diff --git a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
index 585d288..340daaf 100644
--- a/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
+++ b/include/gui/SurfaceTexture.h
@@ -248,12 +248,6 @@
     // allocate new GraphicBuffer objects.
     sp<IGraphicBufferAlloc> mGraphicBufferAlloc;
 
-    // mAllocdBuffers is mirror of the list of buffers that SurfaceFlinger is
-    // referencing. This is kept so that gralloc implementations do not need to
-    // properly handle the case where SurfaceFlinger no longer holds a reference
-    // to a buffer, but other processes do.
-    Vector<sp<GraphicBuffer> > mAllocdBuffers;
-
     // mFrameAvailableListener is the listener object that will be called when a
     // new frame becomes available. If it is not NULL it will be called from
     // queueBuffer.
diff --git a/include/surfaceflinger/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h b/include/surfaceflinger/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h
index d996af7..01e4bd9 100644
--- a/include/surfaceflinger/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h
+++ b/include/surfaceflinger/IGraphicBufferAlloc.h
@@ -32,18 +32,10 @@
 public:
     DECLARE_META_INTERFACE(GraphicBufferAlloc);
 
-    /* Create a new GraphicBuffer for the client to use.  The server will
-     * maintain a reference to the newly created GraphicBuffer until
-     * freeAllGraphicBuffers is called.
+    /* Create a new GraphicBuffer for the client to use.
      */
     virtual sp<GraphicBuffer> createGraphicBuffer(uint32_t w, uint32_t h,
             PixelFormat format, uint32_t usage) = 0;
-
-    /* Free all but one of the GraphicBuffer objects that the server is
-     * currently referencing. If bufIndex is not a valid index of the buffers
-     * the server is referencing, then all buffers are freed.
-     */
-    virtual void freeAllGraphicBuffersExcept(int bufIndex) = 0;
 };
 
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