-    typedef SkDeferredCanvas::NotificationClient INHERITED;
-};
-
-// Test that records very simple draw operations.
-// This benchmark aims to capture performance fluctuations in the recording
-// overhead of SkDeferredCanvas
-class DeferredRecordBench : public DeferredCanvasBench {
-public:
-    DeferredRecordBench()
-        : INHERITED("record") {
-    }
-
-protected:
-
-    virtual void initDeferredCanvas(SkDeferredCanvas* canvas) SK_OVERRIDE {
-        canvas->setNotificationClient(&fNotificationClient);
-    }
-
-    virtual void drawInDeferredCanvas(const int loops, SkDeferredCanvas* canvas) SK_OVERRIDE {
-        SkRect rect;
-        rect.setXYWH(0, 0, 10, 10);
-        SkPaint paint;
-        for (int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
-            canvas->save();
-            canvas->translate(SkIntToScalar(i * 27 % CANVAS_WIDTH), SkIntToScalar(i * 13 % CANVAS_HEIGHT));
-            canvas->drawRect(rect, paint);
-            canvas->restore();
-        }
-    }
-
-    virtual void finalizeDeferredCanvas(SkDeferredCanvas* canvas) SK_OVERRIDE {
-        canvas->clear(0x0);
-        canvas->setNotificationClient(NULL);
-    }
-
-private:
-    typedef DeferredCanvasBench INHERITED;
-    SimpleNotificationClient fNotificationClient;
-};
-
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-DEF_BENCH( return new DeferredRecordBench(); )
diff --git a/gyp/bench.gypi b/gyp/bench.gypi
index 06df30bd26..798fdd4c37 100644
--- a/gyp/bench.gypi
+++ b/gyp/bench.gypi
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     '../bench/CoverageBench.cpp',
     '../bench/DashBench.cpp',
     '../bench/DecodeBench.cpp',
-    '../bench/DeferredCanvasBench.cpp',
     '../bench/DeferredSurfaceCopyBench.cpp',
     '../bench/DisplacementBench.cpp',
     '../bench/ETCBitmapBench.cpp',