diff --git a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
index c605e67..445df9e 100644
--- a/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/IPCThreadState.cpp
@@ -614,12 +614,6 @@
     mPostWriteStrongDerefs.clear();
 }
 
-void IPCThreadState::createTransactionReference(RefBase* ref)
-{
-    ref->incStrong(mProcess.get());
-    mPostWriteStrongDerefs.push(ref);
-}
-
 void IPCThreadState::joinThreadPool(bool isMain)
 {
     LOG_THREADPOOL("**** THREAD %p (PID %d) IS JOINING THE THREAD POOL\n", (void*)pthread_self(), getpid());
diff --git a/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h b/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
index 5d04ebe..196a41b 100644
--- a/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
+++ b/libs/binder/include/binder/IPCThreadState.h
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@
             // This constant needs to be kept in sync with Binder.UNSET_WORKSOURCE from the Java
             // side.
             static const int32_t kUnsetWorkSource = -1;
-
-            // Create a temp reference until commands in queue flushed to driver
-            // Internal only.
-            // @internal
-            void                 createTransactionReference(RefBase* ref);
-
 private:
                                 IPCThreadState();
                                 ~IPCThreadState();
diff --git a/libs/binder/include/binder/ParcelRef.h b/libs/binder/include/binder/ParcelRef.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 497da2d..0000000
--- a/libs/binder/include/binder/ParcelRef.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-
-#include <binder/Parcel.h>
-#include <utils/RefBase.h>
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-namespace android {
-
-/**
- * internal use only
- * @internal
- */
-class ParcelRef : public Parcel, public RefBase
-{
-public:
-    static sp<ParcelRef> create() {
-        return new ParcelRef();
-    }
-
-private:
-    ParcelRef() = default;
-};
-
-} // namespace android
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp b/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp
index 0c3fbcd..5612d1d 100644
--- a/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp
+++ b/libs/binder/tests/binderLibTest.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <binder/IBinder.h>
 #include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
 #include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
-#include <binder/ParcelRef.h>
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
@@ -891,36 +890,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-TEST_F(BinderLibTest, ParcelAllocatedOnAnotherThread) {
-    sp<IBinder> server = addServer();
-    ASSERT_TRUE(server != nullptr);
-
-    Parcel data;
-    sp<ParcelRef> reply = ParcelRef::create();
-
-    // when we have a Parcel which is deleted on another thread, if it gets
-    // deleted, it will tell the kernel this, and it will drop strong references
-    // to binder, so that we can't BR_ACQUIRE would fail
-    IPCThreadState::self()->createTransactionReference(reply.get());
-    ASSERT_EQ(NO_ERROR, server->transact(BINDER_LIB_TEST_CREATE_BINDER_TRANSACTION,
-                                         data,
-                                         reply.get()));
-
-    // we have sp to binder, but it is not actually acquired by kernel, the
-    // transaction is sitting on an out buffer
-    sp<IBinder> binder = reply->readStrongBinder();
-
-    std::thread([&] {
-        // without the transaction reference, this would cause the Parcel to be
-        // deallocated before the first thread flushes BR_ACQUIRE
-        reply = nullptr;
-        IPCThreadState::self()->flushCommands();
-    }).join();
-
-    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, binder);
-    ASSERT_EQ(NO_ERROR, binder->pingBinder());
-}
-
 TEST_F(BinderLibTest, CheckNoHeaderMappedInUser) {
     Parcel data, reply;
     sp<BinderLibTestCallBack> callBack = new BinderLibTestCallBack();