diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
index 813bdff51f800..62c4bcd7b2671 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/licenses_flutter
@@ -819,8 +819,6 @@ FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/animator.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/animator.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/engine.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/engine.h
-FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/picture_serializer.cc
-FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/picture_serializer.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/platform_view.cc
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/platform_view.h
 FILE: ../../../flutter/shell/common/rasterizer.cc
diff --git a/shell/common/BUILD.gn b/shell/common/BUILD.gn
index 0091d5bf02361..db0b6dd43e975 100644
--- a/shell/common/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/common/BUILD.gn
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ source_set("common") {
     "io_manager.h",
     "isolate_configuration.cc",
     "isolate_configuration.h",
-    "picture_serializer.cc",
-    "picture_serializer.h",
     "platform_view.cc",
     "platform_view.h",
     "rasterizer.cc",
diff --git a/shell/common/picture_serializer.cc b/shell/common/picture_serializer.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b62e96d74f0a1..0000000000000
--- a/shell/common/picture_serializer.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-#include "flutter/shell/common/picture_serializer.h"
-
-#include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkStream.h"
-
-namespace shell {
-
-void SerializePicture(const std::string& path, SkPicture* picture) {
-  SkFILEWStream stream(path.c_str());
-  picture->serialize(&stream);
-}
-
-}  // namespace shell
diff --git a/shell/common/picture_serializer.h b/shell/common/picture_serializer.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0416b2f0c6277..0000000000000
--- a/shell/common/picture_serializer.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-#ifndef SHELL_GPU_PICTURE_SERIALIZER_H_
-#define SHELL_GPU_PICTURE_SERIALIZER_H_
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include "third_party/skia/include/core/SkPicture.h"
-
-namespace shell {
-
-void SerializePicture(const std::string& path, SkPicture* picture);
-
-}  // namespace shell
-
-#endif  // SHELL_GPU_PICTURE_SERIALIZER_H_