diff --git a/include/core/SkImage.h b/include/core/SkImage.h
index d6aedbae75..96de89ef87 100644
--- a/include/core/SkImage.h
+++ b/include/core/SkImage.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class SkPicture;
 class SkPixelSerializer;
 class SkString;
 class SkSurface;
-class SkSurfaceProps;
 class GrContext;
 class GrTexture;
 
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage.cpp b/src/image/SkImage.cpp
index ee76a7ea39..af9c27592c 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage.cpp
@@ -198,15 +198,10 @@ static bool raster_canvas_supports(const SkImageInfo& info) {
     return false;
 }
 
-static SkSurfaceProps copy_or_safe_defaults(const SkSurfaceProps* props) {
-    return props ? *props : SkSurfaceProps(0, kUnknown_SkPixelGeometry);
-}
-
-SkImage_Base::SkImage_Base(int width, int height, uint32_t uniqueID, const SkSurfaceProps* props)
+SkImage_Base::SkImage_Base(int width, int height, uint32_t uniqueID)
     : INHERITED(width, height, uniqueID)
-    , fProps(copy_or_safe_defaults(props))
     , fAddedToCache(false)
-{ }
+{}
 
 SkImage_Base::~SkImage_Base() {
     if (fAddedToCache.load()) {
@@ -276,7 +271,7 @@ SkImage* SkImage::NewFromBitmap(const SkBitmap& bm) {
 #endif
 
     // This will check for immutable (share or copy)
-    return SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(bm, nullptr);
+    return SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(bm);
 }
 
 bool SkImage::asLegacyBitmap(SkBitmap* bitmap, LegacyBitmapMode mode) const {
diff --git a/src/image/SkImagePriv.h b/src/image/SkImagePriv.h
index 4b92e946e3..b8f177905d 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImagePriv.h
+++ b/src/image/SkImagePriv.h
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 // Call this if you explicitly want to use/share this pixelRef in the image
 extern SkImage* SkNewImageFromPixelRef(const SkImageInfo&, SkPixelRef*,
                                        const SkIPoint& pixelRefOrigin,
-                                       size_t rowBytes,
-                                       const SkSurfaceProps*);
+                                       size_t rowBytes);
 
 /**
  *  Examines the bitmap to decide if it can share the existing pixelRef, or
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ enum ForceCopyMode {
     kNo_ForceCopyMode,
     kYes_ForceCopyMode, // must copy the pixels even if the bitmap is immutable
 };
-extern SkImage* SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(const SkBitmap&, const SkSurfaceProps*,
-                                           ForceCopyMode = kNo_ForceCopyMode);
+extern SkImage* SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(const SkBitmap&, ForceCopyMode = kNo_ForceCopyMode);
 
 static inline size_t SkImageMinRowBytes(const SkImageInfo& info) {
     size_t minRB = info.minRowBytes();
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Base.h b/src/image/SkImage_Base.h
index 757262ad3d..20df0bca2e 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Base.h
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Base.h
@@ -20,26 +20,10 @@ enum {
 
 class SkImage_Base : public SkImage {
 public:
-    SkImage_Base(int width, int height, uint32_t uniqueID, const SkSurfaceProps* props);
+    SkImage_Base(int width, int height, uint32_t uniqueID);
     virtual ~SkImage_Base();
 
-    /**
-     *  If the props weren't know at constructor time, call this but only before the image is
-     *  ever released into the wild (since the props field must appear to be immutable).
-     */
-    void initWithProps(const SkSurfaceProps& props) {
-        SkASSERT(this->unique());   // only viewed by one thread
-        SkSurfaceProps* mutableProps = const_cast<SkSurfaceProps*>(&fProps);
-        SkASSERT(mutableProps != &props);   // check for self-assignment
-        mutableProps->~SkSurfaceProps();
-        new (mutableProps) SkSurfaceProps(props);
-    }
-
-    const SkSurfaceProps& props() const { return fProps; }
-
-    virtual const void* onPeekPixels(SkImageInfo*, size_t* /*rowBytes*/) const {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
+    virtual const void* onPeekPixels(SkImageInfo*, size_t* /*rowBytes*/) const { return nullptr; }
 
     // Default impl calls onDraw
     virtual bool onReadPixels(const SkImageInfo& dstInfo, void* dstPixels, size_t dstRowBytes,
@@ -69,8 +53,6 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    const SkSurfaceProps fProps;
-
     // Set true by caches when they cache content that's derived from the current pixels.
     mutable SkAtomic<bool> fAddedToCache;
 
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Generator.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_Generator.cpp
index 1c1b263371..5ce552cb13 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Generator.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Generator.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 class SkImage_Generator : public SkImage_Base {
 public:
     SkImage_Generator(SkImageCacherator* cache)
-        : INHERITED(cache->info().width(), cache->info().height(), cache->uniqueID(), NULL)
+        : INHERITED(cache->info().width(), cache->info().height(), cache->uniqueID())
         , fCache(cache) // take ownership
     {}
 
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
index 2cc0241a48..e6af3265b6 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 SkImage_Gpu::SkImage_Gpu(int w, int h, uint32_t uniqueID, SkAlphaType at, GrTexture* tex,
                          SkSurface::Budgeted budgeted)
-    : INHERITED(w, h, uniqueID, nullptr)
+    : INHERITED(w, h, uniqueID)
     , fTexture(SkRef(tex))
     , fAlphaType(at)
     , fBudgeted(budgeted)
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp
index c88e17689c..b6c62e8423 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Raster.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
-    SkImage_Raster(const SkImageInfo&, SkData*, size_t rb, SkColorTable*, const SkSurfaceProps*);
+    SkImage_Raster(const SkImageInfo&, SkData*, size_t rb, SkColorTable*);
     virtual ~SkImage_Raster();
 
     bool onReadPixels(const SkImageInfo&, void*, size_t, int srcX, int srcY) const override;
@@ -74,16 +74,15 @@ public:
     SkImage* onNewSubset(const SkIRect&) const override;
 
     // exposed for SkSurface_Raster via SkNewImageFromPixelRef
-    SkImage_Raster(const SkImageInfo&, SkPixelRef*, const SkIPoint& pixelRefOrigin, size_t rowBytes,
-                   const SkSurfaceProps*);
+    SkImage_Raster(const SkImageInfo&, SkPixelRef*, const SkIPoint& origin, size_t rowBytes);
 
     SkPixelRef* getPixelRef() const { return fBitmap.pixelRef(); }
 
     bool isOpaque() const override;
     bool onAsLegacyBitmap(SkBitmap*, LegacyBitmapMode) const override;
 
-    SkImage_Raster(const SkBitmap& bm, const SkSurfaceProps* props)
-        : INHERITED(bm.width(), bm.height(), bm.getGenerationID(), props)
+    SkImage_Raster(const SkBitmap& bm)
+        : INHERITED(bm.width(), bm.height(), bm.getGenerationID())
         , fBitmap(bm)
     {
         if (bm.pixelRef()->isPreLocked()) {
@@ -99,11 +98,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-    SkImage_Raster() : INHERITED(0, 0, kNeedNewImageUniqueID, nullptr) {
-        fBitmap.setImmutable();
-    }
-
-    SkBitmap    fBitmap;
+    SkBitmap fBitmap;
 
     typedef SkImage_Base INHERITED;
 };
@@ -116,8 +111,8 @@ static void release_data(void* addr, void* context) {
 }
 
 SkImage_Raster::SkImage_Raster(const Info& info, SkData* data, size_t rowBytes,
-                               SkColorTable* ctable, const SkSurfaceProps* props)
-    : INHERITED(info.width(), info.height(), kNeedNewImageUniqueID, props)
+                               SkColorTable* ctable)
+    : INHERITED(info.width(), info.height(), kNeedNewImageUniqueID)
 {
     data->ref();
     void* addr = const_cast<void*>(data->data());
@@ -128,8 +123,8 @@ SkImage_Raster::SkImage_Raster(const Info& info, SkData* data, size_t rowBytes,
 }
 
 SkImage_Raster::SkImage_Raster(const Info& info, SkPixelRef* pr, const SkIPoint& pixelRefOrigin,
-                               size_t rowBytes,  const SkSurfaceProps* props)
-    : INHERITED(info.width(), info.height(), pr->getGenerationID(), props)
+                               size_t rowBytes)
+    : INHERITED(info.width(), info.height(), pr->getGenerationID())
 {
     fBitmap.setInfo(info, rowBytes);
     fBitmap.setPixelRef(pr, pixelRefOrigin);
@@ -223,7 +218,7 @@ SkImage* SkImage::NewRasterCopy(const SkImageInfo& info, const void* pixels, siz
 
     // Here we actually make a copy of the caller's pixel data
     SkAutoDataUnref data(SkData::NewWithCopy(pixels, size));
-    return new SkImage_Raster(info, data, rowBytes, ctable, nullptr);
+    return new SkImage_Raster(info, data, rowBytes, ctable);
 }
 
 
@@ -239,7 +234,7 @@ SkImage* SkImage::NewRasterData(const SkImageInfo& info, SkData* data, size_t ro
     }
 
     SkColorTable* ctable = nullptr;
-    return new SkImage_Raster(info, data, rowBytes, ctable, nullptr);
+    return new SkImage_Raster(info, data, rowBytes, ctable);
 }
 
 SkImage* SkImage::NewFromRaster(const SkImageInfo& info, const void* pixels, size_t rowBytes,
@@ -251,20 +246,18 @@ SkImage* SkImage::NewFromRaster(const SkImageInfo& info, const void* pixels, siz
 
     SkColorTable* ctable = nullptr;
     SkAutoDataUnref data(SkData::NewWithProc(pixels, size, proc, ctx));
-    return new SkImage_Raster(info, data, rowBytes, ctable, nullptr);
+    return new SkImage_Raster(info, data, rowBytes, ctable);
 }
 
 SkImage* SkNewImageFromPixelRef(const SkImageInfo& info, SkPixelRef* pr,
-                                const SkIPoint& pixelRefOrigin, size_t rowBytes,
-                                const SkSurfaceProps* props) {
+                                const SkIPoint& pixelRefOrigin, size_t rowBytes) {
     if (!SkImage_Raster::ValidArgs(info, rowBytes, false, nullptr)) {
         return nullptr;
     }
-    return new SkImage_Raster(info, pr, pixelRefOrigin, rowBytes, props);
+    return new SkImage_Raster(info, pr, pixelRefOrigin, rowBytes);
 }
 
-SkImage* SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(const SkBitmap& bm, const SkSurfaceProps* props,
-                                    ForceCopyMode forceCopy) {
+SkImage* SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(const SkBitmap& bm, ForceCopyMode forceCopy) {
     SkASSERT(nullptr == bm.getTexture());
 
     bool hasColorTable = false;
@@ -285,13 +278,8 @@ SkImage* SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(const SkBitmap& bm, const SkSurfaceProps* pr
             image = SkImage::NewRasterCopy(tmp.info(), tmp.getPixels(), tmp.rowBytes(),
                                            tmp.getColorTable());
         }
-
-        // we don't expose props to NewRasterCopy (need a private vers) so post-init it here
-        if (image && props) {
-            as_IB(image)->initWithProps(*props);
-        }
     } else {
-        image = new SkImage_Raster(bm, props);
+        image = new SkImage_Raster(bm);
     }
     return image;
 }
diff --git a/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp b/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp
index b705f4733a..2d5645b2b0 100644
--- a/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkSurface_Gpu.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ SkImage* SkSurface_Gpu::onNewImageSnapshot(Budgeted budgeted) {
         image = new SkImage_Gpu(info.width(), info.height(), kNeedNewImageUniqueID,
                                 info.alphaType(), tex, budgeted);
     }
-    if (image) {
-        as_IB(image)->initWithProps(this->props());
-    }
     return image;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp b/src/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp
index 7ee09c1eed..d5593eb1d7 100644
--- a/src/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkSurface_Raster.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ SkImage* SkSurface_Raster::onNewImageSnapshot(Budgeted) {
     }
     // Our pixels are in memory, so read access on the snapshot SkImage could be cheap.
     // Lock the shared pixel ref to ensure peekPixels() is usable.
-    return SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(fBitmap, &this->props(),
+    return SkNewImageFromRasterBitmap(fBitmap,
                                       fWeOwnThePixels ? kNo_ForceCopyMode : kYes_ForceCopyMode);
 }