diff --git a/include/core/SkImage.h b/include/core/SkImage.h
index 7235580481..f50489771e 100644
--- a/include/core/SkImage.h
+++ b/include/core/SkImage.h
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ public:
                                           const SkMatrix*, const SkPaint*, BitDepth,
                                           sk_sp<SkColorSpace>);
 
-    static sk_sp<SkImage> MakeTextureFromPixmap(GrContext*, const SkPixmap&, SkBudgeted budgeted);
-
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     int width() const { return fWidth; }
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage.cpp b/src/image/SkImage.cpp
index 99b0be161b..6217f4ecda 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage.cpp
@@ -332,10 +332,6 @@ sk_sp<SkImage> SkImage_Base::makeColorSpace(sk_sp<SkColorSpace> target) const {
 
 #if !SK_SUPPORT_GPU
 
-sk_sp<SkImage> SkImage::MakeTextureFromPixmap(GrContext*, const SkPixmap&, SkBudgeted budgeted) {
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 sk_sp<SkImage> MakeTextureFromMipMap(GrContext*, const SkImageInfo&, const GrMipLevel* texels,
                                      int mipLevelCount, SkBudgeted, SkDestinationSurfaceColorMode) {
     return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
index 3cc6e2d4a2..bcd7275279 100644
--- a/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/image/SkImage_Gpu.cpp
@@ -497,20 +497,6 @@ sk_sp<SkImage> SkImage::makeNonTextureImage() const {
     return MakeRasterData(info, data, rowBytes);
 }
 
-sk_sp<SkImage> SkImage::MakeTextureFromPixmap(GrContext* ctx, const SkPixmap& pixmap,
-                                              SkBudgeted budgeted) {
-    if (!ctx) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    sk_sp<GrTexture> texture(GrUploadPixmapToTexture(ctx, pixmap, budgeted));
-    if (!texture) {
-        return nullptr;
-    }
-    return sk_make_sp<SkImage_Gpu>(kNeedNewImageUniqueID,
-                                   pixmap.alphaType(), std::move(texture),
-                                   sk_ref_sp(pixmap.info().colorSpace()), budgeted);
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 namespace {
@@ -809,7 +795,13 @@ sk_sp<SkImage> SkImage::MakeFromDeferredTextureImageData(GrContext* context, con
     if (mipLevelCount == 1) {
         SkPixmap pixmap;
         pixmap.reset(info, dti->fMipMapLevelData[0].fPixelData, dti->fMipMapLevelData[0].fRowBytes);
-        return SkImage::MakeTextureFromPixmap(context, pixmap, budgeted);
+        sk_sp<GrTextureProxy> proxy(GrUploadPixmapToTextureProxy(context->resourceProvider(),
+                                                                 pixmap, budgeted));
+        if (!proxy) {
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        return sk_make_sp<SkImage_Gpu>(context, kNeedNewImageUniqueID, pixmap.alphaType(),
+                                       std::move(proxy), std::move(colorSpace), budgeted);
     } else {
         std::unique_ptr<GrMipLevel[]> texels(new GrMipLevel[mipLevelCount]);
         for (int i = 0; i < mipLevelCount; i++) {
diff --git a/tests/ImageTest.cpp b/tests/ImageTest.cpp
index 55f200a3d0..b16426ae25 100644
--- a/tests/ImageTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/ImageTest.cpp
@@ -101,13 +101,6 @@ static sk_sp<SkImage> create_data_image() {
     return SkImage::MakeRasterData(info, std::move(data), info.minRowBytes());
 }
 #if SK_SUPPORT_GPU // not gpu-specific but currently only used in GPU tests
-static sk_sp<SkImage> create_image_565() {
-    const SkImageInfo info = SkImageInfo::Make(20, 20, kRGB_565_SkColorType, kOpaque_SkAlphaType);
-    auto surface(SkSurface::MakeRaster(info));
-    draw_image_test_pattern(surface->getCanvas());
-    return surface->makeImageSnapshot();
-}
-
 static sk_sp<SkImage> create_image_large(int maxTextureSize) {
     const SkImageInfo info = SkImageInfo::MakeN32(maxTextureSize + 1, 32, kOpaque_SkAlphaType);
     auto surface(SkSurface::MakeRaster(info));
@@ -117,23 +110,6 @@ static sk_sp<SkImage> create_image_large(int maxTextureSize) {
     surface->getCanvas()->drawRect(SkRect::MakeXYWH(4000, 2, 28000, 30), paint);
     return surface->makeImageSnapshot();
 }
-static sk_sp<SkImage> create_image_ct() {
-    SkPMColor colors[] = {
-        SkPreMultiplyARGB(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x00),
-        SkPreMultiplyARGB(0x80, 0x00, 0xA0, 0xFF),
-        SkPreMultiplyARGB(0xFF, 0xBB, 0x00, 0xBB)
-    };
-    sk_sp<SkColorTable> colorTable(new SkColorTable(colors, SK_ARRAY_COUNT(colors)));
-    uint8_t data[] = {
-        0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-        0, 1, 1, 1, 0,
-        0, 1, 2, 1, 0,
-        0, 1, 1, 1, 0,
-        0, 0, 0, 0, 0
-    };
-    SkImageInfo info = SkImageInfo::Make(5, 5, kIndex_8_SkColorType, kPremul_SkAlphaType);
-    return SkImage::MakeRasterCopy(SkPixmap(info, data, 5, colorTable.get()));
-}
 static sk_sp<SkImage> create_picture_image() {
     SkPictureRecorder recorder;
     SkCanvas* canvas = recorder.beginRecording(10, 10);
@@ -913,31 +889,6 @@ static void check_images_same(skiatest::Reporter* reporter, const SkImage* a, co
     }
 }
 
-DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(NewTextureFromPixmap, reporter, ctxInfo) {
-    for (auto create : {&create_image,
-                        &create_image_565,
-                        &create_image_ct}) {
-        sk_sp<SkImage> image((*create)());
-        if (!image) {
-            ERRORF(reporter, "Could not create image");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        SkPixmap pixmap;
-        if (!image->peekPixels(&pixmap)) {
-            ERRORF(reporter, "peek failed");
-        } else {
-            sk_sp<SkImage> texImage(SkImage::MakeTextureFromPixmap(ctxInfo.grContext(), pixmap,
-                                                                   SkBudgeted::kNo));
-            if (!texImage) {
-                ERRORF(reporter, "NewTextureFromPixmap failed.");
-            } else {
-                check_images_same(reporter, image.get(), texImage.get());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 DEF_GPUTEST_FOR_RENDERING_CONTEXTS(DeferredTextureImage, reporter, ctxInfo) {
     GrContext* context = ctxInfo.grContext();
     sk_gpu_test::TestContext* testContext = ctxInfo.testContext();