diff --git a/include/core/SkPicture.h b/include/core/SkPicture.h
index 1a46da5831..bd4dc9a7de 100644
--- a/include/core/SkPicture.h
+++ b/include/core/SkPicture.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ struct SkPictInfo;
 */
 class SK_API SkPicture : public SkRefCnt {
 public:
-    virtual ~SkPicture();
-
     /**
      *  Function signature defining a function that sets up an SkBitmap from encoded data. On
      *  success, the SkBitmap should have its Config, width, height, rowBytes and pixelref set.
@@ -157,9 +155,6 @@ public:
     bool suitableForGpuRasterization(GrContext*, const char** whyNot = NULL) const;
 #endif
 
-    // Sent via SkMessageBus from destructor.
-    struct DeletionMessage { int32_t fUniqueID; };  // TODO: -> uint32_t?
-
     // Returns NULL if this is not an SkBigPicture.
     virtual const SkBigPicture* asSkBigPicture() const { return NULL; }
 
diff --git a/src/core/SkPicture.cpp b/src/core/SkPicture.cpp
index 039efc85c7..972b81f997 100644
--- a/src/core/SkPicture.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkPicture.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "SkAtomics.h"
 #include "SkImageDeserializer.h"
 #include "SkImageGenerator.h"
-#include "SkMessageBus.h"
 #include "SkPicture.h"
 #include "SkPictureData.h"
 #include "SkPicturePlayback.h"
@@ -22,23 +21,10 @@ static bool g_AllPictureIOSecurityPrecautionsEnabled = true;
 static bool g_AllPictureIOSecurityPrecautionsEnabled = false;
 #endif
 
-DECLARE_SKMESSAGEBUS_MESSAGE(SkPicture::DeletionMessage);
-
 /* SkPicture impl.  This handles generic responsibilities like unique IDs and serialization. */
 
 SkPicture::SkPicture() : fUniqueID(0) {}
 
-SkPicture::~SkPicture() {
-    // TODO: move this to ~SkBigPicture() only?
-
-    // If the ID is still zero, no one has read it, so no need to send this message.
-    uint32_t id = sk_atomic_load(&fUniqueID, sk_memory_order_relaxed);
-    if (id != 0) {
-        SkPicture::DeletionMessage msg = { (int32_t)id };
-        SkMessageBus<SkPicture::DeletionMessage>::Post(msg);
-    }
-}
-
 uint32_t SkPicture::uniqueID() const {
     static uint32_t gNextID = 1;
     uint32_t id = sk_atomic_load(&fUniqueID, sk_memory_order_relaxed);